Ciclicidad climática en una unidad lacustre cretácica: la Fm. Villanueva de Huerva en la Subcuenca de Aguilón (Cordillera Ibérica)
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2008
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Sociedad Geológica de España
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La Fm. Villanueva de Huerva es una unidad sinrift lacustre cuya sedimentación (con una tasa
promedio de 2 a 2,6 cm/1000años) se produce en la Subcuenca de Aguilón (Cordillera Ibérica Central) durante el Valanginiense-Hauteriviense medio. En esta unidad se identifica un tramo de 49 m de espesor constituido por 88 ciclos de margas-calizas laminadas-calizas masivas-calizas bioturbadas y/o brechificadas correspondientes a secuencias de somerización. El análisis estratigráfico de alta resolución para este intervalo nos ha permitido valorar el papel del clima en la sedimentación de este tramo de la unidad. A partir de las relaciones entre las facies y su interpretación, se propone un modelo sedimentológico en el que se define la posición relativa de las distintas facies en relación con la línea de costa lacustre, utilizado como base para elaborar la serie de tiempo del análisis espectral. A partir de las tasas de sedimentación implicadas se deduce que el ciclo básico de somerización reconocible en este intervalo, se sitúa en la banda de frecuencia de Milankovitch. Las relaciones entre los ciclos son de 4,5:1, 3,4:1 y 1,3:1. Las dos primeras relaciones pueden interpretarse como excentricidad-precesión, mientras que la última podría corresponder a la existente entre las dos modas del ciclo de precesión.
The Villanueva de Huerva Fm. (Valanginian to middle Hauterivian in age) is a lacustrine sinrift unit (with a sedimentary rate from 2 to 2,6 cm/1000 yr) of the Aguilón Subbasin infill (central Iberian Chain). A 49 m-thick interval integrated by 88 cycles of marl - laminated limestons- massive limestons – bioturbated and/or brecciated limestones, that represent typical shallowing-upward sequences, can be identified in this unit. The high-resolution stratigraphic analysis of the cyclic interval has allowed to analyse the role played by climate in sedimentation. A schematic sedimentological model is proposed based on both the vertical relation among facies and their interpretation. In such a model the relative spatial position of the distinct facies with respect to the coastline of the lake is interpreted and these data have been used as the basis to elaborate the time series for the spectral analysis. Taking into account the estimated sedimentary rate we deduce that the shallowing-upward basic sequence recognised in the studied interval fits well with the Milankovitch frequency band. The obtained ratios between the cycles are 4.5:1, 3.4:1 and 1.3:1. The two first ratios can be interpreted as the eccentricity/precession ratios, while the last one could be related to the ratio between the two modes of the precession cycle.
The Villanueva de Huerva Fm. (Valanginian to middle Hauterivian in age) is a lacustrine sinrift unit (with a sedimentary rate from 2 to 2,6 cm/1000 yr) of the Aguilón Subbasin infill (central Iberian Chain). A 49 m-thick interval integrated by 88 cycles of marl - laminated limestons- massive limestons – bioturbated and/or brecciated limestones, that represent typical shallowing-upward sequences, can be identified in this unit. The high-resolution stratigraphic analysis of the cyclic interval has allowed to analyse the role played by climate in sedimentation. A schematic sedimentological model is proposed based on both the vertical relation among facies and their interpretation. In such a model the relative spatial position of the distinct facies with respect to the coastline of the lake is interpreted and these data have been used as the basis to elaborate the time series for the spectral analysis. Taking into account the estimated sedimentary rate we deduce that the shallowing-upward basic sequence recognised in the studied interval fits well with the Milankovitch frequency band. The obtained ratios between the cycles are 4.5:1, 3.4:1 and 1.3:1. The two first ratios can be interpreted as the eccentricity/precession ratios, while the last one could be related to the ratio between the two modes of the precession cycle.