Structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean) |
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| Authors: | E Banda J Ansorge M Boloix D Córdoba |
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| Institution: | 1. Cátedra de Geofísica, Universidad Complutense, Madrid 3Spain;2. Institute of Geophysics, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland;3. Instituto y Observatorio de Marina, San Fernando, Cádiz Spain |
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| Abstract: | Data are presented from deep seismic sounding along the strike of the Balearic Islands carried out in 1976. The interpretation of the data gives the following results: A sedimentary cover of 4 km around Ibiza to 7 km under Mallorca overlies the crystalline basement. This basement with a P-wave velocity of 6.0 km/s at the top reaches a depth of at least 15 km under Ibiza and 17 km under Mallorca with an increase to 6.1 km/s at these depths. The crust-mantle boundary lies at a depth of 20 km and 25 km, respectively. A well documented upper-mantle velocity of 7.7 km/s is found along the entire profile. The Moho rises to a depth of 20 km about 30 km north of Mallorca and probably continues rising towards the center of the North Balearic Sea. The newly deduced crustal structure together with previously determined velocity-depth sections in the North Balearic Sea as well as heat flow and aeromagnetic data can be interpreted as an extended rift structure caused by large-scale tensional processes in the upper mantle. The available data suggest that the entire zone from the eastern Alboran Sea to the area north of the Balearic Islands represents the southeastern flank of this rift system. In this model the provinces of Spain along the east coast would represent the northwestern rift flank. |
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