Western Tethyan rifting: growth and demise of Lower Jurassic carbonate platforms, and the birth of pelagic carbonate platform/basin systems

Massimo Santantonio

"Sapienza" Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra

Abstract

Carbonate platforms across the peri-Mediterranean region were extended in the Early Jurassic, as a result of intracontinental rifting which would lead to seafloor spreading in the western Tethys. The Northern Apennines provide... [ view full abstract ]

Session

SS7KN » SS 7 Keynote Lecture (14:45 - Wednesday, 24th June, Pangea I)