Miocene-Late Quaternary environmental changes and molluscs as proxies of MIS-1 transgression in the Tinto-Odiel estuary, SW Spain

  1. Gabriel Gómez 1
  2. Francisco Ruiz 1
  3. Joaquín Rodríguez Vidal 1
  4. María Luz González Regalado 1
  5. Luis Miguel Cáceres 1
  6. Paula Gómez 1
  7. Manuel Abad 2
  8. Tatiana Izquierdo 2
  9. Antonio Toscano 1
  10. Marta Arroyo 1
  11. Verónica Romero 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

Journal:
Journal of iberian geology: an international publication of earth sciences

ISSN: 1886-7995,  1698-6180

Year of publication: 2022

Volume: 48

Issue: 1

Pages: 129-140

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1007/S41513-021-00183-Y DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This paper studies the malacofauna of four sediment cores collected in an old cove of the Tinto-Odiel estuary (SW Spain) to establish the chronology and spatial extent of MIS-1 transgression in this area. The paleoenvironmental interpretation based on facies analysis and the malacological record point to an evolution from a Miocene marine substrate to a fnal anthropic flling. During the late Pleistocene?-lower Holocene, this substrate was eroded by the fuvial network and alluvial sediments were deposited. During the maximum of the MIS-1 transgression (~ca 6.5–5.4 kyr BP), this area was fooded and malacofauna is revealed as an excellent proxy of this transgression. Mesolittoral paleoenvironments dominated by the gastropod Peringia ulvae characterized the inner zones of the cove, while phanerogam meadows with abundant specimens of the gastropod Bittium reticulatum developed in the outermost areas. During the last 5400 years, this cove was progressively covered by marshes, although some mesolittoral paleoenvironments persisted until 4000 years BP.

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