PRESENZA Dl TREMADOCIANO AD ACRITARCHI IN UNITA' TETTONICHE ERCINICHE A SUD DEL LAGO Dl MULARGIA (SARDEGNA CENTRALE)

The activity of the first Hercynian tectonic phase is documented in the Lake Mulargia area (central Sardinia) by the presence of numerous tectonic units. We have examined in particular the southern region of the lake, where one of the upper tectonic units (the Bruncu Maresusus Unit) outcrops. It has...

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Main Authors: SEBASTIANO BARCA, MYRIAM DEL RIO, NELLO MINZONI, PAOLA PITTAU DEMELIA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2020-04-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/13382
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Summary:The activity of the first Hercynian tectonic phase is documented in the Lake Mulargia area (central Sardinia) by the presence of numerous tectonic units. We have examined in particular the southern region of the lake, where one of the upper tectonic units (the Bruncu Maresusus Unit) outcrops. It has at its base a thick silicoclastic succession where we have found Tremadocian Acritarchs in its stratigraphically upper part. This formation is time—equivalent to the Solanas Formation and the Arenarie di San Vito Auct. Another tectonic unit, Bruncu Brevexilis, constitu ted from bottom to top of metavolcanities of probable middle Ordovician age and fossiliferous sediments of Caradocian, Silurian and Devonian age, is also present in the same area and lies under the Bruncu Maresusus Unit.
ISSN:0035-6883
2039-4942