Chronology of the Middle-Upper Pliocene succession in the Strongoli area: constraints on the geological evolution of the Crotone
Basin (Southern Italy)
L. Capraro
C. Consolaro
E. Fornaciari
F. Massari
D. Rio
10.6084/m9.figshare.3454364.v1
https://geolsoc.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Chronology_of_the_Middle-Upper_Pliocene_succession_in_the_Strongoli_area_constraints_on_the_geological_evolution_of_the_Crotone___Basin_Southern_Italy_/3454364
<p>The aim of this study is to reconstruct the evolution of the Strongoli area, a critical sector of the Crotone Basin (Calabria,
Southern Italy), where a thick Middle-Upper Pliocene marine succession is present. The Strongoli succession shows prominent
changes in the sedimentary environment that are partly forced by tectonics. Major tectonostratigraphic events have been recognized
that might correlate with spreading pulses in the back-arc Tyrrhenian Sea. In particular, we demonstrate that a dramatic basinal
collapse at <em>c.</em> 2.3 Ma correlates with the so-called ‘Calabrian transgression’ <em>Auctorum</em> and is close in age to the oceanization of the Marsili Basin.
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2016-06-21 12:04:36
Crotone Basin
Southern
evolution
Pliocene
Major tectonostratigraphic events
2.3 Ma correlates
succession
Strongoli area
Geology