Person: Mas Mayoral, José Ramón
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José Ramón
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Mas Mayoral
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Geológicas
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Estratigrafía
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Item Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of microbial mud mound derived boulders from gravity-flow polymictic megabreccias (Visean, SW Spain)(Sedimentary geology, 2012) Rodríguez Martínez, Marta; Moreno González, Iván; Mas Mayoral, José Ramón; Reitner, JoachimThe Upper Visean outcrops from the Guadiato Valley (Córdoba, SW Spain) provide a well-preserved record of the mud mound factory, which was developed in a mainly siliciclastic synorogenic foreland basin during the oblique sinistral collision of two terranes (Ossa Morena and Central Iberian blocks). The first onset of mud mound development has been recorded as microbial mud mound-derived boulders in polymictic megabreccias as result of strong tectonic activity. The Upper Visean record from the Mississippian central band at Guadiato Valley starts with lower heterolithic units (up to 180 m thick) and shows two major tectonically-controlled cycles: a fining upwards interval (FU) followed by a coarsening upwards interval (CU). These cycles are linked to two active margins with gravelly fan delta development and different source areas. Mud mound-derived boulders occur in the CU interval and are formed by peloidal primary and secondary (reworked) automicrites and allomicrites, showing a diverse faunal and floral assemblage, although never as the main skeletal framebuilders. However, the observed coeval richness in sponges (lyssacinose hexactinellids and non-lithistid demosponges) and the diverse calcareous algae assemblage in mud mound derived boulders are not common in other Visean buildups. The growth cavities display changes in the geopetal relationships between fillings and the secondary cavities containing sand to gravel fillings reflecting a complex pre-boulder and mud mound derived boulder history. Detailed mapping, sampling, stratigraphic and microfacial analyses have allowed the reconstruction of the mud mounds sedimentary environment prior to the collapse, transport and emplacement as boulders with polymictic gravels.Item Calcareous algae (dasycladales and charophytes), essential for the sedimentological interpretation of ancient coastal-lakes systems. The Barremian-Aptian Leza Fm., Cameros Basin, N Spain(Third circular. Program : 29th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology. Sedimentology in the Heart of the Alps. Schlaming, September, 10-13 2012, 2012) Suárez González, Pablo; Martín Closas, C.; Quijada, Isabel Emma; Benito Moreno, María Isabel; Mas Mayoral, José RamónItem Pliocene lithofacies within the marine geologic record from the Cadiz Bay (SW Spain): environment and processes(Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 2012) Gutiérrez-Mas, José Manuel; Mas Mayoral, José RamónMediante el estudio sedimentológico de los afloramientos Pliocenos de la costa de Cádiz (SO de España), se ha establecido la tendencia deposicional que caracteriza el relleno sedimentario ost-orogénico en el sector sur de la cuenca del Guadalquivir. Las facies indican variaciones importantes del régimen deposicional, alternando períodos estacionales de calma y tormenta con eventos ocasionales de muy alta energía, caracterizados por el depósito de materiales clásticos y bioclásticos de mayor tamaño. De acuerdo con las características sedimentarias y el contenido fósil, varios tipos de litofacies han sido identificadas. Las arenas, areniscas y calcarenitas muestran características que indican un régimen estacional, mientras que las capas bioclásticas y los depósitos de bloques muestran características completamente distintas a los depósitos intra y suprayacentes, habiendo sido clasificados como depósitos de eventos. También se ha discutido el origen de estos depósitos y los mecanismos deposicionales involucrados en su formación. Tanto las litofacies como el marco tectónico y el registro histórico, indican que estos depósitos fueron generados por eventos oceanográficos de muy alta energía, tales como grandes olas generadas por importantes temporales o tsunamis.Item Sand provenance and implications for paleodrainage in a rifted basin: the Tera Group (N. Spain)(Journal of iberian geology, 2010) González Acebrón, Laura; Arribas Mocoroa, José; Mas Mayoral, José RamónFluvial-fan and fluvial siliciclastic strata, developed during the rifting that generated the Cameros Basin (North Spain), record important provenance changes that reveal source areas compositions and locations, paleodrainage evolution and rift patterns. The Tera Group represents the first rifting stage in the Cameros Basin, containing fluvial-fan sediments at the lower part of the sedimentary fill that evolve to fluvial and lacustrine systems in the upper part of the record. Our quantitative sandstone petrographic analysis evidences the presence of three main petrofacies related closely to the rift basin evolution. At the base of the sedimentary succession, Petrofacies 1 (quartzolithic) indicates that the fluvial-fans source areas included Jurassic marine carbonates and older siliciclastic Mesozoic units, as well as metamorphic supplies from the West Asturian Leonese Zone (WALZ). Variscan basement sources of this metamorphic area (WALZ) were more abundant in the upper fluvial record (Petrofacies 2, quartzofeldspathic). Further, the influence of plutonic source areas with a mixed potassic and calcium-sodium composition is also recorded, probably related to the Central Iberian Zone (CIZ). In addition, a local sedimentary input was active during the fluvial riftand lacustrine stages (Petrofacies 2 and 3, both quartzofeldspathic), as a function of the palaeogeographical position of the Jurassic marine rocks and the level of erosion reached. Plutonic rock fragments have not been observed in the Tera Group sandstones of the western part of the basin. Thus, deeper erosion of the basement in the eastern Cameros Basin is suggested. The provenance evolution from quartzolithic to quartzofeldspathic petrofacies registered in Tera Group siliciclastic deposits is due to the higher influence of transversal supplies during the fluvial-fan stage (quartzolithic) to more important axial inputs during the fluvial stage (quartzofeldspathic). This provenance change represents the evolution from an undissected rift shoulder stage to more advanced stages of rifting (dissected rift shoulder) and during the beginning of a provenance cycle in a rifted basin. [RESUMEN] Los sedimentos de abanicos fluviales y fluviales propiamente dichos desarrollados durante el proceso de rift que generó la Cuenca de Cameros (Norte de España) registraron importantes cambios de procedencia que proporcionan información sobre la composición y localización de sus áreas fuente, la evolución del paleodrenaje y los patrones de rift. Este estudio se centra en el Grupo Tera (Tithoniense) en el sector oriental de la Cuenca de Cameros. El Grupo Tera representa el primer estadio de rift en dicha cuenca, y está constituido por sedimentos de abanicos fluviales en la parte inferior del relleno sedimentario, que evolucionan a sistemas fluviales y lacustres hacia la parte superior del registro. El estudio petrográfico cuantitativo de las areniscas indica la presencia de tres petrofacies principales que muestran una estrecha relación con la evolución del rift. En la base del registro sedimentario, la Petrofacies 1 (cuarzolítica) manifiesta que las áreas fuente de los abanicos fluviales incluyen tanto carbonatos Jurásicos marinos como unidades siliciclásticas mesozoicas previas, así como influencias metamórficas de la Zona Asturoccidental Leonesa (WALZ). Los aportes del basamento varisco procedentes de esta área fuente metamórfica (WALZ) fueron más importantes en la parte alta del registro (Petrofacies 2, cuarzofeldespática). Además, se detecta la influencia de áreas fuente plutónicas con una composición mixta (potásica y calcosódica), probablemente relacionadas con la Zona Centroibérica (CIZ). También existió un aporte sedimentario local durante los estadios fluviales y lacustres (Petrofacies 2 y 3, ambas cuarzofeldespáticas), que tuvo lugar en función de la posición paleogeográfica de las rocas marinas Jurásicas y del nivel de erosión alcanzado. Si comparamos los dos sectores de la cuenca, los fragmentos de roca plutónica no han sido observados en las areniscas del Grupo Tera en el sector occidental de la cuenca. Por lo tanto, se deduce un nivel de erosión del basamento más profundo en el sector occidental. La evolución de la procedencia desde petrofacies cuarzolíticas a petrofacies cuarzofeldespáticas registrada en los depósitos siliciclásticos del Grupo Tera se debe a una mayor influencia de los aportes transversales durante la sedimentación de los abanicos fluviales (cuarzolíticos) hacia una mayor influencia de aportes axiales durante la etapa fluvial (cuarzofeldespática). Esta variación en la procedencia representa la evolución desde un estadio de hombrera de rift no erosionada a estadios más avanzados del rifting (hombrera de rift erosionada) y el comienzo de un ciclo de procedencia en una cuenca de rift.Item REPLY: Answer to the comment of Casas et al. about González Acebrón et al.’s (2011) paper(International journal of earth sciences, 2012) González Acebrón, Laura; Goldstein, R.H.; Mas Mayoral, José Ramón; Arribas Mocoroa, JoséItem Petroleum systems modelling in a fold-and-thrust belt setting: the inverted Cameros basin, north-central Spain(Journal of Petroleum Geology, 2019) Omodeo Salé, S.; Ondrak, R.; Arribas Mocoroa, José; Mas Mayoral, José Ramón; Guimerà, J.; Martínez, L.The Mesozoic Cameros Basin, northern Spain, was inverted during the Cenozoic Alpine orogeny when the Tithonian – Upper Cretaceous sedimentary fill was uplifted and partially eroded. Tar sandstones outcropping in the southern part of the basin and pyrobitumen particles trapped in potential source rocks suggest that hydrocarbons have been generated in the basin and subsequently migrated. However, no economic accumulations of oil or gas have yet been found. This study reconstructs the evolution of possible petroleum systems in the basin from initial extension through to the inversion phase, and is based on structural, stratigraphic and sedimentological data integrated with petrographic and geochemical observations. Petroleum systems modelling was used to investigate the timing of source rock maturation and hydrocarbon generation, and to reconstruct possible hydrocarbon migration pathways and accumulations. In the northern part of the basin, modelling results indicate that the generation of hydrocarbons began in the Early Berriasian and reached a peak in the Late Barremian – Early Albian. The absence of traps during peak generation prevented the formation of significant hydrocarbon accumulations. Some accumulations formed after the deposition of post‐extensional units (Late Cretaceous in age) which acted as seals. However, during subsequent inversion, these reservoir units were uplifted and eroded. In the southern sector of the basin, hydrocarbon generation did not begin until the Late Cretaceous due to the lower rates of subsidence and burial, and migration and accumulation may have taken place until the initial phases of inversion. Sandstones impregnated with bitumen (tar sandstones) observed at the present day in the crests of surface anticlines in the south of the basin are interpreted to represent the relics of these palaeo‐accumulations. Despite a number of uncertainties which are inherent to modelling the petroleum systems evolution of an inverted and overmature basin, this study demonstrates the importance of integrating multidisciplinary and multi‐scale data to the resource assessment of a complex fold‐and‐thrust belt.Item Do stromatolites Need Tides to trap Oodis? insights from the Coastal-Lake carbonates of the Leza FM (Early Cretaceous, N Spain)(Abstract book / Tidalites 2012: 8th International Conference on tidal environments, Caen, France, july 31- august 2, 2012) Suárez González, Pablo; Quijada, Isabel Emma; Benito Moreno, María Isabel; Mas Mayoral, José RamónItem Evolution of an intra-plate rift basin: the Latest Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Cameros Basin (Northwest Iberian Ranges, North Spain)(Geo-guías, Post-Meeting Field trips 28th IAS Meeting, Zaragoza, 2011) Mas Mayoral, José Ramón; Benito Moreno, María Isabel; Arribas Mocoroa, José; Alonso Millán, Ángela; Arribas Mocoroa, María Eugenia; Lohmann, K.C.; González Acebrón, Laura; Hernán, J.; Quijada, Isabel Emma; Suárez González, Pablo; Omodeo Salé, S.; Arenas, Concha; Pomar, Luis; Colombo, FerránItem Textbook example of tectonically controlled carbonate sedimentation at the active margin of a rift basin: the Leza Fm (Early Cretaceous, Cameros Basin, Spain)(Abstracts / 28th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Zaragoza, Julio 5-8 2011, 2011) Suárez González, Pablo; Quijada, Isabel Emma; Benito Moreno, María Isabel; Mas Mayoral, José Ramón; Omodeo Salé, S.; Bádenas, Beatriz; Aurell, Marcos; Alonso-Zarza, Ana MaríaItem Role of sandstone provenance in the diagenetic albitization of feldspars A case study of the Jurassic Tera Group sandstones (Cameros Basin, NE Spain)(Sedimentary Geology, 2011) González Acebrón, Laura; Arribas Mocoroa, José; Mas Mayoral, José RamónThe Cameros Basin (Iberian Chain, NE Spain) formed during the latest Jurassic–Early Cretaceous rifting stage in an extensional regime characterized by high subsidence rates. Its sedimentary infill (thicker than 6000 m) has been subdivided into eight depositional sequences (DS) mainly composed of continental sediments. DS 1 and DS 2 represent the first rifting stage (Tera Group, Tithonian), mainly formed by fluvial and lacustrine sediments. Sandstone petrofacies evolved from quartz-sedimentolithic in DS 1 to quartz-feldspathic in DS 2 due to the rifting process. In DS 2, three different types of detrital feldspars (K-feldspars, albites and polysynthetic plagioclases) with similar sodium-rich compositions (mean: Ab94.0 An4.5 Or1.5) can be recognized. Chemically pure nonluminescent albites (AbN99%) are common. In DS 2, diagenetic albitization of both plagioclases and K-feldspars is inferred from conventional microscopy observations, cathodoluminescence and electron microprobe analyses. DS 1 contains few plagioclase grains, which showno evidence of transformation into albite.Although the albitization is characterized as diagenetic it seems to be provenance-controlled since it affects the units showing higher original plagioclase/Kfeldspar ratio (DS 2), due to the greater influence of plutonic and metamorphic source areas in DS 2. Possible Na sources are: (1) the percolation ofmoderate to high salinity residual brines fromrelated alkaline lakes developed at top of DS 2 in the eastern sector of the basin, (2) clay mineral reactions (sodium smectite to illite and chlorite) indicated by mudstone composition in the interlayered mudstones, and (3) the replacement of detrital sodium plagioclases by carbonate. These three sources can be complementary.