Guadix-Baza basin

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The Guadix-Baza basin is a large intramontane sedimentary basin in southeastern Spain known for its rich fossil record and important paleoanthropological and geological sites.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Guadix-Baza basin canonical 1
Hoya de Guadix (Guadix basin) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
intramontane basin ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
boundedBy Sierra Nevada ⓘ
Sierra de Baza ⓘ
Sierra de los Filabres ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
contains Baza sub-basin ⓘ
Guadix sub-basin ⓘ
paleolake deposits ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
drainage Fardes River ⓘ
Guadiana Menor River ⓘ
formedBy tectonic subsidence ⓘ
fossilContent mammal fossils ⓘ
microfossils ⓘ
vertebrate fossils ⓘ
geologicalAge Neogene ⓘ
Quaternary ⓘ
hasEconomicUse agriculture ⓘ
clay extraction ⓘ
hasPaleontologicalSignificance Yes ⓘ
hasReliefFeature badlands ⓘ
gullies ⓘ
hasResearchField geology ⓘ
paleoanthropology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
hasStratigraphy Neogene–Quaternary continental sequences ⓘ
knownFor geological sites ⓘ
paleoanthropological sites ⓘ
rich fossil record ⓘ
lithology alluvial fan deposits ⓘ
continental sediments ⓘ
fluvial deposits ⓘ
lacustrine deposits ⓘ
locatedIn Andalusia ⓘ
southeastern Spain ⓘ
near Baza ⓘ
Guadix ⓘ
overlies Betic basement rocks ⓘ
partOf Betic Cordillera ⓘ
linked to: Baetic System
region Granada province ⓘ
linked to: Granada Province
scientificImportance key reference area for Neogene–Quaternary continental basins in Iberia ⓘ
tectonicSetting intramontane depression ⓘ
topography high plateau ⓘ
usedFor biostratigraphy ⓘ
paleoclimatic studies ⓘ
paleoenvironmental reconstruction ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Granada Province → contains → Guadix-Baza basin ⓘ
Guadix → locatedOn → Hoya de Guadix (Guadix basin) ⓘ
linked to: Guadix-Baza basin