Lithostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy of the upper Thanetian to middle Ilerdian strata of the Campo section (southern Pyrenees, Spain): revision and new data

  1. A. Payros 1
  2. V. Pujalte 1
  3. J.I. Baceta 2
  4. G. Bernaola 1
  5. X. Orue-Etxebarria 1
  6. E. Apellaniz 1
  7. F. Caballero 1
  8. Carles Ferrandez 3
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

  2. 2 Universidad de Huelva
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    Universidad de Huelva

    Huelva, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03a1kt624

  3. 3 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

Journal:
Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España

ISSN: 0214-2708

Year of publication: 2000

Volume: 13

Issue: 2

Pages: 213-226

Type: Article

More publications in: Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España

Abstract

The Campo section in the Central Southern Pyrenees has long been recognized as an important reference section for early Paleogene biostratigraphy of middle latitude successions. Yet, a comparison of the stratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic schemes so far proposed readily shows that an agreement about these basic aspects is still lacking. In this paper we introduce some refinements on the stratigraphy of the upper Thanetian-middle Ilerdian interval of the Campo section, and discuss the evolution of the area deducted from the new data. Further, we propose a new sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the same key interval. We show that the studied succession is made up of two different types of sequences, some of them induced by relative sea-level changes, the other forced by pulsating tectonism.