Paleoenvironmental characteristics of the «transitional facies» (Lower Pliocene) in the Northwestern sector of the Guadalquivir Basin (Albaida del Aljarafe, Seville, Spain)

Abstract

The paleontological evidences (bivalves and crustacean decapods, mainly) of the «transitional facies» in Albaida del Aljarafe (SW. sector of the Guadalquivir Basin), indicate a relatively deep infralitoral plattform highly influenced by coastal terrigenous supply The paleoichnocoenosis data corroborate also, this assumptio