El flysch entre Deba y Zumaia
ISSN: 1132-9157
Year of publication: 2010
Volume: 18
Issue: 3
Pages: 269-283
Type: Article
More publications in: Enseñanza de las ciencias de la tierra: Revista de la Asociación Española para la Enseñanza de las Ciencias de la Tierra
Abstract
The flysch rocks that crop out along the coastal cliffs between Deba and Zumaia have a great naturalistic and landscape value. Besides, they harbour one of the worldwide most complete and important geologic records of the late Cretaceous and the early Paleogene, which were periods punctuated by important physical and biological events. This paper summarizes some of the most significant features that turn the flysch succession between Deba and Zumaia into a first-order geological laboratory, for any amateur or professional geologist interested in flysch rocks and fossils, or in any of the episodes that punctuated the evolution of the deep oceans and the whole planet during that time.