Facies analysis and stratigraphy of a lower Aptian carbonate platform section (Prebetic, Alicante, Spain)
- Rafael Martínez Rodríguez 1
- José Manuel Castro Jiménez 1
- Ginés Alfonso de Gea Guillén 1
- Luis Miguel Nieto Albert 1
- Matías Reolid 1
- Pedro Alejandro Ruiz Ortiz 1
- 1 Universidad de Jaén, España
ISSN: 0213-683X
Year of publication: 2018
Issue Title: Comunicaciones presentadas en la LXIV Sesión Científica / Ávila, 1 de Junio de 2018
Issue: 64
Pages: 31-34
Type: Article
More publications in: Geogaceta
Abstract
In the Racó Llobet section (Sierra Mariola, Prebetic of Alicante) crops out the Llopis Formation, dated as lower Aptian (lower Bedoulian). Six types of facies have been recognized: 1) orbitolinite facies (packstone and wackestone with orbitolinids); 2) calcarenites with grainstone texture; 3) limestones and marlstones with corals; 4) floatstones and packstones with rudists; 5) wackestone and packstone with foraminifera; and 6) mudstone with scarce fossils. These facies correspond with shallowing upward elementary cycles. In general, this section records the process of installation of a shallow carbonate platform, occurred in two progradational steps, ending with the development of a lagoon.
Funding information
This work has been funded by the Spanish Government (research project CGL2014-55274-P) and a PhD Student Sco-larship from Jaén University.Funders
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- CGL2014-55274-P