Carbonate—;Depositional Systems in the Paleogene of the South Pyrenean Foreland Basin: A Sequence‐Stratigraphic Approach

Luterbacher, Hanspeter; Eichenseer, H.; Betzler, C.; Hurk, A. M. van den

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“…The pioneer studies about the Paleocene and lower Ypresian platforms of the Pyrenean basin were done by Mangin (1959Mangin ( -1960, von Hillebrandt (1964) and van de Velde (1967). From the later publications deserve to be stressed Garrido and Rios (1972), Plaziat (1981), Eichenser (1988), Betzler (1989), Barnolas et al (1990), van der Hurk (1990), Luterbacher et al (1991), Pluchery (1995), Serra-Kiel et al (1994), Baceta (1996), Baceta et al (2005). The carbonates of the abovementioned platforms and the underlying upper Maastrichtian materials grade landwards to continental or transitional deposits, that have been classically named "Garum" or "Garumnian facies" (Leymerie, 1863;Rosell et al, 2001), or Trem Group (Cuevas, 1992).…”

Section: The Paleocene and Lower Eocene Of The Zumaia Section (Basquementioning

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The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: New Data on Microfossil Turnover at the Zumaia Section, Spain

Alegret¹,

Ortíz²,

Orue‐Etxebarria³

et al. 2009

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Section: The Paleocene and Lower Eocene Of The Zumaia Section (Basquementioning

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The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: New Data on Microfossil Turnover at the Zumaia Section, Spain

Alegret¹,

Ortíz²,

Orue‐Etxebarria³

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“…Diagrams B 1 and B 2 differ in that the latter, corresponding to the Puentellés III sequence, reflects a slightly different basin configuration with a steeper proximal-distal slope due to increased tectonic activity. eustatic overprint has also been well documented in the Alpine foreland basins of the Pyrenees (Luterbacher et al, 1991;Déramond et al, 1993;Nijman, 1998), Betics (Berástegui et al, 1998) and Alps (Crumeyrolle et al, 1991;Zweigel et al, 1998).…”

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“…Marine carbonates in foreland basins typically display a ramp-like profile and preferentially develop on the foreland margin (Burchette & Wright, 1992;Dorobek, 1995), with exceptional examples occurring in the synorogenic clastic wedge in relation to blind-thrust or salt-diapir highs (Luterbacher et al (1991) and Purser (1973) respectively). To our knowledge, such a thick carbonate ramp succession as in the Puentellés Formation, present in an orogenattached synorogenic clastic wedge (Fig.…”

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“…Sedimentation in tectonically active settings is largely controlled by the structural grain and the timing and rate of emplacement of structures, although a eustatic imprint is commonly also recognized (Crumeyrolle et al, 1991;Luterbacher et al, 1991;Déramond et al, 1993;Berástegui et al, 1998;Nijman, 1998;Zweigel et al, 1998). In the Variscan Cantabrian Zone (northwest Spain), the upper Moscovian-Gzhelian synorogenic succession that crops out in the northern sector of the Picos de Europa Province comprises 11 depositional sequences (numbered 1-11), each of them constituted by higher order, metric to decametric, cycles.…”

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Facies Architecture and Cyclicity of an Upper Carboniferous Carbonate Ramp Developed in a Variscan Piggy‐Back Basin (Cantabrian Mountains, Northwest Spain)

Merino-Tomé

Bahamonde

Fernández

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The latest Moscovian (late Myachkovsky) to Gzhelian succession in the northern sector of the Picos de Europa Province (Cantabrian Mountains, northwest Spain) was deposited in a rapidly subsiding piggy-back basin. The succession has been subdivided into 11 mappable depositional sequences (3rd-4th order), which have in turn been grouped into two sequence sets, and they are formed of several higher order cycles (4th-5th order). This work focuses on the study of a carbonate ramp system (Puentellés Formation, northern proximal deposits of Sequences 8-10), where the cyclicity is best developed. Each of the three depositional sequences forming the Puentellés Formation comprises a fining upward lower part, which consists of several higher order (metric to decimetric) cycles with similar internal organization, and an upper part mainly arranged in metric to decametric shallowing upward parasequences. The results of this study suggest that tectonic activity controlled the configuration and long-term development of the latest Moscovian (late Myachkovsky) to Gzhelian basins, being responsible for the large-scale stratigraphical architecture (sequence sets). Eustasy, on the other hand, was the driving mechanism for the higher frequency architecture (3rd-5th-order cyclicity).The subsidence curves are similar for both sequence sets, showing a maximum subsidence rate in the beginning that gradually decreased, reflecting the tectonic load during two major phases of thrust-sheet emplacement. The unconformity between both sequence sets records an intense phase of erosion linked to uplift of the northern sector of the Picos de Europa Province due to the onset of the emplacement of the Picos de Europa thrust sheets. The tectonic deformation was also responsible for the angular unconformities and the syntectonic unconformities that bound the depositional sequences, but the unconformities in themselves were a consequence of eustatic sea-level falls. The lower part of each sequence in the Puentellés Formation records late lowstand clastic sedimentation in flood-dominated deltas and fan-deltas, which co-existed with a reduced carbonate production in a narrow shallow-water ramp. The minor unconformities that bound the 4th-5th-order cycles are only present in the lower part of the 3rd-order sequences, and are interpreted to have developed when minor tectonic uplift was enhanced during lowstand stages. The upper part, mainly composed of autochthonous carbonates (including microbial and algal boundstones, among others), represents the abandonment of the previous clastic systems and the encroachment and aggradation of the carbonate ramps during rising and highstand stages.The development of the Puentellés carbonate ramp was exceptional in that, normally, terrigenous influx typical of active tectonic regimes adversely affects carbonate production, preventing the development of carbonate depositional systems. In this case, the clastic supply was mainly calcareous, due to the composition of the source area, and as a consequence, almost no terrige...

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“…Gaemers (1978) mentioned decapod remains fmm the nearby Tremp Basin from this type of sediments in severa1 outcrops within the Ager Formation. The allochthonous Pa1aeogene Tremp and Ager basins were part of the central south Pyrenean periphera1 foreland basin (Luterbacher et al, 1991). These basins were situated at the northern margin of the tropics (Gaemers, 1978).…”

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Carbonate—;Depositional Systems in the Paleogene of the South Pyrenean Foreland Basin: A Sequence‐Stratigraphic Approach

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Facies Architecture and Cyclicity of an Upper Carboniferous Carbonate Ramp Developed in a Variscan Piggy‐Back Basin (Cantabrian Mountains, Northwest Spain)

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