Offscraping and shallow ophiolite accretion in the Ligurian Accretionary Wedge (Tuscan Apennines): role of seafloor structural inheritance
Giuseppe Nirta,
Francesca Remitti,
Edoardo Barbero
et al.
Abstract:The Morello Tectonic Unit in the Tuscan Apennines (Italy) represents the result of tectono-sedimentary deformation, occurring in the frontal part of the non-metamorphosed Ligurian Accretionary Wedge, which consists of ophiolitic slices imbricated with a sedimentary succession containing ophiolite-bearing sedimentary mélanges. Geological mapping, structural and stratigraphic observations, allow us to document that (i) the ophiolite-bearing sedimentary mélanges formed by gravitational reworking of material sourc… Show more
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