
[Resumen] Las margas del Eoceno de la cuenca de Jaca (Pirineo Central) presentan, en numerosos lugares, una topografía de detalle muy característica, en la que destacan un conjunto de núcleos más resistentes de aspecto frecuentemente esférico y de orden métrico, que permiten hablar de un paisaje de "margas con bolas". Se trata en realidad de concreciones dolomíticas interestratificadas, menos susceptibles a los procesos erosivos que las propias margas. En este trabajo hemos intentado establecer si las diferencias mineralógicas entre concreciones carbonatadas y margas encajantes permiten explicar esta meteorización diferencial; para ello se ha estudiado la mineralogía de las concreciones, las margas y las margas alteradas. Se concluye que los procesos químicos de alteración resultan insuficientes para explicar las diferentes tasas erosivas, debiendo por tanto atribuirse a causas físicas (susceptibilidad ante la helada, procesos de humectación-desecación) la mayor erosionabilidad de las margas frente a las concreciones carbonatadas y areniscas interestratificadas.
[Abstract] The Eocene marls from the Jaca basin (Central Pyrenees) show a conspicuous morphologic feature consisting of disperse hard cores, often with an spherical shape and metric size, surrounded by the marly matrix. These hard cores are dolomitic concretions isolated from the marls because of less intense weathering. In this paper we study the mineralogical composition of dolomitic concretionsand marls, in order to better define the differences in weathering processes. We conclude that chemical weathering processes do not fully explain the differences of erosion rates. We propose physical processes (frost susceptibility, dry-moist alternations) as the main erosion factors in the Eocene marls and, consequently, they are responsible for the greater erodibility of the marls compared to the dolomite concretions and interlayered sandstones.
Erosión, Erosion, Pirineos, Marls, Concreciones, Pyrenees, Concretions, Dolomite, Margas, Dolomita
Erosión, Erosion, Pirineos, Marls, Concreciones, Pyrenees, Concretions, Dolomite, Margas, Dolomita
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