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Integrative stratigraphy and climatic events of a new lower paleogene reference section from the betic cordillera : Río gor, Granada province, se Spain

Pujalte, Victoriano ; Apellaniz, Estibaliz ; Caballero, Fernando ; Monechi, Simonetta ; Ortiz, Silvia ; Orue-Etxebarria, Xabier ; Rodríguez-Tovar, Francisco J. and Schmitz, Birger LU (2017) In Spanish Journal of Paleontology 32(1). p.185-206
Abstract

Research interest in the early Paleogene was greatly enhanced after the recognition of several short-lived warming events in that period (hyperthermals), considered ancient analogues of the ongoing warming of the Earth climate. In the Caravaca and Alamedilla sections, the previously most studied lower Paleogene sections of the Subbetic Zone (Betic Cordillera), only the most prominent of these hyperthermals had been located, the so-called Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum. The Río Gor section, though less studied, is found to comprise a lower Paleogene succession that is more expanded and complete than Caravaca and Alamedilla; it contains record of the Early Late Paleocene and Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Events, and at least one additional... (More)

Research interest in the early Paleogene was greatly enhanced after the recognition of several short-lived warming events in that period (hyperthermals), considered ancient analogues of the ongoing warming of the Earth climate. In the Caravaca and Alamedilla sections, the previously most studied lower Paleogene sections of the Subbetic Zone (Betic Cordillera), only the most prominent of these hyperthermals had been located, the so-called Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum. The Río Gor section, though less studied, is found to comprise a lower Paleogene succession that is more expanded and complete than Caravaca and Alamedilla; it contains record of the Early Late Paleocene and Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Events, and at least one additional Eocene hyperthermal, thus offering an excellent opportunity to study these climatic events in the Subbetic Zone. Study of the Río Gor section is still in progress, this paper summarizing the state-of-the art of ongoing research.

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Early paleogene, ELPE, Hyperthermals, PETM, Río gor, Subbetic zone
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Spanish Journal of Paleontology
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32
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22 pages
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Sociedad Espanola de Paleontologia
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2255-0550
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English
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  author       = {{Pujalte, Victoriano and Apellaniz, Estibaliz and Caballero, Fernando and Monechi, Simonetta and Ortiz, Silvia and Orue-Etxebarria, Xabier and Rodríguez-Tovar, Francisco J. and Schmitz, Birger}},
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  keywords     = {{Early paleogene; ELPE; Hyperthermals; PETM; Río gor; Subbetic zone}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{185--206}},
  publisher    = {{Sociedad Espanola de Paleontologia}},
  series       = {{Spanish Journal of Paleontology}},
  title        = {{Integrative stratigraphy and climatic events of a new lower paleogene reference section from the betic cordillera : Río gor, Granada province, se Spain}},
  volume       = {{32}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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