Thrust sequence and syntectonic sedimentation in a piggy-back basin: the Oligo-Aquitanian Mula–Pliego Basin (Internal Betic Zone, SE Spain)

The Oligo-Aquitanian deposits of the Mula–Pliego basin consist of a marine carbonate platform assemblage (bottom), transitioning into a turbidite wedge (top). This evolution was controlled by tectonics in a piggy-back basin by means of three main mechanisms: first, a flexural tectonic event created the basin; later on, blind-fault-propagation folds deformed it progressively from south to north; finally a tectonic event destroyed the basin. To cite this article: M. Martı́n-Martı́n, A. Martı́n-Algarra, C. R. Geoscience 334 (2002) 363–370.