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From: The provenance of the stones in the Menga dolmen reveals one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic

Figure 4

(a) Stratigraphic correlation of the Upper Tortonian sedimentary materials in the Los Remedios neighbourhood and Cerro de la Cruz. (b) View of the small outcrop of type 1 and 2 stones (submarine canyon), embedded by erosion in the shoals materials, preserved at Cerro de la Cruz. (c) Stratigraphic section at Los Remedios neighbourhood, showing the submarine canyon materials below the shoals. (d) Detail of the matrix-supported marine materials with large amounts of pisoliths and minor bryozoans and red algae or lamellibranchs. (e) Overview of the submarine canyon materials at Cerro de la Cruz, above the fan-deltas. Note the subvertical tectonic fracturing, which is perpendicular to the valley, displaying little tectonic penetration at metric scale, which favoured the extraction of large blocks. (f) Detail of well-cemented sedimentary materials at Los Remedios neighbourhood, with smaller amounts of pisoliths and local bryozoans and red algae or lamellibranchs.

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