Los Foraminíferos y Minerales antigénicos de la Formación Umir (Sección Quebrada La Julia, Valle Medio del Magdalena): Registro de una Laguna costera a finales del Cretácico Superior (Maestrichtiano)
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Asociación microfaunística, foraminíferos, ostrácodos, algas calcáreas, dientes de peces, "stress" ambiental (es)Asociación microfaunística, foraminíferos, ostrácodos, algas calcáreas, dientes de peces, "stress" ambiental (en)
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The fact of finding a plenty microfaunistic assemblage that is representated chiefly by foraminifera and ostracodes, calcareous algae and fish's teeth in smaller number with a rich and diverse association of authigenic minerals that are along the Umir Formation (Quebrada La Julia Section, Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia) allowed the establishment of an unstable ecosystem. It is characterized by environmental stress which is reflected on the strong fluctuations of the exigenation of sedimentation's bottoms, low pH, an unstable equilibrium in the primary organic productivity and the remarkable presence of oportunistic forms during the whole time this unit was deposited (Maastrichtian). These features resemble an environment of coastal lagoon. In conclusion, the Umir Formation represents the final record of great cretaceous depositional marine cycle (at least in the basin of Middle Magdalena Valley). This is reflected in the overlapping of the continental facies over marine facies. These facts, allowing the continental environments to be predicted, would predominate during the Tertiary in the study zone.