Volcanología y geomorfología de la etapa de rejuvenecimiento plio-pleistocena de Gran Canaria (Islas Canarias)

Doctorado en Geografía.

Caracterización de las fuentes mantélicas de los magmas plio-cuaternarios de Gran Canaria (Islas Canarias)

VIII Congreso geológico de España, Oviedo, 17-19 julio 2012

Neogene and Pleistocene fossil brachiopods of the Eastern Islands. Current appointments.

[EN] Numerous specimens of fossil brachiopods have been found in the different fossiliferous outcrops of the Canary Islands. These fossils have been found in the deposits of Mio-Pliocene age of the eastern Canary Islands, described and illustrated in the work of Meco et ali. 2005 and in the outcrops interpreted as a tsunami deposits  in Piedra Alta, Lanzarote, belonging to the Marine Isotope Stage 11 dated to circa 330 ka. 4 species of fossil brachiopods have been identificated: Terebratula sinuous Brocchi 1814, Lacazella mediterranea Risso 1826 Terebratulina caputserpentis (Zbyszewski, 1957) and Thecidium cf . digitatum (Sowerby 1823). These fossils provides stratigraphic and paleoclimatic taxonomic information. Furthermore, in order to compare the fossil brachiopods with present in the Canary Island, a reference collection is defined with specimens obtained from marine sediment surveys at Gran Canaria, La Palma and El Hierro, identifying 3 species: Argyrotheca barrettiatia (Davidson, 1866), Megerlia truncata (Linaeus 1767 ) and Pajaudina atlantica (Logan 1988).

El corte de Puerto Real y el problema del límite plio-pleistoceno en la Bahía de Cádiz

[ES] Alrededor de la Bahía de Cádiz, los depósitos marinos de la regresión del Plioceno superior, forman una orla más o menos continua que se extiende hasta las proximidades de Chipioja al N., hasta Chiclana al S., constituyendo la Sierra de San Cristóbal el límite más oriental de la misma. Una cantera situada a 1,5 km al NE. de Puerto Real (lat. 36' 32' 15", long. 2' 28' 40". H.M.T.N. 1 : 50.000 núm. 1062), ofrece un amplio corte donde es posible observar los tramos marinos y salobres regresivos, así como los depósitos cuaternarios, continentales, más antiguos observados en el litoral gaditano. Se realiza un estudio detallado de dicho corte, y se discute el problema del límite Plio-Pleistoceno en dicho sector.

The Acridian plagues, a new Holocene and Pleistocene palaeoclimatic indicator

[EN] Five palaeosols, intercalated within the Quaternary dune beds of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (Canary Islands), off the Moroccan coast, mark wetter climatic episodes. In all of them, billions of calcified insect ootheca testify to past occurrences of Acridian plagues, such as those reaching the western Sahara following heavy rainfall events over the Sahel.

Characterisation of a pleistocene debris-avalanche deposit in the Tenteniguada Basin, Gran Canaria Island, Spain

[EN] We studied a large debris-avalanche deposit of Pleistocene age in the Tenteniguada Basin, Gran Canaria Island, Spain. This deposit, which is well preserved because it is mostly covered by basanite lava flows, has distinctive matrix and block facies, hummocky topography and internal structures typical of debris avalanches. However, neither syneruptive lavas nor some characteristic features of volcanic debris-avalanche deposits, such as a stratovolcano edifice or a horseshoe-shaped crater, are present. The occurrence of internal features characteristic of volcanic avalanche deposits could be attributed to the volcanic materials involved in the movement rather than to the triggering of the avalanche during a volcanic eruption.