Micro-seismicity in the Gulf of Cadiz: Is there a link between micro-seismicity, high magnitude earthquakes and active faults?

2017 ◽  
Vol 717 ◽  
pp. 226-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sónia Silva ◽  
Pedro Terrinha ◽  
Luis Matias ◽  
João C. Duarte ◽  
Cristina Roque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Active Faults ◽  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
High Magnitude ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz

Developing geodetic tools for early warning and monitoring of tectonic activity at the Gulf of Cadiz

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Garate ◽  
Javier Ramirez Zelaya ◽  
Belen Rosado ◽  
Manuel Berrocoso ◽  
Amos de Gil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Warning ◽  
Active Faults ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Tectonic Activity ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Richter Scale ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz ◽  
Gnss Network

<p>Gulf of Cadiz from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Western Coast of the Iberian Peninsula is a natural hazard risky region due to the existence  of several active faults related to the Eurasian and Nubian Plate interaction. The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake was remarkable example. With the epicenter located SW of Cape San Viente, and a Richter scale magnitude around 8.3, the earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami hitting the Portuguese, Moroccan and Southern Spain coasts, resulting in thousands of casualties. More recently, in 1969 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter located in the same region, originated another tsunami but smaller than the previous one, resulting nineteen casualties.</p><p>To prevent natural hazards like these, the Astronomy, Geodesy and Cartography Laboratory at the Universidad de Cadiz, is drawing and implementing early warning systems, trying to detect and evaluate tectonic activity in near real time at the Gulf of Cadiz. The system includes the GNSS network SPINA  receivers together with MEMS acelerometers, meteo equipments, and ancillary instrumentation for data adquistion, monitoring, quality control and results display at a dedicated control center.</p>

FORMATION HISTORY AND OCEANOGRAPHIC CONTROL OF LATE HOLOCENE MUD DEPOCENTERS IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF CADIZ, SOUTHERN SPAIN

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Lee King ◽  
◽  
Till J.J. Hanebuth ◽  
Francisco Lobo ◽  
Hendrik Lantzsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Holocene ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
Formation History ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz

Biogeochemistry of surface sediments in mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cádiz

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dolores Jiménez-López ◽  
Ana Sierra ◽  
Teodora Ortega ◽  
Sandra Manzano-Medina ◽  
M. Carmen Fernández-Puga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Sediments ◽  
Mud Volcanoes ◽  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz

scholarly journals Thrust–wrench interference tectonics in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa–Iberia plate boundary in the North-East Atlantic): Insights from analog models

2011 ◽  
Vol 289 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 135-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
João C. Duarte ◽  
Filipe M. Rosas ◽  
Pedro Terrinha ◽  
Marc-André Gutscher ◽  
Jacques Malavieille ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plate Boundary ◽  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
East Atlantic ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz ◽  
Analog Models

scholarly journals Latest Miocene restriction of the Mediterranean Outflow Water: a perspective from the Gulf of Cádiz

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Lin Ng ◽  
F. Javier Hernández-Molina ◽  
Débora Duarte ◽  
Francisco J. Sierro ◽  
Santiago Ledesma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Exchange ◽  
Water Mass ◽  
Atlantic Water ◽  
Meridional Overturning Circulation ◽  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
Mediterranean Outflow Water ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz ◽  
Mediterranean Outflow ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Water Mass Exchange

AbstractThe Mediterranean-Atlantic water mass exchange provides the ideal setting for deciphering the role of gateway evolution in ocean circulation. However, the dynamics of Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) during the closure of the Late Miocene Mediterranean-Atlantic gateways are poorly understood. Here, we define the sedimentary evolution of Neogene basins from the Gulf of Cádiz to the West Iberian margin to investigate MOW circulation during the latest Miocene. Seismic interpretation highlights a middle to upper Messinian seismic unit of transparent facies, whose base predates the onset of the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC). Its facies and distribution imply a predominantly hemipelagic environment along the Atlantic margins, suggesting an absence or intermittence of MOW preceding evaporite precipitation in the Mediterranean, simultaneous to progressive gateway restriction. The removal of MOW from the Mediterranean-Atlantic water mass exchange reorganized the Atlantic water masses and is correlated to a severe weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and a period of further cooling in the North Atlantic during the latest Miocene.

scholarly journals Evolution of the gulf of Cadiz margin and southwest Portugal contourite depositional system: Tectonic, sedimentary and paleoceanographic implications from IODP expedition 339

2016 ◽  
Vol 377 ◽  
pp. 7-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.J. Hernández-Molina ◽  
F.J. Sierro ◽  
E. Llave ◽  
C. Roque ◽  
D.A.V. Stow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
Depositional System ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz

Salt tectonics in the western Gulf of Cadiz, southwest Iberia

AAPG Bulletin ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (10) ◽  
pp. 1667-1698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Matias ◽  
Pedro Kress ◽  
Pedro Terrinha ◽  
Webster Mohriak ◽  
Paulo T. L. Menezes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Tectonics ◽  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz

Patterns of bottom current flow deduced from dune asymmetries over the Gulf of Cadiz shelf (southwest Spain)

2000 ◽  
Vol 164 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 91-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.J Lobo ◽  
F.J Hernández-Molina ◽  
L Somoza ◽  
J Rodero ◽  
A Maldonado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Current Flow ◽  
Bottom Current ◽  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz
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