Dílar: ES664

Identification - compilation

Identification

Identification code :
ES664
Fault name :
Dílar
Identification method :
Geological/Geomorphological field mapping
Geological and geographical set :
Betic Range (Granada)

Compilation

Name/s of the compiler/s :
Sanz de Galdeano, C. and Peláez, J.A.
Filiation/s :
I.A.C.T. and Universidad de Jaén
Latest update :
2014-10-07

Location

Geometry and kinematics

Conventions

      
 
 
Variability/Error
Source
Brief comment
Average strike (º) :
140
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
LD
Brief comment: 
Calculated from its tips. (Sanz de Galdeano et al., 2012). 
Dip (º) :
60
Variability/Error: 
± 10 
Source: 
LD
Brief comment: 
(Sanz de Galdeano et al., 2012). 
Rake (º) :
-90
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
LD
Brief comment: 
(Sanz de Galdeano et al., 2012). 
Sense of movement :
N
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
LD
Brief comment: 
(Sanz de Galdeano et al., 2012). 
Length (km) :
8.3
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
LD
Brief comment: 
Lenght of the fault trace as observed in the field (Sanz de Galdeano et al., 2012). 
Min depth (km) :
0
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
OD
Brief comment: 
 
Max depth (km) :
10
Variability/Error: 
>10 
Source: 
LD
Brief comment: 
Estimated depth is deeper than 10 km based on geologic features (Sanz de Galdeano et al., 2012). 
Width (km) :
11.547
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
AR
Brief comment: 
 
Area (km²) :
95.84
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
AR
Brief comment: 
 

Quaternary activity Strength: A 

 
 
Variability/Error
Source
Brief comment
Quaternary activity evidence :
Splendid scarp and other associated features
 
 
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
LD
Brief comment: 
In some places the triangular facets are very well conserved and they seem very recent. Locally the Pliocene-Pleistocene sediments are vertical for the effect of the drag of the fault (Sanz de Galdeano et al., 2012). 
Age of the youngest deposits or landforms affected by the fault :
Quaternary
Variability/Error: 
Holocene probably 
Source: 
LD
Brief comment: 
In some places the triangular facets are very well conserved and they seem very recent. (Sanz de Galdeano et al., 2012). 

Slip rate Accuracy: C 

 
 
Variability/Error
Source
Brief comment
Vertical Slip Rate VSR (m/ky) :
0.33
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
LD
Brief comment: 
From the displacement observed in the last 1 Ma. If the displacement of the last 5 Ma is considered, vertical slip rate is of the order of 0.16 m/ka. (Sanz de Galdeano et al., 2012). 
Horizontal Slip Rate HSR (m/ky) :
0
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
EJ
Brief comment: 
HSR=0, assumed pure dip-slip faulting. 
Net Slip Rate NSR (m/ky) :
0.381
Variability/Error: 
± 0.1 
Source: 
AR
Brief comment: 
From VSR, dip and rake of the fault. 

Paleoearthquakes

 
 
Variability/Error
Source
Brief comment
Net slip per event at the Surface (m) :
 
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
 
Brief comment: 
Unknown 
Number of Seismic Events :
 
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
 
Brief comment: 
Unknown 
Evidence of aseismic creep? :
 
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
 
Brief comment: 
Unknown 

Seismic parameters

 
 
Variability/Error
Source
Brief comment
Maximum magnitude (Mw) :
Reliability: B 
6.1
Variability/Error: 
± 0.6 
Source: 
LD
Brief comment: 
Mw is 6.1 (± 0.6) from the equation Mw=Mw(l) of Wells and Coppersmith (1994) for normal faults (Sanz de Galdeano et al., 2012). 
Recurrence interval (years) :
 
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
 
Brief comment: 
Unstated 
Date of last major earthquake (years) :
 
Variability/Error: 
 
Source: 
 
Brief comment: 
Unknown 

Extended data and references

References :
Sanz de Galdeano, C., Peláez, J.A. and López Casado, C. (2003). Seismic potential of the main active faults in the Granada Basin (southern Spain). Pure and Applied Geophysics 160, 1537-1556
Peláez, J.A., Sanz de Galdeano, C. y López Casado, C. (2001). Potencialidad sísmica de las fallas de la Cuenca de Granada en La Cuenca de Granada. Estructura, tectónica activa, sismicidad, geomorfología y dataciones existentes (Sanz de Galdeano, C., Peláez, J.A. y López, A.C., eds.), 158-174 (ISBN: 84-699-5561-6)
Peláez J.A., Sanz de Galdeano, C. y López Casado, C. (2001). Base de datos de fallas de la Cuenca de Granada y evaluación de su potencialidad sísmica. II Congreso Iberoamericano de Ingeniería Sísmica. 16-19 Octubre, Madrid, 2001. 22-30
Peláez, J.A., Sanz de Galdeano, C. and López Casado, C. (2003). Use of active fault data versus seismicity data in the evaluation of seismic hazard in the Granada basin (Southern Spain). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 93, 1670-1678
Sanz de Galdeano, C., Peláez, J.A., López Casado, C., Alfaro, P., García Tortosa, F.J., Galindo Zaldívar, J., y López Garrido, A.C. (2010). Estudios de tectónica activa en las Cuencas de Granada y Guadix-Baza (Cordillera Bética, Sur de España). En: Contribución de la Geología al Análisis de la Peligrosidad Sísmica (Insua, J.M., y Martín González, F., eds.), pp. 141-144. Sigüenza (Guadalajara, España).
Sanz de Galdeano, C., F.J. García-Tortosa, J.A. Peláez, P. Alfaro, J.M. Azañón, J. Galindo-Zaldívar, C. López Casado, A.C. López Garrido, J. Rodríguez-Fernández, P. Ruano (2012): Main active faults in the Granada and Guadix-Baza Basins (Betic Cordillera). Journal of Iberian Geology, 38, 209-223.
Stirling, M., Rhoades, D. and Berryman K. (2002): Comparison of Earthquake Scaling Relations Derived from Data of the Instrumental and Preinstrumental Era. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92 (2): 812–830.
Wesnousky, S.G. (1986). Earthquakes, Quaternary faults, and seismic hazard in California. Journal of Geophysical Research. 91(B12), 12587-12631.
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