El Cretácico Inferior de la Sierra de Jódar-Bedmar (Prebético de Jaén, Cordillera Bética): facies, bioestratigrafía e interpretación paleoambiental
Loading...
Publication date
Advisors
Department
Research group
Center
Abstract
El Prebético de Jaén está constituido por un conjunto de unidades tectónicas
aisladas, compuestas principalmente por calizas del Cretácico Inferior.
En este trabajo se analiza una de ellas, la Sierra de Jódar-Bedmar. En
ésta, el Cretácico Inferior está representado sobre todo por calizas del Aptiense,
con una gran variedad de facies, representativas de medios sedimentarios
que van desde los supralitorales de agua dulce a las margas con
nanofósiles características de plataforma externa. Este afloramiento es el
único del Prebético de Jaén con materiales de esta edad. Tanto las facies
como las potencias muestran cambios laterales importantes en distancias
cortas, lo que se ha interpretado como resultado de la instalación de una plataforma
pequeña sobre un bloque de falla basculado hacia el NE, a tenor del
estilo y la orientación de la progradación de la plataforma estudiada. En esa
ubicación se dispondrían las antiguas áreas continentales
The so-called Prebetic of Jaén is composed of a set of tectonic units in which Lower Cretaceous limestones are the dominant outcropping rocks. One of these units the Sierra de Jódar-Bedmar, is the subject of this note. There the Early Cretaceous is mainly represented by Aptian limestones with show a great diversity of facies ranging from supralitoral fresh-water deposits to outer platform marls with nannofossils. Substantial lateral changes in facies and thickness in short distances are interpreted in the framework of a small platform developed on the top of a tilted fault-block. The patterns of progradation in that platform suggest that the block was tilted towards the NE, where ancient continental areas were located. It should be noted that the studied unit is the only area with Aptian outcrops all along the Prebetic of Jaén
The so-called Prebetic of Jaén is composed of a set of tectonic units in which Lower Cretaceous limestones are the dominant outcropping rocks. One of these units the Sierra de Jódar-Bedmar, is the subject of this note. There the Early Cretaceous is mainly represented by Aptian limestones with show a great diversity of facies ranging from supralitoral fresh-water deposits to outer platform marls with nannofossils. Substantial lateral changes in facies and thickness in short distances are interpreted in the framework of a small platform developed on the top of a tilted fault-block. The patterns of progradation in that platform suggest that the block was tilted towards the NE, where ancient continental areas were located. It should be noted that the studied unit is the only area with Aptian outcrops all along the Prebetic of Jaén







