[eng] This thesis uses a field-based approach complemented with geophysical and well data to investigate the controlling factors on the geometry and kinematics of salt walls developed above extensional faults whose movement occurs during or after the deposition of salt; and the behavior of these precursor diapiric structures when are involved in a subsequent thin-skinned contractional deformation. This is an investigation that has been carried out by defining the geometric and temporal relationships between the structure of the salt walls and their adjacent strata in two distinct field-work areas: the southeastern Paradox Basin (SW Colorado) and the Eastern Prebetic Zone at the Jumilla region (SE Spain). At the SE Paradox Basin, the analyze...