Eustasy in the Aptian world: A vision from the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate
Eustatic controls on Early Cretaceous (Aptian) sedimentation in the western Tethys are discerned in outcrops of carbonate platforms that developed in the Maestrat rift basin located at the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate. The relative sea-level fluctuations with a dominant eustatic contribution...
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ftubarcepubl:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/187039 2024-02-11T10:04:45+01:00 Eustasy in the Aptian world: A vision from the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate Bover-Arnal, Telm Salas, Ramon (Salas Roig) Guimerà i Rosso, Joan J. Moreno-Bedmar, Josep Anton 2022-07-01 29 p. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2445/187039 eng eng Elsevier B.V. Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103849 Global and Planetary Change, 2022, vol. 214, num. 103849 Articles publicats en revistes (Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103849 0921-8181 http://hdl.handle.net/2445/187039 723927 cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier B.V., 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Nivell del mar Cretaci Estratigrafia seqüencial Aptià Maestrat (País Valencià i Aragó : Regió) Sea level Cretaceous Period Sequence stratigraphy Aptian Maestrazgo (Valencian Community and Aragon : Region) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2022 ftubarcepubl https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103849 2024-01-24T01:18:07Z Eustatic controls on Early Cretaceous (Aptian) sedimentation in the western Tethys are discerned in outcrops of carbonate platforms that developed in the Maestrat rift basin located at the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate. The relative sea-level fluctuations with a dominant eustatic contribution investigated had estimated magnitudes of between 50 and 60 m in <0.9 My and ≥115 m in <3 My, and occurred respectively during the late early and early late Aptian. The major relative sea-level falls of mainly eustatic nature were recorded as forced regressive sedimentary wedges or as incised valleys carved into highstand carbonate platforms, whereas the subsequent sea- level rises back-filled the incised topographic lows created, or favoured the development of lowstand platforms. The finding of 50-115 m amplitude fluctuations of Aptian age is of relevance in that show magnitudes of relative sea-level fall in the order of that recorded during the last glacial maximum in the late Pleistocene (c. 120 m). The current knowledge on Cretaceous climate history shows an Earth with non-uniform greenhouse conditions. However, geological evidence of temporary icehouse states with ice-cap magnitudes close to late Pleistocene scales during the Aptian is absent, or at least has not been reported so far. Thus, although falling within the glacio-eustatic domain, the driving processes of these widespread drops and subsequent rises in relative sea level remain a mystery. Finally, this paper is an example of how sequence stratigraphy can be applied to carbonate successions, and of how this methodology indeed permits to unravel ancient relative sea-level fluctuations which controlled carbonate production and accumulation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice cap Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona Global and Planetary Change 214 103849 |
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Nivell del mar Cretaci Estratigrafia seqüencial Aptià Maestrat (País Valencià i Aragó : Regió) Sea level Cretaceous Period Sequence stratigraphy Aptian Maestrazgo (Valencian Community and Aragon : Region) Bover-Arnal, Telm Salas, Ramon (Salas Roig) Guimerà i Rosso, Joan J. Moreno-Bedmar, Josep Anton Eustasy in the Aptian world: A vision from the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate |
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Nivell del mar Cretaci Estratigrafia seqüencial Aptià Maestrat (País Valencià i Aragó : Regió) Sea level Cretaceous Period Sequence stratigraphy Aptian Maestrazgo (Valencian Community and Aragon : Region) |
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Eustatic controls on Early Cretaceous (Aptian) sedimentation in the western Tethys are discerned in outcrops of carbonate platforms that developed in the Maestrat rift basin located at the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate. The relative sea-level fluctuations with a dominant eustatic contribution investigated had estimated magnitudes of between 50 and 60 m in <0.9 My and ≥115 m in <3 My, and occurred respectively during the late early and early late Aptian. The major relative sea-level falls of mainly eustatic nature were recorded as forced regressive sedimentary wedges or as incised valleys carved into highstand carbonate platforms, whereas the subsequent sea- level rises back-filled the incised topographic lows created, or favoured the development of lowstand platforms. The finding of 50-115 m amplitude fluctuations of Aptian age is of relevance in that show magnitudes of relative sea-level fall in the order of that recorded during the last glacial maximum in the late Pleistocene (c. 120 m). The current knowledge on Cretaceous climate history shows an Earth with non-uniform greenhouse conditions. However, geological evidence of temporary icehouse states with ice-cap magnitudes close to late Pleistocene scales during the Aptian is absent, or at least has not been reported so far. Thus, although falling within the glacio-eustatic domain, the driving processes of these widespread drops and subsequent rises in relative sea level remain a mystery. Finally, this paper is an example of how sequence stratigraphy can be applied to carbonate successions, and of how this methodology indeed permits to unravel ancient relative sea-level fluctuations which controlled carbonate production and accumulation. |
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Bover-Arnal, Telm Salas, Ramon (Salas Roig) Guimerà i Rosso, Joan J. Moreno-Bedmar, Josep Anton |
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Bover-Arnal, Telm Salas, Ramon (Salas Roig) Guimerà i Rosso, Joan J. Moreno-Bedmar, Josep Anton |
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Eustasy in the Aptian world: A vision from the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate |
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Eustasy in the Aptian world: A vision from the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate |
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Eustasy in the Aptian world: A vision from the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate |
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Eustasy in the Aptian world: A vision from the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate |
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Eustasy in the Aptian world: A vision from the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate |
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eustasy in the aptian world: a vision from the eastern margin of the iberian plate |
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