Tertiary Basins of Spain
The Stratigraphic Record of Crustal Kinematics

The first book to deal comprehensively with Spain's tectonic and sedimentary history over the past sixty or so million years.

Peter F. Friend (Edited by), Cristino J. Dabrio (Edited by)

9780521021982, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 November 2005

420 pages, 400 maps
28 x 21 x 2.7 cm, 0.929 kg

'It undoubtedly provides the most extensive coverage of the Tertiary geology of Spain ... and is therefore essential reference material for anyone interested in the sedimentology, stratigraphy and tectonics of the region … This book is a 'must'.' Gary Nichols, Geological Magazine

This is the first book to deal comprehensively with Spain's tectonic and sedimentary history over the past sixty or so million years. During Tertiary times, Spain had suffered compressional collision between France and Africa, and its Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts had been further modified by extensional rifting. This study will therefore be of interest to earth scientists generally because of the insights it provides into continental crustal deformation. Spain contains some of the best exposed outcrop geology in Europe. Because it includes sectors of two separate foreland basins, and an intervening craton with basins that have been influenced by extensional and strike-slip deformation, it provides excellent material for the development and testing of theories on the study of sedimentary basin formation and filling.

part of the northern Ebro basin margin, as indicated by its tertiary fluvial sedimentary fill
23. The Rioja area (westernmost ebro basin)
part west
part c centre
part s south.

Subject Areas: Stratigraphy [RBGH]