Middle Jurassic volcanism in a magmatic-rich passive margin linked to the Caudiel Fault Zone (Iberian Range, East of Spain): biostratigraphical dating
Journal: Journal of Iberian Geology
Year: 2016

During the Early and Middle Jurassic, the Iberian Basin (East of Spain) recorded the transition from a generally magma-poor passive margin, which operated during the latest Triassic and most of Early Jurassic, to a magma-rich passive margin, developed from Pliensbachian to early Middle Jurassic. The mainly submarine pyroclastic volcanism, with minor lava flows, followed active NW and NE trending extensional fault zones. One of these zones of weakness, from which the volcanic deposits were expell