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Geochronological position of badlands and geomorphological patterns in the Guadix–Baza Basin (SE Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

José Luis Díaz-Hernández  and
Ramón Juliá
José Luis Díaz-Hernández*
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones Agrarias, Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Camino de Purchil s/n, Aptdo. 2027, 18080 Granada, Spain
Ramón Juliá
Affiliation:
Instituto Jaume Almera, CSIC, c/Solé Sabarís s/n, 080288 Barcelona, Spain
*
*Corresponding author. Fax: +34 958 258510.E-mail address:josel.diaz@juntadeandalucia.es (J.L. Díaz-Hernández).
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Abstract

The Guadix–Baza basin is one of a number of intramontane depressions located within the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain), where the geological and geomorphological evolution is controlled by tectonic activity. The basin ceased to be closed after capture by the Atlantic network, when five main land systems developed. Late Pleistocene geological evolution basically consisted of erosional modelling, when badlands were deeply incised in highly erodible materials (marls and silts). Three travertine platforms and several Palaeolithic sites were used to determine that this main incision period fell within a 115,000–48,000 yr range. There are few signs of geomorphological evolution of this basin in the last 48,000 yr. Based on these geomorphological data and soil development, tectonic uplift of the basin probably played a secondary role in its evolution, and climatic conditions in southern Iberia in the 144,000–48,000 yr period were more humid and variable than later.

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BadlandsClimate changeGeochronological evolutionLate PleistoceneSemiarid landscapeSoil geomorphologyTravertines

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Quaternary Research , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , May 2006 , pp. 467 - 477
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University of Washington

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