Génesis Comparativa de Bioconcreciones: Implicaciones Paleoambientales

Abstract. COMPARATIVE GENESIS OF BIOCONCRETIONS: PALEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS. The aim of this study is to describe and morphogenetically and environmentally compare bioconcretions found in a continental environment at Quequen Salado with those found in a coastal environment at Playa Chica; both localities are in Buenos Aires Province. The first section —on the bank of the Quequen Salado river— is a 1.80 m thick bed of a late Pleistocene—Holocene siltstone with a sand to clay grain-size. These bioconcretions reach up to 25 cm long and variable diameters ranging from 1 to 5 cm. They are vertically oriented with ascending branches and associated with frustules of freshwater diatoms. The second analyzed profile is located at Playa Chica, on the northern shores of the Rio Negro. The 2.40 m thick layer with bioconcretions is divided into 5 to 10 cm with subhorizontally laminated rhythmite-like beds at very low angle. The BC are yellowish to dark-reddish brown in color, subcircular, well-consolidated, accomp...