Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10119929 | Sedimentary Geology | 2018 | 60 Pages |
Abstract
Our new data provide evidence for the presence of a 20â¯km long, NW-SE trending preserved paleoescarpment, where the basinal units onlap either the basement or the Caloveto Formation which forms a fringing carbonate body with intriguing facies and bio-sedimentological features. The paleoescarpment was the submarine morphological expression of a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian fault, as testified by the age of the clastic body that seals it. Another pulse of synsedimentary extension took place in the latest Pliensbachian/Toarcian, overprinting the existing rift architecture and reviving the production of megaclastic deposits.
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Authors
Giulia Innamorati, Massimo Santantonio,