“Earliest Zanclean age for the Colombacci and uppermost Di Tetto formations of the « latest Messinian » northern Apennines: New palaeoenvironmental data from the Maccarone section (Marche Province, Italy)” by Popescu et al. (2007) Geobios 40 (359-373) |
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Authors: | Marco Roveri Adele Bertini Domenico Cosentino Fabio Florindo Elsa Gliozzi Silvia Iaccarino Vinicio Manzi |
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Affiliation: | a Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Parma, Via G.P. Usberti, 157/A, 43100 Parma, Italy b Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy c Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma-Tre, L.go S. Leonardo Murialdo 1, 00146 Roma, Italy d Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università di Catania, Corso Italia 55, 95129 Catania, Italy e Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Piazza S. Eufemia 19, 41100 Modena, Italy |
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Abstract: | Two possible alternative interpretations of the claimed Zanclean age (Popescu et al., 2007) of two historical lithostratigraphic units of the Northern Apennines, usually referred to as Late Messinian in age and recording the so called Lagomare final event of the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC), are here discussed. The wrong age attribution of the Colombacci and “tetto” Fms. is ruled out based on data from the Maccarone and other sections showing that the Colombacci-Argille Azzurre Fm. boundary is basin wide synchronous and coincident with the Miocene-Pliocene boundary as far as it has been formally defined in the Eraclea Minoa GSSP. Alternatively, the opportunity of emending the Zanclean GSSP to a stratigraphically lower horizon recording the first evidence of marine influences in the Mediterranean following the MSC peak, seems not suitable, as (1) the marine signature of uppermost Messinian deposits is weak and still controversial and (2) no significant bio- and magnetostratigraphic events, well chronologically defined and recognizable at a global scale appear to be available to such a purpose. |
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Keywords: | Messinian Zanclean transgression Lago-Mare Biostratigraphy Northern Apennines |
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