Mesozoic tectono-sedimentary evolution of Rocca Busambra in western Sicily

Facies

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-135

  Basilone, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buttress unconformity; Pelagic carbonate platform and plateau facies associations; Structural setting; Synsedimentary tectonics; Western Sicily

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FAULT PLANE; MESOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS; UNCONFORMITY;

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

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 58949084759     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-008-0156-2     Document Type: Article

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