Geomorphic signature of segmented relief rejuvenation in the Sierra Morena, Betic forebulge, Spain

Expósito, Inmaculada; Jiménez-Bonilla, Alejandro; Delchiaro, Michele; Yanes, José L.; Balanyá, Juan C.; Moral-Martos, Francisco; Della Seta, Marta

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1017-2022

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1017-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1017-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

Research article

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25 Oct 2022

Research article |

| 25 Oct 2022

Geomorphic signature of segmented relief rejuvenation in the Sierra Morena, Betic forebulge, Spain

Inmaculada Expósito, Alejandro Jiménez-Bonilla, Michele Delchiaro, José L. Yanes, Juan C. Balanyá, Francisco Moral-Martos, and Marta Della Seta

Data sets

Archaeoseismological evidence of the Medina Azahara destruction in the early 11th century (Córdoba, Spain) M. A. Rodríguez-Pascua, M. A. Perucha, A. J. Montejo, P. G. Silva, J. L. Giner-Robles, J. Élez, T. Bardají, and E. Roquero https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5126886

Short summary

In long-lived areas, relief rejuvenation can be greatly controlled by both the geometry of reactivated structures and the kinematics setting. We have applied geomorphological qualitative analyses, geomorphic index, and knickpoint modelling to detect the Quaternary reactivation of fractures in the Betic foreland (southern Spain). The obtained relief rejuvenation pattern and fault kinematics agree with propagation of transpressional deformation from the Betic fold-and-thrust belt.