New evidences of synsedimentary folding of the Sant Miquel de Montclar conglomerates (Eocene, Ebro basin, NE Spain)

Authors

  • Miguel López Blanco Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l’Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Barcelona - Institut UB-Geomodels, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Barcelona
  • Ming Ma Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l’Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Barcelona - Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
  • Elisenda Costa Gisbert Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l’Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Barcelona - INS Torrent de les Bruixes (Departament d’Educació Generalitat Catalunya), Santa Coloma de Gramenet
  • Elisabet Beamud Amorós Institut UB-Geomodels, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Barcelona - Laboratorio de Paleomagnetismo CCiTUB GEO3BCN, Barcelona
  • Miquel Angel Marín Pérez SLB, Abingdon Technology Center, Milton, Reino Unido

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55407/geogaceta108687

Keywords:

Ebro basin, alluvial fan, eocene, growth-strata, syntectonic

Abstract

The alluvial conglomerates of the Sant Miquel Formation, deposited during the Priabonian (upper Eocene) in the SE margin of the Ebro basin, are a classic example of progressive unconformity or growth strata. Recent works have shown that the relationships and geometries formerly interpreted as associated to this kind of setting are related to other very different processes and elements. However, in areas close to Vallespinosa it has finally been possible to describe geometries attributable to a progressive unconformity and growth strata related to the folding of the NW margin of the Catalan Coastal Ranges and demonstrating the clear syntectonic character of the Sant Miquel conglomerates Fm.

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2025-06-20

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López Blanco, M., Ma, M., Costa Gisbert, E., Beamud Amorós, E., & Marín Pérez, M. A. (2025). New evidences of synsedimentary folding of the Sant Miquel de Montclar conglomerates (Eocene, Ebro basin, NE Spain). GEOGACETA, 77, 35–38. https://doi.org/10.55407/geogaceta108687

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