Pattern of sedimentary infilling of fossil mammal traps formed in pseudokarst at Cerro de los Batallones, Madrid Basin, central Spain

Sedimentology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1681-1708

  Calvo, José P ^a   Pozo, Manuel ^b   Silva, Pablo G ^c   Morales, Jorge ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continental sediments; Mammal sites; Miocene; Piping; Pseudokarst

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEPOSITION; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; PIPING; PSEUDOKARST; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; UNDERGROUND CAVITIES;

CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FERTILIZERS; GRAVEL; ISOTOPES; LAKES; PETROGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

MAMMALS;

CARBONATE ROCK; CHERT; EROSION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; INFILL; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; MARL; MIOCENE; PSEUDOKARST; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE); WATER LEVEL;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MADRID BASIN; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84888132338     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12048     Document Type: Article

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