Comparison of long-term and short-term uplift rates along an active blind reverse fault zone (Bajo Segura,Se Spain) |
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Authors: | Jordi Giménez Maria J Borque Antonio J Gil Pedro Alfaro Antonio Estévez Emma Suriñach |
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Institution: | (1) Servei d’Estudis i Planificació, D.G. Recursos Hídrics, Conselleria de Medi Ambient, Govern. de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain;(2) Dpto. Ingeniería Cartográfica, Geodésica y Fotogrametría, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain;(3) Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra y Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain;(4) Dpto. Geodinàmica i Geofísica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain |
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Abstract: | The seismic activity of the Guardamar-Torrevieja zone (Eastern Betic Cordillera, SE Spain) can be associated with the Bajo
Segura fault zone, an E-W reverse blind fault with secondary NW-SE dextral faults. A high-precision levelling profile 30 kilometers
long was set up and levelled in 1997 to monitor the vertical displacement of this active fault zone. This profile runs parallel
to an older high-precision levelling line included in the Spanish first order levelling network measured by the Instituto
Geográfico Nacional (IGN) in two different campaigns (1934 and 1976). The 1997 line was relevelled in 2003 and 10 new benchmarks
were set up, both to increase benchmark density and to restore some of the 1997 benchmarks that had been destroyed. We have
used the 1976 IGN and the 2003 measurement to construct a recent vertical movements profile with a significant time difference
(27 years). This recent vertical movements profile shows that the vertical movements are very small, nearly equal to the error
bars, with a 0.2 mm/year rise in the town of Guardamar, and a 0.2 mm/year subsidence of the southern part of the profile (Punta
Prima) respect to the town of Torrevieja. These movements could be related to the activity of the Bajo Segura and the San
Miguel faults respectively. Using geological markers we have deduced uplift rates of 0.1 mm/year during the last 3 million
years. Therefore, these preliminary results indicate that geodetically (short-term deformation) determined uplift rates are
similar to those estimated from geological markers (long term deformation). |
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Keywords: | active tectonics Bajo Segura fault zone levelling long-term deformation short-term deformation uplift rates |
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