Sedimentology, petrography and geochemistry of a limestone breccia (Pietra di Billiemi) from north-west Sicily, Italy: Implications for evolution of the Tethyan basins around the Triassic/Jurassic boundary

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 591-607

  Scopelliti, Giovanna ^a   Neri, Rodolfo ^a   Bellanca, Adriana ^a   Di Stefano, Pietro ^a   Barbieri, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anoxic conditions; Authigenic minerals; In situ breccia; Isotopes; Sicily; Triassic Jurassic boundary

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BRECCIA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; MATRIX; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58249144474     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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