Patrimonio geológico y minero y usos tradicionales de la geodiversidad. Las canteras romanas de basalto del Cabezo de la Viuda (Cartagena, Murcia)

  1. Francisco Guillén-Mondéjar 1
  2. Juan Antonio Antolinos Marín 1
  3. José Miguel Noguera Celdrán 1
  4. José Fidel Rosillo Martínez 1
  5. Begoña Soler Huertas 1
  6. José Ignacio Manteca Martínez 2
  7. María Asunción Alías Linares 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

  2. 2 Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
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    Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

    Cartagena, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02k5kx966

Libro:
El patrimonio geológico y minero como instrumento de desarrollo territorial
  1. MARIANO AYARZAGÜENA SANZ (coord.)
  2. JESÚS FERNANDO LÓPEZ CIDAD (coord.)

Editorial: Sociedad Española para la Defensa del Patrimonio Geológico y Minero SEDPGYM

ISBN: 978-84-09-31210-8

Año de publicación: 2021

Páginas: 65-73

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

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Resumen

The basalt quarries of the Cabezo de la Viuda are located north of the district of La Media Legua, specifically, 2 km east of Cartagena. It is a stone workshop mainly for the production cut stone, which had to supply construction material to Carthago Noua itself, specifically between the second century B.C. and the first century A.D. Volcanic outcrops are two small reliefs that stand out for their conical shape and brown colors in a very degraded plain. The smallest hill has an altitude of 29 meters and the highest and largest reaches up to 50 m. In spite of the small size they have a great geological importance, because they are the testimony of the most recent volcanoes of the Spanish southeast, they are a reference of the pliocuaternary volcanoes of Cartagena. In the 2009 update of the inventory of geological places of interest in the Region of Murcia, this place is included as a geological interest of national importance, as it belongs to the latest volcanic emissions of the Betic Mountain Range and the most recent of the Peninsula Iberian Its proximity to the urban center of Cartagena and its magnificent conditions of observation, give it an extraordinary capacity for scientific and didactic use. Given all these reasons, we recommend the conservation, study and enhancement of the geological and historical heritage of this region, as economical and cultural profit would be obtained by the inhabitants of this unique area in Región de Murcia.

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