Dataciones isotópicas de espeleotemas freáticos recolectados en cuevas costeras de Mallorca

[eng] Coastal caves in Majorca island (Spain) offer a great variety of phreatic speleothems that have recorded pleistocenic Mediterranean sea paleolevels. An extensive absolute dating program, including U-Series and ESR measurements, has been carried out on many majorcan phreatic s...

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Autores: Ginés Gracia, Joaquim, Ginés Gràcia, Àngel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1993
País:España
Institución:Universidad de las Islas Baleares
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital de les Illes Balears
OAI Identifier:endins:Endins_1993v19p009
Acceso en línea:http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/oai-site/collect/endins/index/assoc/Endins_1/993v19p0/09.dir/Endins_1993v19p009.pdf
http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/library/collection/endins/document/Endins_1993v19p009
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Geology
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Sumario:[eng] Coastal caves in Majorca island (Spain) offer a great variety of phreatic speleothems that have recorded pleistocenic Mediterranean sea paleolevels. An extensive absolute dating program, including U-Series and ESR measurements, has been carried out on many majorcan phreatic speleothems located between present-day sea level and +40 meters above. Ages obtained were ranging from 3.9 ka (postglacial phreatic speleothems situated near the present sea level) to over 300 ka corresponding to high sea levels, related to stages 9 or even 11 of marine oxygen isotope record. These results agree well with a chronological model previously proposed on the basis of altimetrical correlation between phreatic speleothems and ancient beach deposits of majorcan coast. These investigations demonstrate the relevance of chronological studies of phreatic speleothems, in order to establish sea level history during the Middle and Upper Pleistocene.