North-western Cainozoic record: present knowledge and the correlation problem

Tertiary deposits of the north-western Iberian Peninsula are heterogeneous because they occur in several morpho-structural positions as isolated and dispersed basins and outerops. The quality of the palaeontological record is usually very poor and there are scarce data. Correlation depends on a wide...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Martín Serrano, Ángel, Mediavilla López, Rosa María, Santisteban Navarro, Juan Ignacio
Format: book part
Publication Date:1996
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/60514
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60514
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:551.79(460)
Tertiary
Iberian Peninsula
Litoral Peninsula
Spain
Geología estratigráfica
2506.19 Estratigrafía
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Summary:Tertiary deposits of the north-western Iberian Peninsula are heterogeneous because they occur in several morpho-structural positions as isolated and dispersed basins and outerops. The quality of the palaeontological record is usually very poor and there are scarce data. Correlation depends on a wide range of criteria which arc not always equivalent: palaeontology, mineralogy and petrology, geomorphology, tectonics and comparison with better-known and better-dated facies in regions nearby. The results lack homogeneity and there arc notable discrepancie.