Estudio preliminar de los sedimentos recientes de las lagunas de Villafáfila (Zamora)

  1. Santisteban, J.I. 1
  2. García del Cura, M.A. 2
  3. Mediavilla, R. 3
  4. Dabrio, C.J. 4
  1. 1 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

  2. 2 Universitat d'Alacant
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    Universitat d'Alacant

    Alicante, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05t8bcz72

  3. 3 Instituto Geológico y Minero de España IGME
  4. 4 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Revista:
Geogaceta

ISSN: 0213-683X

Año de publicación: 2002

Número: 33

Páginas: 51-54

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Geogaceta

Resumen

Recent sedimentation in the Lagunas de Villafafila is dominated by fine-grained siliciclastic deposits mainly composed of quartz, feldspar, muscovite, illite and kaolinite. Sediments are clay, clayey silts and clayey fine sands with sparse pedogenic carbonates and organic matter. The recentmost sediments contain diatoms and carbonates with bacterial features. Their structure is composed by parallel lamination, sometimes inclined by adaptation to bottom topography, and erosive surfaces. Rootlets are common to the top. Layering, textures and sedimentary structures reflect energy changes in the hydrological regime mainly related to water incomes from nearby areas. Although saline eflorescences are known to be generated since several millennia ago, saline layers and minerals are rare in the cores.