Paleoenvironmental reconstruction for the lower Pliocene Arroyo Piedras section (Tubará - Colombia): Implications for the Magdalena River - paleodelta's dynamic

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Molinares, C. E., Martinez, J. I., Fiorini, F., Escobar, J., Jaramillo, C.
• Other Authors: Universidad EAFIT. Departamento de Geología, Ciencias del Mar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD 2012
• Subjects: benthic foraminifera; lagoon; lithofacies; Neogene; paleoclimate; paleoenvironment; Pliocene; sediment transport; sedimentology; Colombia; Magdalena River; Foraminifera; Piedras; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10784/26871; https://eafit.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=1340; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2012.04.007

The Magdalena river transports one of the largest load of sediments per basin area in the world. Its delta position has changed several times over the Neogene. The Arroyo Piedras Section (169 m) in northern Colombia, contains part of the record of the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene evolution of the...