Stratigraphy of the mid-Cretaceous shallow-water limestones of the Apulia Carbonate Platform (Murge, Apulia, southern Italy)

Auteurs :
SPALLUTO, L.
CAFFAU, M.

Description :
The geological mapping of the 438 Sheet «Bari» (scale 1:50.000), located in the northern part of the Murge area (Apulia, southern Italy), offered the opportunity to revise the local stratigraphy of the mid-Cretaceous carbonate succession belonging to the Calcare di Bari Fm. In agreement with the previous edition of the Geologic Map of Italy few stratigraphic intervals showing a rich content in rudist assemblages and an interval of dolomitic breccias have been used as reference layers and successfully used for lithostratigraphic correlations. New biostratigraphic data show the first record of «primitive» orbitolinid assemblages and other important index taxa which refer the lower and the middle part of the studied succession to the Albian in disagreement with the previous attribution to the Cenomanian. - (NF)


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Bollettino della Società geologica italiana, issn : 0037-8763, 2010, vol. 129, n°. 3, p. 335-352, nombre de pages : 18, Références bibliographiques : 55 ref.

Date :
2010

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