Unidades evaporíticas eocenas de la Zona Surpirenaica Oriental (Área de La Garrotxa)

Three Eocene evaporite units are distinguished in La Garrotxa area (Southeastern Pyrenean Zone, NE Spain) on the basis of geological mapping with integrated sedimentological, structural and borehole data. These units were deposited in a foreland basin during Lutetian time: (1) the oldest and thickes...

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Autor: Carrillo Álvarez, Emili
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/7998
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7998
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Southeastern Pyrenean Zone
Platform and basin evaporites
Foreland basin
Eocene
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Sumario:Three Eocene evaporite units are distinguished in La Garrotxa area (Southeastern Pyrenean Zone, NE Spain) on the basis of geological mapping with integrated sedimentological, structural and borehole data. These units were deposited in a foreland basin during Lutetian time: (1) the oldest and thickest one, the Borró Evaporitic Unit, was deposited in both platform setting and slope-basin environments, previously to the turbidite deposition of the Vallfogona Formation, (2) the Beuda Gypsum Unit was deposited overlying these turbidites, with no differentiated paleogeographical environments, and (3) the youngest and thinnest one, the Besalú Gypsum Unit, was deposited in a siliciclastic platform, just before the change from marine to continental conditions in the basin. As a whole, this evaporitic evolution reflects decreasing intensity in the successive salinity crises in the foreland basin in parallel with its progressive filling and loss of marine influence