The Sicilian orogenic belt : a critical tapered wedge ?

Auteurs :
GUARNIERI, P.
CARBONE, S.
DI STEFANO, A.

Description :
In Sicily, the Africa-Europe convergence is testified by the time-space migration of a complex Chain-Foredeep system. The convergence took place from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene, involving several paleogeographic domains. Recent interpretation of off-shore seismic lines shows that the advance of the frontal part of the chain stopped during the Early Pleistocene ; on the other hand new onshore geological data indicate an accretionary wedge under sub-critical conditions affected by internaldeformation due to the activation of deep transgressive crustal structures. - (NF)


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Bollettino della Società geologica italiana, issn : 0037-8763, 2002, vol. 121, n°. 2, p. 221-230, nombre de pages : 10, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 37 ref.

Date :
2002

Editeur :
Pays édition : Italie, Roma, Società geologica italiana