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Facultat De Geologia Departament D’Estratigrafia, Paleontologia I Geociències Marines Programa De Doctorat “Ciències De La Terra” Universitat De Barcelona Els caròfits de les fàcies continentals i transicionals del Garumnià basal (Cretaci superior) del Pirineu Oriental Sheila Villalba Breva ADVERTIMENT. La consulta d’aquesta tesi queda condicionada a l’acceptació de les següents condicions d'ús: La difusió d’aquesta tesi per mitjà del servei TDX (www.tdx.cat) ha estat autoritzada pels titulars dels drets de propietat intel·lectual únicament per a usos privats emmarcats en activitats d’investigació i docència. No s’autoritza la seva reproducció amb finalitats de lucre ni la seva difusió i posada a disposició des d’un lloc aliè al servei TDX. No s’autoritza la presentació del seu contingut en una finestra o marc aliè a TDX (framing). Aquesta reserva de drets afecta tant al resum de presentació de la tesi com als seus continguts. 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Agraïments............................................................................................ 1 2. Resum .................................................................................................... 3 3. Abridged English version..................................................................... 5 4. Introducció............................................................................................ 25 a. Objectius..................................................................................... 26 b. Problemàtica............................................................................... 27 5. Marc geològic i estratigràfic................................................................ 31 a. Marc geològic............................................................................. 31 b. Marc estratigràfic........................................................................ 31 6. Metodologia.......................................................................................... 41 a. Treball de camp.......................................................................... 41 b. Treball de laboratori................................................................... 41 c. Treball de gabinet....................................................................... 42 d. Biostratigrafia............................................................................. 43 e. Tafonomia i paleoecologia.......................................................... 44 7. Resultats................................................................................................ 45 a. Sistemàtica.................................................................................. 45 b. Biostratigrafia............................................................................. 54 c. Sedimentologia, tafonomia i paleoecologia................................. 57 d. Paleogeografia............................................................................. 60 8. Discussió................................................................................................ 63 a. Sistemàtica.................................................................................. 63 b. Biostratigrafia.............................................................................. 67 c. Sedimentologia, tafonomia i paleoecologia................................. 67 d. Paleogeografia............................................................................. 71 9. Conclusions........................................................................................... 73 10. Bibliografia........................................................................................... 77 11. Annexos................................................................................................. 89 a. Annex 1: Publicacions fonamentals de la tesi b. Annex 2: Altres publicacions rellevants de la tesi vii Sheila Villalba Breva viii Els caròfits de les fàcies continentals i transicionals del Garumnià basal del Pirineu Oriental AGRAÏMENTS Aquesta tesi s’ha desenvolupat al Departament d’Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines de la Universitat de Barcelona gràcies al suport del Comissionat per a Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Innovació, Universitats i Empresa de la Generalitat de Catalunya i del Fons Social Europeu a través de la concessió d’un ajut per a la contractació de personal investigador novell (FI modalitat B) i d’un d’ajut per a estades de recerca fora de Catalunya (BE modalitat A). El projecte de tesi s’ha emmarcat dins els objectius científics i ha rebut el suport econòmic dels projectes CGL2008-00809/BTE i CGL2011-27869 del Ministeri de Ciència i Innovació d’Espanya, del projecte 2009SGR1451 de la Generalitat de Catalunya i també dels ajuts per a assistència a congressos i estades de recerca (modalitat BV) de la Facultat de Geologia de l’Universitat de Barcelona. Vull agrair l’ajuda, suport i paciència del meu director el Dr. Carles Martín-Closas, durant aquests tres anys de tesi. Ell m’ha ensenyat pràcticament tot el que sé de caròfits i moltes altres coses de plantes fòssils, sedimentologia, geologia, etc. Les estades de recerca fora de Catalunya, que en total han sumat 9 setmanes, han significat una aportació important al desenvolupament de la tesi. Durant les estades a l’Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de l’Université de Montpellier II vaig gaudir de l’ajuda i hospitalitat de la Dra. Ingeborg Soulié-Märsche, del Dr. Serge Muller i la resta de l’Equipe de Paléoenvironments et Paléoclimats de l’ISE-M. La Dra. Monique Feist em va ajudar en la identificació dels caròfits de les mostres estudiades. Pel que fa a l’estada a l’Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, vull agrair al Dr. Bernard Gomez i a la Dra. Véronique Daviero la seva ajuda i immensa generositat. També vull donar les gràcies al Dr. Josep Marmi per la seva ajuda i col·laboració en aquests anys. Així mateix, vull fer extensiu l’agraïment al Dr. Àngel Galobart i la resta de col·legues del Grup del Mesozoic de l’Institut Català de Paleontologia per donar-me l’oportunitat de participar, en tant com codirectora, en una excavació paleontològica realitzada a Isona durant el mes de juliol de 2010. També vull agrair a la Dra. Violeta Riera, al Dr. Oriol Oms, a la Dra. Esmeralda Caus, al Dr. Josep Maria Pons i al Dr. Enric Vicens de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona la seva
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