Natural and anthropic pollution episodes during the Late Holocene evolution of the Tinto River estuary (SW Spain)

  1. Marta Arroyo 1
  2. Francisco Ruiz 1
  3. María Luz González-Regalado 1
  4. Joaquín Rodríguez Vidal 1
  5. Luis Miguel Cáceres 1
  6. Manuel Olías 1
  7. Juan Manuel Campos 1
  8. Lucía Fernández 1
  9. Manuel Abad 2
  10. Tatiana Izquierdo 2
  11. Paula Gómez 1
  12. Antonio Toscano 1
  13. Verónica Romero 1
  14. Gabriel Gómez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Huelva
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    Universidad de Huelva

    Huelva, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03a1kt624

  2. 2 Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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    Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01v5cv687

Revista:
Scientia Marina

ISSN: 0214-8358

Año de publicación: 2021

Volumen: 85

Número: 2

Páginas: 113-123

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.3989/SCIMAR.05131.011 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

Este trabajo investiga la evolución paleoambiental inferida a partir del estudio de un testigo extraído en el sector medio del estuario del río Tinto (SO de España), una de las zonas más contaminadas del mundo por actividades mineras milenarias (>4 kyr BP) y descargas industriales recientes. Esta evolución incluye arenas aluviales (>6.4 cal kyr BP), are-nas bioclásticas y limos depositados en canales submareales e intermareales durante y después del máximo transgresivo holoceno (6.4-4.3 cal kyr BP), la sedimentación de limos arcillosos-arenosos marismeños durante los últimos 2.4 kyr BP y un relleno antrópico final. Se han detectado tres picos de contaminación, que proceden de: a) un origen natural durante el máximo transgresivo holoceno; b) el impacto de las primeras actividades mineras (~ 4.5 kyr BP); y c) el efecto conjunto de los vertidos industriales y un nuevo período de actividad minera durante los siglos XIX y XX. Los foraminíferos, ostrá-codos y moluscos desaparecieron durante estos dos últimos picos

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