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Sedimentary basins evolution and olistoliths formation: The case of Carpathian and Sicilian regions

Marek CieszkowskiJan GolonkaP. RendaAndrzej ŚLączkaFabrizio Nigro

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geographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryolistolithsSettore GEO/02 - Geologia Stratigrafica E SedimentologicaSettore GEO/03 - Geologia StrutturaleSedimentary basintectonics sedimentary basins Carpathian sicilian regions.Outer Carpathianslanguage.human_languageTectonicsPaleontologyGeophysicsMountain chainMaghrebideslanguageSedimentary rockouter carpathians Sicily maghrebides olistoliths. mesozoic paleogeneMesozoicSicilySicilianPaleogenePaleogeneGeologyMesozoicEarth-Surface Processes

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Abstract Comparative research carried out within two different basins, one in the Carpathians of Poland (Late Jurassic to Early Miocene) and another in the Apenninic-Maghrebian mountain chain of Sicily (Triassic-Miocene), indicate significant similarity not only in their evolution but also in the sedimentary features of horizons with olistoliths. The olistolith-bearing units are genetically related to stages of tectonic evolution and are independent of the size of the basins and of duration of these stages. However, the observed differences in composition and size of olistoliths suggested, among the others relationship with the size of source areas and thickness of their sedimentary cover.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-01-01
10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03018http://hdl.handle.net/10447/66614