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Combining chronostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy in Quaternary lacustrine deposits of the Baza Formation (Orce, Granada Geopark, Southern Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2025

Josep M. Parés*
Affiliation:
Geochronology & Geology, CENIEH, Burgos, Spain
Alberto Santamaría Barragán
Affiliation:
Geochronology & Geology, CENIEH, Burgos, Spain
Dave Anastasio
Affiliation:
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, USA
Claudio Berti
Affiliation:
Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, USA
Lu Hongliang
Affiliation:
Geochronology & Geology, CENIEH, Burgos, Spain Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belt and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, China
Michael Toffolo
Affiliation:
Geochronology & Geology, CENIEH, Burgos, Spain Archéosciences Bordeaux UMR 6034 CNRS-Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France
Luis M. Yeste
Affiliation:
Sedimentary Reservoirs Workgroup (SEDREGROUP), Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Silvia Colino García
Affiliation:
Geochronology & Geology, CENIEH, Burgos, Spain
Carlos Saiz
Affiliation:
Geochronology & Geology, CENIEH, Burgos, Spain
Toshiyuki Fujioka
Affiliation:
Geochronology & Geology, CENIEH, Burgos, Spain
Alexia Serrano-Ramos
Affiliation:
Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología. Campus de Cartuja s/n, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Juan M. Jiménez Arenas
Affiliation:
Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología. Campus de Cartuja s/n, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain Unit of Excellence ‘Archaeometrical Studies. Inside the artefacts & ecofacts’, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain Museo Primeros Pobladores de Europa ‘Josep Gibert’, Orce, Granada, Spain
Mathieu Duval
Affiliation:
Geochronology & Geology, CENIEH, Burgos, Spain Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE), Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Palaeoscience Labs, Dept. Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus, Bundoora, Australia
*
Corresponding author: Josep M. Parés; Email: josep.pares@cenieh.es

Abstract

A stratigraphic section made of Quaternary alluvial–lacustrine sediments belonging to the Baza Formation (South Spain) has been logged and studied for paleomagnetism, rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy, and electron spin resonance (ESR) quartz dating. Our results indicate that the section, which is found in the vicinity of a number of paleontological and archaeological localities, falls within the mid-Early Pleistocene (Calabrian), within the Matuyama Chron, and runs to the Jaramillo Subchron, encompassing the Cobb Mountain Subchron. The magnetostratigraphic results combined with rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy and ESR provide solid timelines, which allow gross accumulation rates to be estimated, and revealing an upsection decrease of sedimentation in accordance with the lithological and paleodepositional changes. Our study furnishes new chronologies to better understand the timing of the latest stages of endorheic sedimentation that precedes the capture of the Baza Basin by the Gualdalquivir River in the Middle Pleistocene.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Quaternary Research Center.

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