
handle: 10045/13473
La provincia de Alicante está incluida, en su totalidad, en la Cordillera Bética. En ella están representados los dos grandes dominios de este orógeno alpino: las Zonas Externas al N (aproximadamente ocupan dos tercios de extensión) y las Zonas Internas al S. Además, sobre estos dos dominios se apoyan un conjunto de cuencas sedimentarias de edad neógeno-cuaternaria entre las que destaca la del Bajo Segura. Entre los aspectos más singulares del patrimonio geológico de la provincia de Alicante destacan la morfología litoral, con una costa acantilada en el sector septentrional y una costa de playas arenosas, dunas y lagunas litorales en el S, una gran variedad de formaciones kársticas, afloramientos relacionados con la posible desecación del Mediterráneo y la crisis de salinidad mesiniense, estructuras tectónicas ligadas a la evolución de este orógeno alpino, muchas de ellas aún activas y estructuras diapíricas debido a la presencia de arcillas y evaporitas triásicas.
The Alicante province is included entirely in the Betic Cordillera. Within it the two major domains of this alpine orogen are represented: the Outer Zones to the N, embracing nearly two thirds of its area, and the Inner Zones to the S. Up on both domains several neogene-quaternary intramountainous basins develop, among them the Low Segura Basin is the most outstanding. Among the most singular features of the geological heritage of the Alicante province the following ones point out: littoral morphology, with a cliffy coast in its northern sector and sandy shores, dunes and marshes to the South, a large variety of karstic formations, various outcrops likely related to the desiccation of the Mediterranean and the Messinian salinity crisis, tectonic structures linked to the evolution of this alpine orogen, many of them still working, and diapirs due to the presence of triassic evaporites and clays.
Alicante (Provincia), Cordillera Bética, Betic Cordillera, Geodinámica Interna, Geological heritage, Patrimonio geológico
Alicante (Provincia), Cordillera Bética, Betic Cordillera, Geodinámica Interna, Geological heritage, Patrimonio geológico
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