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Sinclinal de los Poyos de la Mesa

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 Sinclinal de los Poyos de la Mesa

The Cerro de los Poyos de la Mesa is an inverted relief in which the Upper Cretaceous dolomites and the discordant Miocene limestones on them are affected by a synclinal fold perfectly visible from the north.

The fold is tighter in older materials (Cretaceous dolomites), and it is more open in discordant materials (Miocene limestones). Both lithological assemblages emerge in the very steep upper part of the relief. Between them there is a highly developed scree, which marks approximately the axial plane of the fold.

Source: Inventory of Georecourses of Andalusia. Ministry of Environment. Junta de Andalucía.

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