Nuevos datos geocronológicos y geoquímicos de las manifestaciones volcánicas de Picasent y Cofrentes (Valencia)

The volcanic region of eastern Spain is badly known, mainly because of lack of subaerial exposures, which are restricted to the Cofrentes and Picasent outcrops. Moreover, these volcanic occurrences show somewhat compositional differences and their ages are clearly distinctive. The Picasent occurrenc...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Ancochea, Eumenio, Huertas, María José
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2002
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:10272/9364
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9364
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Alkaline volcanism
Iberia peninsula
Valencia volcanic area
K/Ar age
Descrição
Resumo:The volcanic region of eastern Spain is badly known, mainly because of lack of subaerial exposures, which are restricted to the Cofrentes and Picasent outcrops. Moreover, these volcanic occurrences show somewhat compositional differences and their ages are clearly distinctive. The Picasent occurrence consists of alkaline rocks which have been dated at 8 Ma. These rocks constitute an on land representation of the volcanic activity developed in the Valencia Gulf during the Miocene. The Cofrentes occurrence is made up of ultra-alkaline volcanic rocks, ranging 1 -2 Ma in age, thus evidencing a second phase of volcanic activity in eastern Spain that can be related to the Campos de Calatrava volcanic area