%0 Journal Article
%A Ordóñez Delgado, Salvador
%A García del Cura, María Ángeles
%T La geología de la Cuenca de Madrid en la obra de Casiano de Prado (1797-1866)
%D 1997
%@ 0213-683X
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120897
%X After Casiano de Prado the infill of Madrid Basin consists of: the "diluvium" or quaternary deposits which surface and thickness was overestimated in his work, and "fresh water tertiary deposits". In the tertiary deposits he distinguished three units: A calcareous upper unit (Colmenar Stone), a gyspsiferous middle unit (Gypsum of Colmenar), and a lower unit that consists of sandstones and conglomerates which outcroppinng in NE and W of the basin, concordant with cretaceous deposits. In his work has been described convoluted and disturbed evaporite deposits, as well as dolostones and siliceous rocks and sepiolite.
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