RT Journal Article
T1 Rasgos morfológicos e icnológicos de la superficie erosiva del límite Messiniense-Plioceno (Sierra del Colmenar, Alicante). Relación con la crisis de salinidad del Mediterráneo
T1 Morphological and ichnological features of the boundary Messinian-Pliocene erosional surface (Sierra delColmenar, Alicante). Relationship with the Mediterranean salinity crisis
A1 Soria, Jesús M.
A1 Caracuel, Jesús Esteban
A1 Corbí, Hugo
A1 Yébenes, Alfonso
AB The Messinian/Pliocene boundary in the Sierra del Colmenar (Alicante) is represented by an erosional surfacecalled the end-Messinian unconformity. This erosional surface cuts the coastal and lagoonal deposits of the lateMessinian (Terminal Complex) as a result of the sea-level fall related to the salinity crisis in the centre of theMediterranean. The beginning of the subsequent transgresion during the lower Pliocene is registered by anerosive surface that carved the underlying Messinian deposits. This surface morphology and trace fossil colonizationis controlled by the substrate characteristics. Thus, onto consistent calcareous substrates it is developed coastalpalaeocliffs colonized by Trypanites icnofacies, meanwhile on the marly substrates there is no abrupt palaeocliffswith icnofacies of Skolithos colonization. The enhancing Pliocene reflooding was recorded by the sedimentationof coastal and shallow marine deposits over the erosive surface
PB Sociedad Geológica de España
YR 2004
FD 2004
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8897
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8897
LA spa
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026