MUD VOLCANOES AND «SALSAS» IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA: HYDROGEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA OF ECOLOGICAL INTEREST

Authors

  • F. González-Bernáldez
  • P. Herrera
  • C. Montes
Keywords: mud volcanoes, soapholes, aquifer discharge, discharge areas, Iberian peninsula

Abstract

Mud volcanoes, mound spring craters and soapholes are hydrogeological formations that are not related to hydrothermal or volcanic phenomena despite being structurally similar. They appear in areas of groundwater discharge along with other landscape features characteristic of such areas. They appear due to the upward vertical movement of saline waters that cause clay dispersion and the perforation of confining low permeability layers. They are one of the most conspicuous of a group of genetically related landscape features («salgüeros», efflorescences, seepage areas, etc.) that are usually accompagnied by flora and fauna characteristic of aquifer discharge ecosystems.

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Author Biographies

F. González-Bernáldez

Departamento de Ecología Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

P. Herrera

Departamento de Geología Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Alcalá de Henares

C. Montes

Departamento de Ecología Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
How to Cite
González-Bernáldez, F., Herrera, P., & Montes, C. (1987). MUD VOLCANOES AND «SALSAS» IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA: HYDROGEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA OF ECOLOGICAL INTEREST. Anales de Biología, (12), 3–9. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/view/35321
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Biología ambiental

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