Caracterización y origen de la Facies Glauconítica de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir
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La presencia de glauconita en los materiales terciarios de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir se
conoce desde hace casi un siglo. Estudios recientes la sitúan estratigráficamente en dos niveles:
uno inferior (Mioceno) en el tránsito de una facies detrítico-carbonatada y las Margas azules, y
otro superior (Plioceno) entre las Margas azules y la Formación Arenas de Huelva. En el
presente trabajo se ha realizado una caracterización mineralógica y genética de la glauconita,
encontrándose un diferente grado de evolución para cada nivel, y condiciones de sedimentación
propias de un medio marino sublitoral, con una profundidad <50 m, a partir de datos
sedimentológicos y paleontológicos. Por último, se interpreta además su significado paleogeográfico
en la evolución general de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir.
Occurrences of glauconite in Tertiary materials of the Guadalquivir basin have been known nearly a century. Recent studies indicate that the glauconite is stratigraphically concentrated in two levels: the lower one (Miocene) being at the boundary between a detrital-carbonate formation and the «Blue Clays»; the higher one (Pliocene) at the transition between the «Blue Clays» and the Huelva Sand Formation. Different glauconitizacion degrees of organic remains have been observed in both glauconitic level studied. The environmental conditions during sedimentation of glauconite materials as deduced from palaeontological and sedimentological data, suppose that glauconite pellets may have formed in an open-sublitoral~environment at around 50 m deep.
Occurrences of glauconite in Tertiary materials of the Guadalquivir basin have been known nearly a century. Recent studies indicate that the glauconite is stratigraphically concentrated in two levels: the lower one (Miocene) being at the boundary between a detrital-carbonate formation and the «Blue Clays»; the higher one (Pliocene) at the transition between the «Blue Clays» and the Huelva Sand Formation. Different glauconitizacion degrees of organic remains have been observed in both glauconitic level studied. The environmental conditions during sedimentation of glauconite materials as deduced from palaeontological and sedimentological data, suppose that glauconite pellets may have formed in an open-sublitoral~environment at around 50 m deep.
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Galán Huertos, E., González Díez, I., Mayoral Alfaro. E., Vázquez González, M.A.: "Caracterización y origen de la Facies Glauconítica de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir". Estudios Geológicos. Vol. 45, págs. 169-175 (1989). ISSN 0367-0449














