Sedimentology of Eocene-Miocene deposits of the Reventazón river in a transect from las Ánimas to Peralta, Cartago province, Costa Rica

 

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلفون: Monge-Badilla, Daniel, Chesnel, Valentin
التنسيق: artículo original
الحالة:Versión publicada
تاريخ النشر:2025
الوصف:This study presents a facies and architecture analysis of sedimentary deposits exposed along the middle fluvial valley of the Reventazón River, located between Las Ánimas (Turrialba) and the provincial border of Cartago and Limón, Costa Rica. Thirteen metric-scale stratigraphic columns were surveyed and correlated across the study area. Eleven lithofacies and lithofacies associations were identified, including grainstone, rudstone, and packstone-type limestones, interbedded with shales, sandstones, and brecciated conglomerates. These records document a progradational transition from Eocene–Oligocene carbonate-dominated systems to Miocene siliciclastic deltaic environments. Facies association analysis, supported by petrographic studies and micropaleontological tests of foraminifera, led to the recognition of three paleoenvironmental models: a middle to outer carbonate platform in the Eocene; a coral patch reef system and a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic platform slope in the Oligocene; and proximal delta front to prodelta–offshore environments in the Miocene. This work provides a high-resolution stratigraphic framework that enhances the understanding of the depositional and tectonostratigraphic evolution of the South Limón Basin, integrating changes relative sea-level change and continental sediment supply.
البلد:Portal de Revistas UCR
المؤسسة:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
اللغة:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/3085
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rgeologica/article/view/3085
كلمة مفتاحية:South Limón Basin
Lithofacies
Carbonate platform
Terrigenous platform
Delta
Rhodoliths
Corals
Planktonic foraminifers
Cuenca Limón Sur
Litofacies
Plataforma carbonatada
Plataforma terrígena
Rodolitos
Corales
Foraminíferos planctónicos