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Geomorphic signature of segmented relief rejuvenation in the Sierra Morena, Betic forebulge, Spain
Inmaculada Expósito
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales,
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
Alejandro Jiménez-Bonilla
Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales,
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
Michele Delchiaro
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome
00185, Italy
José L. Yanes
Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales,
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
Juan C. Balanyá
Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales,
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
Francisco Moral-Martos
Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales,
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
Marta Della Seta
Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome
00185, Italy
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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.
In long-lived areas, relief rejuvenation can be greatly controlled by both the geometry of...
