Basement and cover architecture in the Central Pyrenees constrained by gravity data

Author:

Clariana P.ORCID,Soto R.,Ayala C.,Casas-Sainz A. M.,Román-Berdiel T.,Oliva-Urcia B.,Pueyo E. L.,Beamud E.,Rey-Moral C.,Rubio F.,Margalef A.,Schamuells S.,Bach N.,Martí J.

Abstract

AbstractA new gravity survey (1164 gravity stations and 180 samples for density analysis) combined with two new geological cross sections has been carried out in a sector of the Central Pyrenees in order to improve the characterization of basement and cover architecture. From North to South, the study area comprises the southern half of the Axial Zone and the northernmost part of the South-Pyrenean Zone. New gravity data were combined with previous existing databases to obtain the Bouguer and residual anomaly maps of the study area. The two cross sections, oriented NNE–SSW, were built from field data and previous surficial and subsurface data and cross the La Maladeta plutonic complex. The residual anomaly map shows values ranging from −18 to 16 mGal and anomalies mainly oriented N120E. The two 2.5D modelled cross sections show similar observed gravity curves coinciding with similar interpreted structural architecture. Data show a gravity high oriented N120E coinciding with the Orri basement thrust sheet and an important gravity depression, with the same orientation, coinciding with the leading edge at depth of the Rialp basement thrust sheet and interpreted as linked to a large subsurface accumulation of Triassic evaporites. The volume at depth of the La Maladeta and Arties granites has been constrained through gravity modelling. This work highlights that the combination of structural geology and gravity modelling can help to determine the structural architecture of an orogen and localize accumulations of evaporites at depth.

Funder

Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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