THE PALEOCENE OF THE EASTERN MALAGUIDES (BETIC CORDILLERA, SPAIN) - STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY

In the Mula Formation of the Eastern Malaguides (Sierra Espuna and nei ghbouring areas) the early Paleocene (Danian) and the late Paleocene ( Selandian and Thanetian) have been dated. These deposits record the tr ansgressive-regressive-transgressive evolution of a mixed siliciclasti c-carbonatic platform which received elastic sediments from a carbonat e continent with low relief affected by intense pedogenesis, with a hi gh production of Microcodium and located to the south-east in the mala guide unit of Morron de Totana. There, 'Garumnian'-like continental re d deposits fill erosional troughs within the Mesozoic. Upwelling curre nts rich in inorganic nutrients, coming from deeper zones of the the b asin, favoured eutrophication of platform areas.