New palynological and isotopic data for the Triassic of the western Cantabrian Mountains (Spain)

Triassic carbonate rocks of the western Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain, have long been attributed to the Muschelkalk faciès, and as such have been correlated with other Middle Triassic carbonate units of the Iberian Peninsula. Data on palynological assemblages here presented, point to a Ladini...

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Autores: Sopeña, Alfonso, Sánchez Moya, Yolanda, Barrón, E.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/52874
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52874
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:56:581
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Palinology
Sr isotopes
Ladinian
Carnian
Triassic
Cantabrian Mountain
Spain
Palinología
isótopos de Sr
Ladiniense
Carniense
Triásico
Cordillera Cantábrica
España.
Edafología (Geología)
Geodinámica
Geología estratigráfica
Paleontología
Petrología
2511 Ciencias del Suelo (Edafología)
2507 Geofísica
2506.19 Estratigrafía
2416 Paleontología
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Sumario:Triassic carbonate rocks of the western Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain, have long been attributed to the Muschelkalk faciès, and as such have been correlated with other Middle Triassic carbonate units of the Iberian Peninsula. Data on palynological assemblages here presented, point to a Ladinian-lower Carnian age of the upper part of the Buntsandstein faciès in this area. In addition, the 87Sr/86Sr ratio of the limestones formerly attributed to the Muschelkalk faciès indicates a Norian or Norian-Rhaetian boundary age. These findings also imply that the position of the marine coast during the Middle Triassic Tethys transgression should be moved to a more easterly position, in the Basque Country.