Variaciones de color y contenido de CaCO3 en los pares margacaliza del Maastrichtiense superior y Eoceno inferior en Sopelana (Arco Vasco): reflejo de cambios paleoambientales

The Sopelana sea-cliff exposes marl-limestone couplets from the Upper Maastrichtian (MS1 and MS2 sections) and the Lower Eocene (EI section), in the deep Basque Arc domain. The high-resolution analysis (% CaCO3) of the MS1 couplets confirms a complex behaviour with strong compositional contrast vs....

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Autores: Iridoy, Peru, Zudaire, Saioa, Azaguirre, Maddi, Dorronsoro, Ane, Olano, Galder, Beriain, Eneko, Usarbarrena, Ariane, Elorza, Javier
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2010
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositório:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/7509
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7509
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Colour
Marl-limestone couplets
Late Maastrichtian
Early Eocene
Basque Arc
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Resumo:The Sopelana sea-cliff exposes marl-limestone couplets from the Upper Maastrichtian (MS1 and MS2 sections) and the Lower Eocene (EI section), in the deep Basque Arc domain. The high-resolution analysis (% CaCO3) of the MS1 couplets confirms a complex behaviour with strong compositional contrast vs. a more regular MS2 couplets. This may be due to a drastic environmental change (long humid and rainy alternating to drier periods) towards dominant humid and rainy periods, with a minor seasonal nature and high sedimentation rate (72 cm/20 ky). The deep, cold, oxygenated marine water produces a change of coloration (grey to purple) during the sedimentation, in the Upper Maastrichtian couplets before diagenesis activity. It is the beginning of the Cretaceous oceanic red beds (CORB´s)