The miocenic cliff at the NW edge of the Mesima sedimentary basin (Calabria, Southern Italy)
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Coastal Geomorphology, Tectonic and Sedimentation, Sedimentary Veins, Calabrian Arc, ItalyAbstract
In Calabria (near the town of Vibo Valentia) marine deposits at a cliff toe made up of granulitic gneiss, describe the beginning of a transgression with carbonate sediments (upper Miocene) and, in the mean time, they suggest the geomorphic evolution of a high rocky coast that experiences a strong seismotectonic activity. Landslides and megabreccias characterize the deposit as well as many large sedimentary veins, made up of fossils, that cross cut both the nbasement gneiss and cliff gneiss.
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Copyright (c) 2003 Antonino Ietto, Carmine Altomare, Francesco Ferdinando Donato, Matteo Federico, Fabio Ietto, Francesco Teti (Author)
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