THE MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC OF THE MALAGUIDE COMPLEX IN THE MALAGA AREA- A PALEOGENE OLISTOSTROME-TYPE CHAOTIC COMPLEX (BETIC CORDILLERA, SPAIN)

This paper analyses the stratigraphic disorganization of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic in the Malaguide Complex of the Malaga area and concludes that this disorganization was caused by gravitational tectonics, whic h arranged most of the Meso-Cenozoic in olistostrome-type chaotic mass es. The deformations occurred between the Middle Eocene and the latest Oligocene. The paper also reports the presence of up to now partially unknown Eocene sediments, deposited in lagoonal environments. Finally , for the first time, the existence around Malaga of sediments belongi ng to the Upper Oligocene - Aquitanian Ciudad Granada Group and the Lo wer Burdigalian Vinuela Group is shown.