Pulsos de inundación marina en la terminación de una plataforma carbonatada (Aptiense inferior de Aralar, Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica)

The Lower Aptian Sarastarri Limestone unit (Aralar, nor thern Spain), mainly consists of rudist and coral micrites and is nearly 200m thick. The uppermost 30m of the unit show sharp-based marly intervals attributed to two drowning events. Both marly intervals are immediately preceeded by laminated b...

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Autores: Millán, M. I., Fernández Mendiola, Pedro Ángel, García Mondéjar, Joaquín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
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:10272/8523
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8523
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbonate platform drowning
Lower Aptian
Aralar
Basque-Cantabrian Basin
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Sumario:The Lower Aptian Sarastarri Limestone unit (Aralar, nor thern Spain), mainly consists of rudist and coral micrites and is nearly 200m thick. The uppermost 30m of the unit show sharp-based marly intervals attributed to two drowning events. Both marly intervals are immediately preceeded by laminated bioclastic rudstone facies, attributed to quick shoaling processes ending with subaerial exposure. A change of local subsidence conditions from uniform during the Sarastarri Limestone episode, to varying with distance during the Lareo Marl succeeding episode, is invoked to explain both drownings. Influence of oceanographic causes reported in other contemporaneous carbonate platforms is, however, not excluded