Evolución sedimentaria del polder Anbeko (Reserva de Urdaibai, Golfo de Vizcaya) durante el Holoceno

The sedimentology and micropaleontological content (benthic foraminifera) of a core located in the Anbeko polder of the Urdaibai estuary (Southern Bay of Biscay) have been analysed in order to characterize the holocene evolution of this polder. Based upon sedimentology and micropalaeontological asse...

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Autores: Pascual, Ana, Weber, O., Rodríguez Lázaro, Julio, Jouanneau, J. M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1999
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:10272/9870
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9870
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Foraminifera
Sedimentology
Palaeoenvironmental interpretation
Holocene
Urdaibai
Bay of Biscay
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Sumario:The sedimentology and micropaleontological content (benthic foraminifera) of a core located in the Anbeko polder of the Urdaibai estuary (Southern Bay of Biscay) have been analysed in order to characterize the holocene evolution of this polder. Based upon sedimentology and micropalaeontological assemblages, four units have been identified in this core. During the first phase this area was under marine conditions, with a a maximum marine influence around 5000 years BP. The pulsation described during the Atlantic-Subboreal transition of the Holocene is then registered in this core. Sedimentological facies of the second unit indicate a decrease of energy in this environment, where outer estuarine foraminifera dominated the assemblages. The third phase indicates the progressive filling of the estuary, with the appearance of a vegetated marsh, as evidenced by the total dominance of agglutinated foraminifera. This marsh, which is progressively isolated from the tidal influence, was anthropologically transformed into a polder during the 1 8th. century