Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of Holocene coastal sequences in the southern bay of Biscay |
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| Authors: | A Cearreta |
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| Institution: | (1) Area de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Pais Vasco/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The main sedimentary features of the northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula during the Holocene transgression are characterized by the formation of estuaries, the deposition of sand bars and sand beaches, and the accumulation of aeolian dunes. These coastal deposits are very favourable for identifying Quaternary sea-level changes as they contain great volumes of well preserved sediments including marine, brackish and freshwater beds. The micropalaeontological analysis (benthic foraminifera) of diverse littoral sequences has allowed different microfaunal assemblages to be recognised and their corresponding depositional environments determined. Two recurrent phases of sediment build-up as the sea level rose have been distinguished. They have been interpreted as the consequence of two different marine advances in this region: one dated at around 8 000 years BP and the second around 2 500 years BP. |
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| Keywords: | Holocene coastal sequences Bay of Biscay Palaeoenvironments |
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