Overview
- Improves our understanding of Mediterranean geology
- Showcases numerous maps and stratigraphic plates illustrating macro- and microscopic details of the rock units
- Presents innovative research and classification tools
Part of the book series: UNIPA Springer Series (USS)
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About this book
This book offers as comprehensive an overview as possible of the lithostratigraphy of the Italian region of Sicily, taking into account the multiplicity of formational and terminological variability developed over more than a century of studies and publications. It presents stratigraphic terminology, the geological lexicon and the main stratigraphic subdivisions that are not familiar to Sicilian geologists. The new stratigraphic methods and the use of formations as mapping units have prompted the acquisition of new lithostratigraphic data, and a review of the previous units and their comparison with the new collected data, enabling the definition of a number of new lithostratigraphic units. The book summarizes the results in 77 worksheets containing the most important information regarding the lithological, sedimentological and microfacies characteristics, the measured thicknesses, areal extent and the regional aspects, the paleoenvironmental, paleogeographic and paleo-tectonics setting, compiled according to standard procedures and nomenclature rules provided by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lithostratigraphy of Sicily
Authors: Luca Basilone
Series Title: UNIPA Springer Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73942-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73941-0Published: 19 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89263-4Published: 07 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73942-7Published: 03 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2366-7516
Series E-ISSN: 2366-7524
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 349
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 137 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sedimentology, Paleontology, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences