Mesozoic and Paleogene megabreccias in southern Sicily: New data on the Triassic paleomargin of the Siculo-Tunisian platform

Facies

Volumn , Issue 34, 1996, Pages 101-122

  Di Stefano, Pietro ^a   Alessi, Aldo ^a   Gullo, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allochthonous carbonates; Base of slope deposits; Calcareous breccias; Paleogeography; Reef limestones; Sedimentology; Sicily; Triassic

Indexed keywords

PELAGIA;

EID: 0000023160     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02546159     Document Type: Article

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