RT Journal Article
T1 Palaeoenvironmental analysis based on rugose corals and microfacies: A case study at La Cornuda section (early Serpukhovian, Guadiato Area, SW Spain)
A1 Gómez Herguedas, Alberto
A1 Rodríguez García, Sergio
AB Combined analysis of microfacies and rugose coral features provides a useful tool for palaeoenvironmental studies in areas where outcrops are not appropriate for field observations. A detailed study of Serpukhovian rugose corals from La Cornuda section (Guadiato Area, SW Spain) by means of thin sections allowed the identification of environments where they lived. All corals were collected in unit 1 of the section where three different but intimately connected environments have been identified. Corals developed mainly in small mounds built jointly by microbial communities, algae and corals. Some corals also lived in calcareous shoals mainly composed of echinoderm plates. Finally, some corals occur in Oncoidal limestone that represents a shallow ramp, but they were mainly transported from shoals and mounds.
PB Wiley
SN 0024-1164, ESSN: 1502-3931
YR 2009
FD 2009-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43562
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43562
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia
NO Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 4 abr 2025