The Ombrina-Rospo Plateau (Apulian Platform): Evolution of a Carbonate Platform and its Margins during the Jurassic and Cretaceous

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-29

  Santantonio, Massimo ^a   Scrocca, Davide ^a   Lipparini, Lorenzo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Medoilgas Italia SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adria Plate; Apulia carbonate platform; Carbonate platform margins; Cretaceous; Jurassic; Synsedimentary tectonics

Indexed keywords

ADRIA PLATE; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; SYNSEDIMENTARY;

BACKSTEPPING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; SEDIMENTS;

FAULTING;

BIOCLASTIC ROCK; CARBONATE PLATFORM; FAULTING; HETTANGIAN; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; OIL WELL; RIFT ZONE; SHALLOW WATER; SHORELINE; SINEMURIAN; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TURBIDITE;

APULIAN PLATEAU; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84875224886     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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