Upper Messinian siliciclastic rocks in southeastern Calabria (southern Italy): palaeotectonic and eustatic implications for the evolution of the central Mediterranean region

Cavazza, William; DeCelles, Peter G.

doi:10.1016/s0040-1951(98)00186-3

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“…Federici et al (2004) consider that the thickness of the Messinian Lago-Mare clastic sediments drilled in the Tyrrhenian bathyal basin (ODP 652) and in the Garigliano plain (Mondragone 1 well) is strongly controlled by a syn-rift extensional tectonics. Coarsegrained sedimentation also suggests tectonic activity in South Calabria (Cavazza and DeCelles, 1998).…”

Section: Detrital Depositsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Changing perspectives in the concept of “Lago-Mare” in Mediterranean Late Miocene evolution

Orszag-Sperber

2006

Sedimentary Geology

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Section: Detrital Depositsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Changing perspectives in the concept of “Lago-Mare” in Mediterranean Late Miocene evolution

Orszag-Sperber

2006

Sedimentary Geology

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“…10). The Crotone-Spartivento basin was described as a SW-NE elongated 220 km long and 40 km wide fore-arc basin, filled by Miocene to Quaternary sediments (Rossi and Sartori, 1981;DeCelles and Cavazza, 1995;Cavazza and DeCelles, 1998;Minelli and Faccenna, 2010). It is bounded northward by the Calabrian slope.…”

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Two-stage growth of the Calabrian accretionary wedge in the Ionian Sea (Central Mediterranean): Constraints from depth‐migrated multichannel seismic data

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“…During the subsequent refilling of the Mediterranean at the onset of the Pliocene, these valleys were drowned and filled with marine to continental sediments, often arranged in large Gilbert-type delta settings (e.g. Clauzon and Rubino 1995;Clauzon et al 1996;Cavazza and DeCelles 1998;Gnaccolini 1998;Breda 2002). Examples of these systems are found in the Provençe (South France, e.g.…”

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The morphology of a Messinian valley and its hinterland (Ventimiglia, NW Italy): a Miocene to Pliocene reconstruction

2006

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Along the Ligurian coast (NW Italy), Alpine-folded and slightly metamorphosed rocks experienced fluvial to marine erosion prior to and during the base level fall associated with the Messinian salinity crisis. Following the subsequent sea-level rise at the onset of the Pliocene, valleys incised along the coastal margins during the Messinian salinity crisis were partly filled with Pliocene marine and continental deposits. One such valley-infill system is exposed near Ventimiglia (NW Italy). Using geological cross-sections and geomorphological analysis we have constrained its shape and dimensions, as well as the morphology of its hinterland. The Messinian valley was very open, 10 km wide and probably 500 m deep. The basal unconformity between the Pliocene sediments and the underlying substratum is characterized by a smooth surface that has on either side of the palaeo-valley a dip between 2 and 108. The basal unconformity in the southernmost part of the palaeo-valley roughly coincides with present-day sea level. The hinterland of the middle Pliocene sea was characterized by kilometres-wide valleys surrounded by mountains with a relief gentler than at present. The shapes and dimensions of the Messinian Ventimiglia valley and the relief during Pliocene times are different from those derived from comparable structures in SE France and NW Italy. We interpret this as being due to the exhumation history that the Ventimiglia region, different from the surrounding areas, experienced over the last few million years.

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Upper Messinian siliciclastic rocks in southeastern Calabria (southern Italy): palaeotectonic and eustatic implications for the evolution of the central Mediterranean region

Cited by 53 publications

References 27 publications

Changing perspectives in the concept of “Lago-Mare” in Mediterranean Late Miocene evolution

Changing perspectives in the concept of “Lago-Mare” in Mediterranean Late Miocene evolution

Two-stage growth of the Calabrian accretionary wedge in the Ionian Sea (Central Mediterranean): Constraints from depth‐migrated multichannel seismic data

The morphology of a Messinian valley and its hinterland (Ventimiglia, NW Italy): a Miocene to Pliocene reconstruction

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