A Python Application for Visualizing an Imbricate Thrust System: Palomeque Duplex (SE, Spain)
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Python libraries 3D geological map Geological cross-sections Imbricate thrust system Malaguide domain Internal Betic Cordillera
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2023-07-11Referencia bibliográfica
Bullejos, M.; Martín-Martín, M. A Python Application for Visualizing an Imbricate Thrust System: Palomeque Duplex (SE, Spain). Geosciences 2023, 13, 207. [https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13070207]
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Research Project PID2020-114381GB-100 of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation; Research Groups and Projects of the Generalitat Valenciana from University of Alicante (CTMAIGA); Semigrupos.ugr.es from University of Granada and Research Groups FQM-343 of the Junta de AndalucíaAbstract
This paper introduces a Python application for visualizing an imbricate thrust system.
The application uses the traditional geologic information to create an HTML geological map with
real topography and a set of geological cross-sections with the essential structural and stratigraphic
elements. On the basis of the high geological knowledge gained during the last three decades, the
Palomeque sheets affecting the Cenozoic Malaguide succession in the Internal Betic Zone (SE Spain)
were selected to show the application. In this area, a Malaguide Cretaceous to Lower Miocene
succession is deformed as an imbricate thrust system, with two thrusts forming a duplex, affected
later by a set of faults with a main strike-slip kinematic. The modeled elements match well with
the design of the stratigraphic intervals and the structures reported in recent scientific publications.
This proves the good performance of this Python application for visualizing the structural and
stratigraphic architecture. This kind of application could be a crucial stage for future groundwater,
mining, and civil engineering management.