Tectonic evolution of the Sicilian Maghrebian Chain inferred from stratigraphic and petrographic evidences of Lower Cretaceous and Oligocene flysch

Tectonic evolution of the Sicilian Maghrebian Chain inferred from stratigraphic and petrographic evidences of Lower Cretaceous and Oligocene flysch

The occurrence of a Lower Cretaceous flysch group, cropping out from the Gibraltar Arc to the Balkans with a very similar structural setting and sedimentary provenance always linked to the dismantling of internal areas, suggests the existence of only one sedimentary basin (Alpine Tethys s.s.), subdi...

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Main Author: Puglisi Diego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia 2014-08-01
Series:Geologica Carpathica
Subjects:
Alpine Tethys
Sicilian Maghrebian Chain
sedimentary petrography
meso-Alpine tectonics
western Mediterranean
Cretaceous-to-Oligocene paleogeography
plate tectonic context
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