Journal of Iberian Geology 41 (3) 2015: 333-350 http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/rev_JIGE.2015.v41.n3.49948 www.ucm.es /info/estratig/journal.htm ISSN (print): 1698-6180. ISSN (online): 1886-7995 Paleoseismological evidence of Holocene activity of the Los Tollos Fault (Murcia, SE Spain): A lately formed Quaternary tectonic feature of the Eastern Betic Shear Zone J.M. Insua-Arévalo1*, J. García-Mayordomo2, A. Salazar2, E. Rodríguez-Escudero3, R. Martín- Banda1,2, J.A. Álvarez-Gómez1, C. Canora4, J.J. Martínez-Díaz1,5 1Department of Geodynamics, Faculty of Geological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain. 2Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), c. Ríos Rosas, 23. 28003 Madrid, Spain. 3Department of Geology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. 4Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa, Departamento de Sismología, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal 5Geosciences Institute IGEO (UCM, CSIC), c. José Antonio Nováis, 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain. e-mail addresses:
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[email protected] (J.J.M-D.) Received: 24 September 2015 / Accepted: 20 November 2015 / Available online: 20 December 2015 Abstract The Los Tollos Fault is a recent and important feature of the Eastern Betic Shear Zone, one of the major tectonic structures in South Iberia accommodating the convergence between Nubian and Eurasian plates in the western Mediterranean.