Modificación diagenética temprana de las conchas de inocerámido (Bivalvia). Maastrichtiense inferior. Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica

The petrographic analysis of the inoceramid shells allows to identify some microstructures, which suggest their early modification, previously and during the first burial stages. In this sense, it is important to emphasize the borings produced by epibionts and the formation of an early ferrous-manga...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Gómez Alday, Juan José, Elorza, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2004
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:10272/8882
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8882
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Inoceramid
Bioerosion
Diagenesis
Marine oxygenation
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Sumario:The petrographic analysis of the inoceramid shells allows to identify some microstructures, which suggest their early modification, previously and during the first burial stages. In this sense, it is important to emphasize the borings produced by epibionts and the formation of an early ferrous-manganese coating in the outer surface of the shell. The desegregation of the prismatic framework and its dispersion in the sediment are other processes that took place during the early stages of burial. The study of the post-mortem modification of the shells brings forward some evidences about the marine bottom oxygenation in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, just before the inoceramid extinction near the lower-upper Maastrichtian boundary (~69,3 m.a.)