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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1742
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1742
05 May 2025
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Formation and growth of diapirs in contractional settings: the Mediano anticline and Clamosa diapir case study (Southern Pyrenees)

Pablo Santolaria, Roi Silva-Casal, Núria Carrera, Josep A. Muñoz, Pau Arbués, and Pablo Granado

Abstract. At the northwestern termination of the South Pyrenean Central Salient, thrust imbrication, detachment folding and diapirism are structurally and genetically related. The La Fueba imbricate system has been folded by the Mediano detachment anticline, while this fold connects with the Clamosa diapir. Together, this structural-stratigraphic trinity provides an excellent example to evaluate the factors controlling purely contractional diapirs in onshore-offshore contractional fold-thrust systems. Our study integrates detailed geological mapping, a large structural dataset, new biostratigraphic data, and interpretations of well-tied depth-converted seismic lines and cross-sections. A combined evolutionary model for contractional diapir formation and evolution is presented. While less common than in extensional settings, the interplay shortening of a salt horizon along with vertical axis rotations and local stretching and erosion of the overburden can lead to purely contractional salt diapirs.

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02 Oct 2025
Formation and growth of diapirs in contractional settings: the Mediano anticline and Clamosa diapir case study (Southern Pyrenees)
Pablo Santolaria, Roi Silva-Casal, Núria Carrera, Josep A. Muñoz, Pau Arbués, and Pablo Granado
Solid Earth, 16, 899–927, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-899-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-899-2025, 2025
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Pablo Santolaria, Roi Silva-Casal, Núria Carrera, Josep A. Muñoz, Pau Arbués, and Pablo Granado

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • CC1: 'Referee Comment on egusphere-2025-1742', Antonio Teixell, 16 Jun 2025
    • RC1: 'CC1 again as RC', Antonio Teixell, 27 Jun 2025
      • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Pablo Santolaria, 30 Jul 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-1742', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jul 2025
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Pablo Santolaria, 30 Jul 2025

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • CC1: 'Referee Comment on egusphere-2025-1742', Antonio Teixell, 16 Jun 2025
    • RC1: 'CC1 again as RC', Antonio Teixell, 27 Jun 2025
      • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Pablo Santolaria, 30 Jul 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-1742', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jul 2025
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Pablo Santolaria, 30 Jul 2025

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Pablo Santolaria on behalf of the Authors (31 Jul 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 Aug 2025) by Nicolas Beaudoin
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (10 Aug 2025) by Florian Fusseis (Executive editor)
AR by Pablo Santolaria on behalf of the Authors (14 Aug 2025)  Author's response   Manuscript 

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

02 Oct 2025
Formation and growth of diapirs in contractional settings: the Mediano anticline and Clamosa diapir case study (Southern Pyrenees)
Pablo Santolaria, Roi Silva-Casal, Núria Carrera, Josep A. Muñoz, Pau Arbués, and Pablo Granado
Solid Earth, 16, 899–927, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-899-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-899-2025, 2025
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Pablo Santolaria, Roi Silva-Casal, Núria Carrera, Josep A. Muñoz, Pau Arbués, and Pablo Granado
Pablo Santolaria, Roi Silva-Casal, Núria Carrera, Josep A. Muñoz, Pau Arbués, and Pablo Granado

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Among sedimentary rocks, evaporites (as salt) have a particular behavior when deformed under geological forces: they flow while the others break. Such behavior controls the evolution of mountain building events. By mapping the distribution of rocks and interpreting the subsurface architecture of geological structures we were able to reconstruct the mountain building processes of an area in the Southern Pyrenees and how those evaporites flowed and accumulated where we find them nowadays.
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