Jurassic Non-Carbonate Microbialites from the Betic-Rifian Cordillera (Tethys Western End): Textures, Mineralogy, and Environmental Reconstruction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Fe-Mn Crusts
1.2. Clay Microbialites
2. Geological Setting and Jurassic Evolution
3. Studied Outcrops
3.1. External Subbetic
3.2. Median Subbetic
3.3. Rifian Calcareous Chain
4. Methods
5. Results
5.1. Iron Microbialite Crusts
5.1.1. Texture
5.1.2. Mineralogy and Geochemistry
5.1.3. Microbiota
5.2. Mn Microbial Crusts
5.2.1. Texture
5.2.2. Mineralogy and Geochemistry
5.2.3. Microbiota
5.3. Glauconitic Microbial Crusts
5.3.1. Texture
5.3.2. Mineralogy and Geochemistry
5.3.3. Microbiota
6. Interpretation
6.1. Iron Crusts and Macro-Oncoids on Hardgrounds
6.2. Cryptic Fe-Mn Frutexites Crusts
6.3. Hydrothermal Mn Microbial Crusts
6.4. Hydrothermal Glauconitic Microbial Crusts
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Reolid, M.; Abad, I. Jurassic Non-Carbonate Microbialites from the Betic-Rifian Cordillera (Tethys Western End): Textures, Mineralogy, and Environmental Reconstruction. Minerals 2019, 9, 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9020088
Reolid M, Abad I. Jurassic Non-Carbonate Microbialites from the Betic-Rifian Cordillera (Tethys Western End): Textures, Mineralogy, and Environmental Reconstruction. Minerals. 2019; 9(2):88. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9020088
Chicago/Turabian StyleReolid, Matías, and Isabel Abad. 2019. "Jurassic Non-Carbonate Microbialites from the Betic-Rifian Cordillera (Tethys Western End): Textures, Mineralogy, and Environmental Reconstruction" Minerals 9, no. 2: 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9020088