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The Paleogene and Neogene of Western Iberia (Portugal) A Cenozoic Record in the European Atlantic Domain
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João Pais CICEGe, Dep. Ciências da Terra Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2829-516 Caparica Portugal e-mail:
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Delminda Moura Marine Research Centre Universidade do Algarve (CIMA-UALG) Campus de Gambelas 8000-139 Faro Portugal e-mail:
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Pedro P. Cunha Earth Sciences Department IMAR-Marine and Environmental Centre University of Coimbra 3000-272 Coimbra Portugal e-mail:
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António Brum da Silveira Laboratório de Tectonofísica e Tecnónica Experimental/Instituto Dom Luís (Lattex/IDL) Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa 1749-016 Lisboa Portugal e-mail:
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Diamantino Pereira Centro de Geologia da Universidade do Porto Centro de Ciências da Terra da Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar 4710-057 Braga Portugal e-mail:
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Rúben Dias Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG/LGM) Dep. Geologia, Estrada do Zambujal, Apart. 7586 2721-288 Alfragide Portugal e-mail:
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The Paleogene and Neogene of Western Iberia (Portugal): A Cenozoic Record in the European Atlantic Domain. . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Tectonic Evolution of Western Iberia During the Cenozoic 2.1 The Regional Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Cenozoic Inversion in Western Iberia. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Douro Basin (Western Proximal Sector) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 General Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Paleogene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Upper Miocene to Lower Pliocene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 Upper Pliocene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 Lower Pleistocene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mondego Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 General Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Upper Campanian to Lower Eocene. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Middle Eocene to Oligocene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Middle Miocene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 Upper Miocene to Lower Pleistocene . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Lower Tejo Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 General Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Distal Sector of the Lower Tejo Basin (Lisboa and Setúbal Peninsula) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Paleogene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 Neogene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 Intermediate Sector of the Lower Tejo Basin (Ribatejo and Alto Alentejo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 NE Sector (Proximal) of the Lower Tejo Basin . . . . . 5.7 Paleogeographic Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Guadiana and Moura Basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 General Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 The Guadiana Basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 The Moura Basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Alvalade Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 General Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 Paleogene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 Upper Miocene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 Pliocene to Lower Pleistocene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 Pleistocene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Algarve Cenozoic Platform and Guadalquivir Basin (Western Sector) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 Lower and Middle Miocene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 Upper Miocene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 Pliocene to Pleistocene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
