Los suelos desarrollados sobre sedimentos Neógenos y Cuaternarios en el sector de Berja (provincias de Almería y Granada)
- José Aguilar Ruiz
- Antonio Marañés
- Miguel Ortega Huertas
- Mariano Simón Torres
ISSN: 0210-6558
Año de publicación: 1985
Volumen: 8
Número: 0
Páginas: 319-333
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Mineralogía
Resumen
Soils developed on Neogene and Quaternary sediments in the Berja area in the Granada and Almeria provinces of SE Spain were studied. These soils are calcaric and eutric Regosols and calcic Cambisols formed on Upper Miocene sediments. Eutric Regosols and chromic Luvisols formed on Plio-Quaternary conglomerates and chromic Luvisols, eutric Nitosols and calcic Cambisols developed on alluvial flats. The soils are described macromorphologically, and analytical data are tabulated. The mineral assemblage consists of calcite, dolomite, quartz, feldspar and clay minerals (illite, paragonite, chlorite, kaolinite and smectite). The mineralogy of the soils and the source area is discussed in detail, and a model scheme of the evolution of these soils is presented.-P.Br.