The Messinian succession of the Crotone Basin (southern Italy) II: Facies architecture and stratal surfaces across the Miocene-Pliocene boundary

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 474-492

  Zecchin, Massimo ^a   Caffau, Mauro ^a   Di Stefano, Agata ^b   Maniscalco, Rosanna ^b   Lenaz, Davide ^c   Civile, Dario ^a   Muto, Francesco ^d   Critelli, Salvatore ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crotone Basin; Intra Messinian tectonics; Late Messinian; Messinian Salinity Crisis; Miocene Pliocene boundary

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; CROTONE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; FORE-ARC BASIN; MESSINIAN; MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS; MIOCENE-PLIOCENE BOUNDARY;

TECTONICS;

FERTILIZERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPORITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOREARC BASIN; MARL; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; MUDSTONE; PLIOCENE; SALINITY; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TURBIDITE; UPLIFT;

CALABRIA; CALABRIAN ARC; CROTONE BASIN; ITALY;

PARLATORIA ZIZIPHI; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84886306344     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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