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[ES] Durante la campaña geofísica marina TSUJAL (2014), científicos españoles, mexicanos y británicos exploraron el margen occidental de México, considerado una de las zonas sísmicas más activas de América. Este trabajo caracteriza la estructura interna de la zona de subducción de la placa de Rivera bajo la placa Norte Americana, estudiando la geodinámica y la deformación tectónica reciente y su vinculación con la posible generación de tsunamis y terremotos. Para este fin, se ha llevado a cabo la adquisición, procesado e interpretación geológica de un perfil de sísmica multicanal perpendicular al margen. Las imágenes de la corteza terrestre muestran un dominio oceánico, dominado por la subducción-acreción a lo largo de la pendiente inferior del margen con un espesor de sedimentos subparalela de hasta 1.6 s tiempo doble de viaje (aprox. 2 km) en la Fosa Mesoamericana. Además, a partir de estos datos la región parece ser propensa a la producción de grandes terremotos. La parte superior de la corteza oceánica (reflector intraplaca) está muy bien determinada siendo casi continua con una inclinación suave (<10 °); sin embargo, se ve interrumpida por una falla normal resultante de la flexión de la placa durante la subducción. La corteza continental presenta un prisma de acreción bien desarrollado compuesto de sedimentos altamente deformados con prominente caída de bloques hacia la fosa, que pueden ser el resultado de terremotos anteriores. La alta reflectividad en torno a 7-8 s (doble tiempo) muestra claramente una imagen de Moho discontinua definiendo un plano de subducción muy suave
[EN] During the TSUJAL marine geophysical survey, conducted in February and March 2014 Spanish, Mexican and British scientists and technicians explored the western margin of Mexico, considered one of the most active seismic zones in America. This work aims to characterize the internal structure of the subduction zone of the Rivera plate beneath the North American plate in the offshore part of the Jalisco Block, to link the geodynamic and the recent tectonic deformation occurring there with the possible generation of tsunamis and earthquakes. For this purpose, it has been carried out acquisition, processing and geological interpretation of a multichannel seismic reflection profile running perpendicular to the margin. Crustal images show an oceanic domain, dominated by subduction-accretion along the lower slope of the margin with a subparallel sediment thickness of up to 1.6 s twtt (approx. 2 km) in the Middle American Trench. Further, from these data the region appears to be prone to giant earthquake production. The top of the oceanic crust (intraplate reflector) is very well imaged. It is almost continuous along the profile with a gentle dip (<10°); however, it is disrupted by normal faulting resulting from the bending of the plate during subduction. The continental crust presents a well-developed accretionary prism consisting of highly deformed sediments with prominent slumping towards the trench that may be the result of past tsunamis. High amplitude reflections at around 7-8 s twtt clearly image a discontinuous Moho, defining a very gentle dipping subduction plane
Bartolomé, Rafael ... et al.-- 9ª Asamblea Hispano Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofísica, del 28 al 30 de junio de 2016, Madrid
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