Climatic ciclicity of the lacustrine sediments of the El Castellar Formation (Early Cretaceous, Iberian Chain)

Authors

  • Natalia Illueca Fernández Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra-Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza.
  • Carlos L. Liesa Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra-Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Ana R. Soria Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra-Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55407/geogaceta98398

Keywords:

Milankovitch cycles, periodicidad, cicloestratigrafía, análisis espectral, series de datos

Abstract

The El Castellar Formation (late Hauterivian-early Barremian) in the Castillo de Aliaga section (Galve sub-basin, NE Spain) consists mainly of lacustrine marls and limestones. The spectral analysis of time series (depth domain) constructed from data of magnetic susceptibility and lithology shows the presence of three stratigraphic cycles, with periodicities of ~57, ~13 and ~3 m. These cycles have been attributed to large eccentricity (405 kyr), short eccentricity (95 kyr) and large precession (22.4 kyr) cycles, respectively. The series comprises 10 complete cycles of short eccentricity and another two incomplete, so that the studied succession would represent a time interval of ca. 1 Ma, what is in accordance with the chronostratigraphic framework of the subbasin.

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2023-12-18

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Illueca Fernández, N., Liesa, C. L., & Soria, A. R. (2023). Climatic ciclicity of the lacustrine sediments of the El Castellar Formation (Early Cretaceous, Iberian Chain). GEOGACETA, 74, 3–6. https://doi.org/10.55407/geogaceta98398

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