Resumen de ¿Registro de un paleoincendio en el límite Plioceno-Pleistoceno de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza (Granada, España)?
José Eugenio Ortiz Menéndez, María Filomena Valle Hernández, M. Badal,, Juan Francisco Llamas Borrajo, Ángel Luis Cortés Gracia, A. Vela
This paper deals with the organic geochemistry of a "lignite" bed at the bottom of the Guadix-Baza composite stratotype section, just below the end of the Olduvai Chron. The results of the organic matter analysis (Iow H/C ratio and predominance of even n-alkanes) together with the lack of pollen and micromammal remains as well as the abundance of charcoal particles, suggest the development 01 the first wild-fire in the Mediterranean realm, which affected the catchment area of the alluvial fan that fed the Cortes de Baza area.
