The Ibor Thrust: a quaternary fault 20 km from the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant
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https://doi.org/10.55407/geogaceta102338Keywords:
thrust, Toledo Mountains, Almaraz nuclear power plant, QuaternaryAbstract
A Quaternary overthrust is described, intersecting a sedimentary breccia covering the +5 m terrace of the Ibor River, at the western end of the Montes de Toledo. The resulting thrusting system has conditioned the location of fini-neogene alluvial fans ("raña"), so it has to be considered as active during the last 9 Ma. The associated, superficial earthquake is estimated to range between M 6-6.5 in magnitude. The rupture is located less than 20 km from the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant (Cáceres).
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