Nuevas observaciones en el Alpujarride del sector centro-occidental de la Sierra de Carrascoy (Murcia). Consecuencias paleogeograficas

Abstract

The Romero and Carrascoy units defined by Kampschuur (1972) have common stratigraphic series, with several changes in its facies and thickness, although these changes are not situated in the hypothetic contact between both units. Similarly, from a tectonic point of view it is not possible to maintain the differentiation between these units, because usually they pass each other stratigraphically with no faults involved. For this reason we discard, at least in this area the differentiation between the Almagride Complex (Romero U.) and the Alpurjarride (Carrascoy U.) and we thus suggest that they all belong to the Alpujarride Complex. The structure of this area is complex, not only by the thrustings, but specially by the opposed vergences observed in the E-W folds, southwards in the northern area and progressively northwards in the southern area of the Sierra. Moreover, N-S folds verging to the W, are also observed.