Carboneras Fault

The Carboneras Fault or Carboneras Fault Zone is major sinistral (left-lateral) strike-slip fault in the Province of Almería, southern Spain. It has a NE–SW trend and forms part of the Eastern Betic Shear Zone. It extends for about 50 km onshore, but is interpreted to continue offshore into the Alboran Sea for at least a further 90 km. It is thought to be seismically active and movement on the offshore part of this fault may have been responsible for the 1522 Almería earthquake.[1]

References

E. Masana; X. Moreno; E. Gràcia; et al. (December 2018). "First evidence of paleoearthquakes along the Carboneras Fault Zone (SE Iberian Peninsula): Los Trances site". Geologica Acta. 16 (4): 461–476. doi:10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.4.8. ISSN 1695-6133. Wikidata Q105243855.

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[Masana_etal_2018-1] E. Masana; X. Moreno; E. Gràcia; et al. (December 2018). "First evidence of paleoearthquakes along the Carboneras Fault Zone (SE Iberian Peninsula): Los Trances site". Geologica Acta. 16 (4): 461–476. doi:10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.4.8. ISSN 1695-6133. Wikidata Q105243855.