The role of hydrothermal activity in the origin of the ferruginous crusts in Calatrava (Guadiana Basin of Spain): an approach to the paleoclimatic conditions

Through chemical, mineralogical and geomophorlogical analysis, the ferruginous crusts in Calatrava are interpreted as Pliocenous and Pleistocenous deposits (alluvial fans, fluvial terraces, colluviums, accumulative glacis, etc.) cemented by ferrous oxides and hidroxides (hematite and geothite), by a...

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Autor: Poblete Piedrabuena, Miguel Ángel|||0000-0003-1030-5310
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)
Repositorio:RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:digibuo.uniovi.es:10651/47437
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10651/47437
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Iron encrustation
Hot springs
Lateral lessivage
Glacis and terrace crusts
Calatrava, Spain
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Sumario:Through chemical, mineralogical and geomophorlogical analysis, the ferruginous crusts in Calatrava are interpreted as Pliocenous and Pleistocenous deposits (alluvial fans, fluvial terraces, colluviums, accumulative glacis, etc.) cemented by ferrous oxides and hidroxides (hematite and geothite), by a lateral movement of hot springs loaded with dissolved iron, probably under a very extreme mediterranean paleoclimate, which has governed this area since the lower Pliocene until the upper Pleistocene, without any lateritic weatherings being detected in any case.