Secuencia sedimentaria de una playa holocena adosada a un cantil en el Puerto Deportivo de Mazagón (Huelva)
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La playa de Mazagon es una de las playas más significativas de la costa SW
de España desde un punto de vista turístico pero también científico. Históricamente
esta playa desarrolló un sistema de crestas y surcos, así como extensas
dunas eólicas en el área emergida. Hoy día, la dinámica de olas en
esta área está completamente perturbada por las intervenciones humanas,
ya que se han construido grandes infraestructuras portuarias cerca de la
playa. La construcción de una nueva ampliación del puerto deportivo permitió
observar en una amplia zanja la secuencia estratigráfica de la playa, así
como las relaciones geométricas entre las facies del Holoceno y las formaciones
de Plio-Pleistoceno. La base de la sucesión es un nivel de fangos que
está en contacto con los sedimentos aluviales del Pleistoceno. En estas facies,
la secuencia sedimentaria de playa consiste en una sucesión vertical de
bioclásticas de gravas y arenas medias que muestran sets de láminas paralelas
alternando con foresets de estratificación cruzada. Por encima de esta
secuencia de la playa, un nivel de arenas muy finas con estratificación cruzada
en artesa muy compleja se interpreta como la sedimentación de dunas
costeras supramareales. Toda la secuencia representa la sedimentación durante
el último período de highstand y los pulsos finales de aumento del
nivel del mar
Mazagon Beach is one of the most significant beaches in the SW Spanish coast from a touristic but also scientific point of view. Historically this beach developed a ridge-and-runnel system in the foreshore and extensive dunes in the backshore area. Today wave dynamics in this area is completely disturbed by human interventions, since large harbor infrastructures have been built near the beach. The construction of a new dock in the marina allowed observing in a wide trench the beach stratigraphic sequence as well as the geometric relationships between the Holocene facies and the Plio- Pleistocene formations. The base of the succession is a muddy level which is in contact with the Pleistocene alluvial sediments. On these facies, the beach sedimentary sequence consists on a vertical succession of bioclastic gravels and medium sands displaying parallel laminated sets alternating with foresets of crossbedding.Above this beach sequence, a complex, cross-stratified strata composed by very fine sands represents the supratidal coastal dunes. The entire sequence represents the deposition during the late pulses of rising sea level and the highstand period
Mazagon Beach is one of the most significant beaches in the SW Spanish coast from a touristic but also scientific point of view. Historically this beach developed a ridge-and-runnel system in the foreshore and extensive dunes in the backshore area. Today wave dynamics in this area is completely disturbed by human interventions, since large harbor infrastructures have been built near the beach. The construction of a new dock in the marina allowed observing in a wide trench the beach stratigraphic sequence as well as the geometric relationships between the Holocene facies and the Plio- Pleistocene formations. The base of the succession is a muddy level which is in contact with the Pleistocene alluvial sediments. On these facies, the beach sedimentary sequence consists on a vertical succession of bioclastic gravels and medium sands displaying parallel laminated sets alternating with foresets of crossbedding.Above this beach sequence, a complex, cross-stratified strata composed by very fine sands represents the supratidal coastal dunes. The entire sequence represents the deposition during the late pulses of rising sea level and the highstand period














