Active faults in Iberia

C Sanz de Galdeano, JM Azañón, J Cabral… - The geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
The distribution of active faults in the Iberian Peninsula is not homogeneous, being mainly
present, but not only, in areas affected by the Alpine Orogeny. They are located in several …

[HTML][HTML] Deterministic seismic hazard analysis from physics-based earthquake simulations in the Eastern Betics (SE Iberia)

P Herrero-Barbero, JA Álvarez-Gómez, M Tsige… - Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low frequency of large destructive earthquakes in the Eastern Betics (SE Iberian
Peninsula), not recorded in the instrumental seismic catalog, complicate the estimation of …

How much Nubia‐Eurasia convergence is accommodated by the NE end of the Eastern Betic Shear Zone (SE Spain)? Constraints from GPS velocities

MJ Borque, A Sánchez‐Alzola, I Martin‐Rojas… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first GPS‐derived geodetic observations from the NE end of the Eastern
Betic Shear Zone obtained from the Bajo Segura GPS network (SE Spain). The network has …

Fault system-based probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of a moderate seismicity region: The eastern Betics shear zone (SE Spain)

O Gómez-Novell, J García-Mayordomo… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Including faults as seismogenic sources in probabilistic seismic hazard assessments
(PSHA) has turned into a common practice as knowledge of active faults is improving …

Slip rate variation during the last∼ 210 ka on a slow fault in a transpressive regime: the Carrascoy Fault (Eastern Betic Shear Zone, SE Spain)

R Martín-Banda, JM Insua-Arévalo… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Fault slip rate variability over time is a crucial aspect for understanding how single faults
interact among each other in fault systems. Several studies worldwide evidence the …

Lateral slip rate of Alhama de Murcia fault (SE Iberian Peninsula) based on a morphotectonic analysis: Comparison with paleoseismological data

M Ferrater, M Ortuño, E Masana, JJ Martínez-Díaz… - Quaternary …, 2017 - Elsevier
To define the seismic potential of the left-lateral strike-slip Alhama de Murcia fault (SE
Iberian Peninsula), we calculated its slip rate by measuring offset linear features of known …

Geological evidences of surface rupture related to a seventeenth century destructive earthquake in Betic Cordillera (SE Spain): constraining the seismic hazard of the …

JJ Martínez-Díaz, J Alonso-Henar… - Journal of Iberian …, 2019 - Springer
Constraining the date of the last major event occurred in a fault is of paramount importance
in probabilistic seismic hazard assessment when time-dependent models are considered …

Physics‐based earthquake simulations in slow‐moving faults: a case study from the Eastern Betic Shear Zone (SE Iberian Peninsula)

P Herrero‐Barbero, JA Álvarez‐Gómez… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In regions with slow‐moving faults, the incompleteness of earthquake and fault data
complicates the study of seismic hazard. The instrumental and historical seismic catalogs …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonic geomorphology of an active slow-moving, intrabasinal fault: The Galera Fault (Guadix-Baza Basin, central Betic Cordillera, southern Spain)

I Medina-Cascales, FJ García-Tortosa, I Martin-Rojas… - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we prove the usefulness of morphometric analyses, typically applied to basin-
border faults, to define the tectonic geomorphology of a slow-moving, intrabasinal structure …

Improved geological slip rate estimations in the complex Alhama de Murcia Fault zone (SE Iberia) and its implications for fault behavior

O Gómez‐Novell, M Ortuño, J García‐Mayordomo… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fault slip rate is one of the most crucial parameters to characterize earthquake occurrence in
fault‐based seismic hazard assessments (SHA). Accordingly, paleoseismic studies have …