SHELF-BASIN TRANSITION: SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SERRAVALLIAN OF THE TERTIARY PIEDIMONT BASIN (NORTHERN ITALY)

SHELF-BASIN TRANSITION: SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE SERRAVALLIAN OF THE TERTIARY PIEDIMONT BASIN (NORTHERN ITALY)

During Serravallian time, a shallow—water shelf mantled by northward migratine sand waves occupied the eastern part of the Tertiary Piedrnont Basin (Serravalle Sandstone, Gavi area). Towards the west, the shelf graded into a basinal zone through a series of steps probably controlled by synsedimenta...

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Main Authors: LUCIA CAPRARA, EDUARDO GARZANTI, MARIO GNACCOLINI, LAURA MUTTI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2020-04-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Serravalle Sandstone; Cassinasco Formation; Facies analysis; Sandstone petrography; Hybrid arenites; Synsedlmentary tectonic; Alpine fold—thrust belt.
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