Publication: Estudio de los depósitos cuaternarios del Paraje Natural Municipal de Los Aljezares (Aspe, Alicante): primeras aportaciones
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2018
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Universidad de Huelva
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Este trabajo recoge la primera aportación del estudio multidisciplinar llevado a cabo en los depósitos cuaternarios del Paraje Natural Municipal de Los Aljezares (Aspe, Alicante). El paraje se localiza en un área deprimida rodeada por altos topográficos únicamente interrumpidos por la entrada y salida del río Vinalopó de N a S. Los depósitos cuaternarios presentan techos planos continuos dispuestos a una cota topográfica similar, lo que puede llevar a relacionarlos con terrazas fluviales del Vinalopó, sin embargo reflejan superficies de colmatación de una cuenca sedimentaria previa al encajamiento del río. Están constituidos por depósitos de gravas y arenas gruesas, y lutitas y arenas finas que representarían respectivamente facies proximales y distales de sistemas aluviales procedentes de los relieves circundantes, dejando en la zona central un área lacutre-palustre. Una prospección geoarqueológica reciente ha permitido constatar la presencia de industria lítica en estos depósitos, permitiendo atribuir una edad Pleistoceno superior al relleno de la cuenca. Se han podido establecer tres etapas en la configuración del paraje de Los Aljezares. Una primera etapa de carácter erosivo correspondería al desarrollo del paleo-relieve que generó la cuenca, la segunda a la sedimentación de los depósitos cuaternarios estudiados y la tercera al encajamiento del río Vinalopó.
This work includes the first contributions of the multidisciplinary study carried out in the Quaternary deposits of Los Aljezares Natrual Site (Aspe, Alicante). This site is located in a depressed area surrounded by topographical elevations only interrupted by the entrenching of the Vinalopó River from N to S. The Quaternary deposits show continuous flat tops in similar topographic level, suggesting fluvial terraces of the Vinalopó River. However, this study has allowed us to associate these deposits with the filling of a sedimentary basin formed previously to the entrenching of the river. The Quaternary deposits consist of gravel and coarse sand, and lutites and fine sands that would respectively show proximal and distal facies of alluvial systems coming from the surrounding reliefs, and leaving in the central area a lacustrinepalustrine zone. Additionally, lithic industry has been identied in these deposits in a recent geoarchaeological survey, allowing us to attribute them to a Upper Pleistocene age. Moreover, three stages in the configuration of Los Aljezares Natural Site have been established: i) a first erosional stage leaving the paleorelief where the basin is developed; ii) the sedimentation of the Quaternary deposits and iii) the entrenching of the Vinalopó River.
This work includes the first contributions of the multidisciplinary study carried out in the Quaternary deposits of Los Aljezares Natrual Site (Aspe, Alicante). This site is located in a depressed area surrounded by topographical elevations only interrupted by the entrenching of the Vinalopó River from N to S. The Quaternary deposits show continuous flat tops in similar topographic level, suggesting fluvial terraces of the Vinalopó River. However, this study has allowed us to associate these deposits with the filling of a sedimentary basin formed previously to the entrenching of the river. The Quaternary deposits consist of gravel and coarse sand, and lutites and fine sands that would respectively show proximal and distal facies of alluvial systems coming from the surrounding reliefs, and leaving in the central area a lacustrinepalustrine zone. Additionally, lithic industry has been identied in these deposits in a recent geoarchaeological survey, allowing us to attribute them to a Upper Pleistocene age. Moreover, three stages in the configuration of Los Aljezares Natural Site have been established: i) a first erosional stage leaving the paleorelief where the basin is developed; ii) the sedimentation of the Quaternary deposits and iii) the entrenching of the Vinalopó River.