Tectonic evolution of the Northern Sicanian-Southern Palermo Mountains range in Western Sicily: insight on the exhumation of the thrust involved foreland domains

Auteurs :
BARRECA, G.
MAESANO, F.E.
CARBONE, S.

Description :
Geological mapping and structural analysis, coupled with extensive samplings on terrigenous Tertiary covers, enable us to reconstruct the structural setting as well as the tectonic evolution of the northern Sicanian-southern Palermo Mountains range in western Sicily. The analyzed region is a segment of the Apenninic-Maghrebian Orogen characterized by the occurrence of two regional superimposed tectonic edifices; the Apenninic-Maghrebian Chain (AMC) and the Pelagian Sicilian Thrust Belt (PSTB) which constitute the uppermost and lowermost structural level respectively. The different structural associations generally suggest a multiphase tectonic history in which we distinguished three main deformational events. - (NF)


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Bollettino della Società geologica italiana, issn : 0037-8763, 2010, vol. 129, n°. 3, p. 429-440, nombre de pages : 12, Références bibliographiques : 36 ref.

Date :
2010

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