Journal of Petroleum Geology, vol. 22(1),
January 1999, pp. 5-18
TECTONICS AND SEDIMENTATION WITHIN A
MESSINIAN FOREDEEP IN THE CENTRAL APENNINES, ITALY
S. Bigi*, F. Calamita**, G. Cello***, E.
Centamore*, G.Deiana***, W. Paltrinieri+, P. P. Pierantoni*** and M. Ridolfi***
The Marche-Abruzzi thrust system is part of the Central Apennine
fold- and-thrust belt of mainland Italy. Our study area covers the SE portion of
the Umbria-Marche-Abruzzi
region and the northern part of the Gran Sasso Mountains. A thick pile of turbidites is exposed
in this area; they were deposited within a Messinian foredeep in front of the evolving
fold-and-thrust belt. We have used regional structural interpretations together with
unpublished well-log and seismic data to construct a cross-section across the external
portion of the
thrust system.
