Geological map of the Rocca Busambra-Corleone region (western Sicily, Italy) : explanatory notes

Auteur :
BASILONE, L.

Description :
The geology of the Rocca Busambra-Corleone region, in centralwestern Sicily, is relevant to the understanding of the central sector of the Maghrebian-Sicilian fold-and-thrust belt. In the investigated area Mesozoic shallow- and deep-water carbonate deposits pertaining respectively to the Trapanese and the Sicanian successions, and a thick Oligo-Miocene numidian flysch body, crop out. A structural analysis reveals complex tectonic relationships between the Trapanese carbonate platform tectonic unit (the Rocca Busambra carbonate ridge) and the overthrusting Sicanian deepwater carbonate (Corleone-Barracù) and numidian flysch tectonic units, outcropping around the carbonate ridge. - (NF)


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Bollettino della Società geologica italiana, issn : 0037-8763, 2011, vol. 130, n°. 1, p. 42-60, nombre de pages : 19, Références bibliographiques : 67 ref.

Date :
2011

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