Significado paleoambiental de los ooides y oncoides de las calizas del Barranco de Azuaje (Gran Canaria)
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2024
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Sociedad Geológica de España
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Rodríguez-Berriguete, A., Alonso-Zarza, A. M., Martín-García, R., & Martín-Pérez, A. (2024). Significado paleoambiental de los ooides y oncoides de las calizas del Barranco de Azuaje (Gran Canaria). Geogaceta, 75, 27–30. https://doi.org/10.55407/geogaceta100882
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Diversos tipos de ooides y oncoides se encuentran en travertinos y tobas a lo largo de 3 km del Barranco de Azuaje (Gran Canaria). Los ooides muestran formas esféricas a elipsoidales, de 0,1 mm->2 mm de tamaño, y envueltas concéntricas regulares. Los oncoides son de 0,4 mm a varios milímetros en general, con laminación. La mineralogía es aragonítica y aragonítica-calcítica en travertinos, y calcitítica en tobas. Los núcleos son intraclastos, moldes de partes de plantas o son indistinguibles de las envueltas. Las láminas de granos con envueltas aparecen comúnmente pasando a estromatolitos, pero también a otras facies (rafts, tallos colgantes, briófitas, etc.). En general, y considerando las características de núcleos y envueltas, asociaciones de facies y su distribución, los depósitos de ooides y oncoides representarían etapas diferentes de: (a) disponibilidad de partículas sueltas que sirven como núcleos, (b) formación de envueltas, (c) inmovilización de los granos y (d) fosilización del depósito por la formación de costras sobre el mismo. Todas estas etapas estarían relacionadas con condiciones físicas, químicas y biológicas específicas y sus variaciones, relacionadas con la dinámica sedimentaria del barranco.
Varied types of ooids and oncoids have been found in travertines and tufas along 3 km of Azuaje Ravine in the volcanic island of Gran Canaria. Ooids show spherical to ellipsoidal shapes, 0.1 mm- >2 mm in size, and regular concentric smooth cortices. Oncoids are 0.4 mm to several millimetres in general, with slightly lamination, and generally irregular shapes. Mineralogy varies from aragonite and aragonite-calcite in travertine, to calcite in tufa. Nuclei in all cases are intraclasts, plant part moulds, or they are undistinguishable from the cortex. Coated grains layers commonly pass laterally to stromatolites, but also to other facies (rafts, hanging coated stems, bryophytes, etc.). In general terms, and considering the characteristics of nuclei and cortices, facies associations, and their distribution, coated grain deposits would represent several stages of: (a) availability of loose particles that serve as nuclei, (b) formation of coatings, (c) immobilization of the grains and (d) fossilization of the deposit as a consequence of crusting on it. All these stages would be related to specific physical, chemical, and biological conditions, and their variations, responding to the sedimentary dynamics of the ravine.
Varied types of ooids and oncoids have been found in travertines and tufas along 3 km of Azuaje Ravine in the volcanic island of Gran Canaria. Ooids show spherical to ellipsoidal shapes, 0.1 mm- >2 mm in size, and regular concentric smooth cortices. Oncoids are 0.4 mm to several millimetres in general, with slightly lamination, and generally irregular shapes. Mineralogy varies from aragonite and aragonite-calcite in travertine, to calcite in tufa. Nuclei in all cases are intraclasts, plant part moulds, or they are undistinguishable from the cortex. Coated grains layers commonly pass laterally to stromatolites, but also to other facies (rafts, hanging coated stems, bryophytes, etc.). In general terms, and considering the characteristics of nuclei and cortices, facies associations, and their distribution, coated grain deposits would represent several stages of: (a) availability of loose particles that serve as nuclei, (b) formation of coatings, (c) immobilization of the grains and (d) fossilization of the deposit as a consequence of crusting on it. All these stages would be related to specific physical, chemical, and biological conditions, and their variations, responding to the sedimentary dynamics of the ravine.