Resumen de Los humedales salinos del entorno de Zaragoza: una singularidad hidrogeomorfológica
Néstor Jiménez Torrecilla, Jorge Pedro Galve Arnedo, M.P. Asta, L. Gómez Zaera, Javier Fuentes Retamar
The development of scattered hypersaline wetlands in the fluvial terraces of the central sector of the Ebro Corridor is related to discharge areas from the poorly known karstic tertiary evaporitic Aquifer. The groundwater flow concentration in those areas would accelerate gypsum dissolution and therefore subsidence processes, leading eventually to the development of wetlands when phreatic level is reached by the sinking of topographic surface.
This unique process of formation is related to the particular geological context of the Ebro Corridor; where a 3000 m thick unit of evaporitic materials is covered by well-developed fluviatile terraces. Hypersaline wetlands in this area can therefore be regarded as threatened geological heritage landmarks whose conservation requires the knowledge of their singularities by the local population and the public authorities.
The study of hypersaline wetlands of the Ebro Corridor also opens new research lines in the field of subsidence-related geological risks affecting this area, and might play a significant role in their detection and mitigation.
