Carbonate slope re‐sedimentation in a tectonically‐active setting (Western Sicily Cretaceous Escarpment, Italy)

• Published in: Sedimentology Vol. 67; no. 5; pp. 2360 - 2391
• Main Authors: Randazzo, Vincenzo, Le Goff, Johan, Di Stefano, Pietro, Reijmer, John, Todaro, Simona, Cacciatore, Maria Simona, Webster, Jody
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madrid Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Architecture; Carbonate slope; Carbonates; Correlation analysis; Cretaceous; Deformation; Deposits; Distribution; Escarpments; Geological time; Lava; Mass transport; mass transport deposits; Orientation; Pillow lava; Plate tectonics; Platforms (geology); Quarries; re‐deposited facies; Scars; Sedimentary facies; Sedimentation; Sedimentation & deposition; Stratigraphy; Tectonics; Italy

Tectonic processes are widely considered as a mechanism causing carbonate platform margin instabilities leading to the emplacement of mass transport deposits and calciturbidites. However, only few examples establishing a clear link between tectonics and re‐sedimentation processes are known from the...