Effects of the sea-level changes on a wave-worked Gilbert-Type delta (Late Pliocene, Aguilas Basin, SE Spain)

[EN] The bay of Cuatro Calas was formed in late Plioceno times by a local downward bending of older Neogene materials, which favoured a relative rise of sea level and invasion by the sea. The studied bay-fill deposits consist of units, with large-scale faresets diat filled most of tite dopression ta...

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Autores: Zazo, Caridad, Bardají, Teresa, Dabrio, Cristino J., Goy, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1991
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/5753
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5753
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fan delta
Sea level citanges
Neogene
Aguilas Basin
Betic Cordillera
Cambios del nivel del mar
Neógeno
Cuenca de Aguilas
Cordilleras Béticas
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Sumario:[EN] The bay of Cuatro Calas was formed in late Plioceno times by a local downward bending of older Neogene materials, which favoured a relative rise of sea level and invasion by the sea. The studied bay-fill deposits consist of units, with large-scale faresets diat filled most of tite dopression tappod by the yousagor sets of offlappirag trasasitiasa-zone units with an overall tabular sitape. As a whole, they generated a Gilbert-type delta morphology that actualy is a summatory of smaller-scale delta units deposited during successive highstands of sea level. Wo can observe only these highstand delta deposits. Lowstand wedges lay under the Present Mediterranean sea.