Caracterización litoestratigráfica de los afloramientos miocenos del entorno de Pozo Moro-Pétrola (Albacete) y su explotación como recurso constructivo local
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En el área entre Pétrola y Pozo Moro (centro-oeste de la provincia de Albacete) afloran depósitos miocenos formados por sucesiones de calcarenitas y areniscas que pueden alcanzar potencias superiores a los 11 metros. La fracción detrítica está constituida por fragmentos de roca, cuarzo (monocristalino y policristalino), chert y yeso, mientras que en la fracción bioclástica se reconocen foraminíferos (bentónicos y planctónicos), fragmentos de bivalvos, algas rojas y briozoos. Los niveles suelen presentar cementación calcítica poco o moderadamente desarrollada, siendo mayoritariamente del tipo circungranular, aunque en algunas muestras se ha reconocido una segunda fase cementante de tipo mosaico o poiquilotópico. Estas secuencias han sido explotadas históricamente como material de construcción, al menos en tres áreas extractivas localizadas en este estudio (entorno de Pétrola y entorno de Pozo Moro). Los objetivos de este trabajo se centran en la identificación de rasgos petrológicos que permitan reconocer el empleo de estos materiales en elementos constructivos del patrimonio cultural. Los principales rasgos petrológicos distintivos se centran en la presencia/ausencia de: 1) foraminíferos planctónicos; 2) fragmentos de roca en la fracción detrítica; 3) cuarzo policristalino.
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In the area between Pétrola and Pozo Moro (central-west of the Albacete region) Miocene deposits outcrop formed by successions of calcarenites and sandstones that can reach depths greater than 11 m. The detrital fraction is made up of rock fragments, quartz (micro and polycrystalline), chert and gypsum, while in the bioclastic fraction foraminifera (benthic and planktonic), fragments of bivalves, red algae and bryozoans are recognized. Rocks usually present little or moderately developed calcitic cementation, being mostly of the circumgranular type, although in some samples a second poikilotopic or mosaic cementing phase are recognized. These sequences have been historically exploited as building material, at least in three extractive areas located in this study (Pétrola and Pozo Moro surroundings). The objectives of this work focus on the identification of petrological features that allow recognizing the use of these materials in cultural heritage. The main distinctive petrological features focus on the presence/absence of: 1) planktonic foraminifera; 2) rock fragments in the detrital fraction; 3) polycrystalline quartz.
In the area between Pétrola and Pozo Moro (central-west of the Albacete region) Miocene deposits outcrop formed by successions of calcarenites and sandstones that can reach depths greater than 11 m. The detrital fraction is made up of rock fragments, quartz (micro and polycrystalline), chert and gypsum, while in the bioclastic fraction foraminifera (benthic and planktonic), fragments of bivalves, red algae and bryozoans are recognized. Rocks usually present little or moderately developed calcitic cementation, being mostly of the circumgranular type, although in some samples a second poikilotopic or mosaic cementing phase are recognized. These sequences have been historically exploited as building material, at least in three extractive areas located in this study (Pétrola and Pozo Moro surroundings). The objectives of this work focus on the identification of petrological features that allow recognizing the use of these materials in cultural heritage. The main distinctive petrological features focus on the presence/absence of: 1) planktonic foraminifera; 2) rock fragments in the detrital fraction; 3) polycrystalline quartz.







