Turbiditas carbonatadas del Eoceno medio en Punta Galea, Arco Vasco: contenidos de CaCO3, presencia de restos vegetales continentales y silicificaciones selectivas
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En los acantilados de Punta Galea (NE, Bilbao), se han estudiado tres pequeñas
secciones de turbiditas carbonatadas (Eoceno medio), pertenecientes
al dominio profundo del Arco Vasco. Análisis calcimétricos de alta resolución
(n=258) señalan: a) un ligero aumento en CaCO3 hacia el techo, indicativo
de una evolución temporal hacia aguas marinas más cálidas; b) una
imprecisa evolución composicional intra-lecho de las margas y calizas frente
el decrecimiento neto de muro a techo en las calcarenitas. También, han sido
objeto de estudio los restos vegetales orientados, la ocasional presencia de
ámbar y la selectiva silicificación de las conchas de los nummulítidos resedimentados
The Punta Galea sea-cliff exposes three different sections composed of carbonate turbidite layers from the Middle Eocene of the deep Basque Arc domain. The study of 258 high-resolution %CaCO3 analyses permit us to disclose: a) a slight upwards increase of CaCO3 contents, likely reflecting a short marine water warming episode; b) an erratic trend in carbonate content of the marl and limestone beds while a clear decrease is observed from bottom to top of calcarenite beds.Also, the occurrence of small oriented continental plant remains, local presence of amber fragments and the selective silicification of resedimented nummulite shells are discussed
The Punta Galea sea-cliff exposes three different sections composed of carbonate turbidite layers from the Middle Eocene of the deep Basque Arc domain. The study of 258 high-resolution %CaCO3 analyses permit us to disclose: a) a slight upwards increase of CaCO3 contents, likely reflecting a short marine water warming episode; b) an erratic trend in carbonate content of the marl and limestone beds while a clear decrease is observed from bottom to top of calcarenite beds.Also, the occurrence of small oriented continental plant remains, local presence of amber fragments and the selective silicification of resedimented nummulite shells are discussed







