The Río de la Miel fault shows a complex movement history. Three main displacement stages have been distinguished from the microtectonic analysis. The first stage was a dextral strike-slip movement whose o1, was almost horizontal with,a NNW-SSE direction. The second stage was a normal movemdnt with o1, situated in the vertical. Finally, in the third stage, o1, had a low dipping angle and a NNE-SSW direction. The vertical displacement of the fault reach several hundreds of metres, probably more than 500 m. This fault has been active at least during the lower Pliocene.

Es una contribución al proyecto "Estudio regional del karst de Almijara" financiado por la Fundación Cueva de Nerja, a la acción especial BTE-2001-5230-E y a los Grupos de Investigación de la Junta de Andalucía 217 y 308.

4 páginas, 3 figuras.-- Trabajo presentado en la 36ª Sesión Científica, Oviedo 2004.

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