Oligocene-Miocene sandstone suites from the Gibraltar and Calabria-Peloritani Arcs: Provenance changes and paleogeographic implications

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-535

  Puglisi, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Betic Rifian Chain; Calabria Peloritani Arc; Oligocene Miocene; Paleogeography; Provenance; Sedimentary petrography; Turbidite sandstone suites

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SOURCE ROCK; TURBIDITE;

CALABRIAN ARC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GIBRALTAR; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESSINA [SICILY]; PELORITANI MOUNTAINS; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 59749085164     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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