Late Miocene–Middle Pleistocene sequences in the Po Plain – Northern Adriatic Sea (Italy): The stratigraphic record of modification phases affecting a complex foreland basin

Ghielmi, Manlio; Minervini, Matteo; Nini, Claudio; Rogledi, Sergio; Rossi, Massimo

doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.11.007

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“…Precessional cycle numbers after Lourens et al (1996). sum/marl intercalations produce fluctuating, high amplitude log records allowing recognition of 8 to 12 individual evaporite layers. Similar resistivity readings (characteristic shapes) are recorded in the Betics (Soria et al, 2008) and the Adriatic regions (Ghielmi et al, 2013;Roveri et al, 2005). In the Muchamiel well, the uppermost part of this facies shows a singular pattern (∼878-921 mbsl; Fig.…”

Section: Evaporitic Faciessupporting

confidence: 62%

Synchronous onset of the Messinian evaporite precipitation: First Mediterranean offshore evidence

Ochoa

Sierro

Lofi

et al. 2015

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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Section: Evaporitic Faciessupporting

confidence: 62%

Synchronous onset of the Messinian evaporite precipitation: First Mediterranean offshore evidence

Ochoa

Sierro

Lofi

et al. 2015

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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“…All the Mapped Units are here considered as parts of the 'Alps-Apennines orogenic system', which is currently under formation as a whole. This term (in which the words 'Alps' and 'Apennines' refer solely to their original geographic meaning) refers to all the geologic units involved in the orogenetic processes that affected, since Late Cretaceous, the palaeo-European and the Ghielmi et al (2013), Irace et al (2017) Legend: S: main correlatable regional unconformity; MS: main regional tectonic and/or metamorphic foliation; D: main correlatable regional unconformity in the synorogenic basin successions; F: main regional tectonic event (or phase); AT: main regional tectonic event recorded in the Western Alps tectonic belt.…”

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Geology of Piemonte region (NW Italy, Alps–Apennines interference zone)

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The geological map of Piemonte Region (Italy) is a graphic representation of the geology of the region, grounded on a large geodatabase, that can be also browsed as an interactive scalable map (GeoPiemonte Map) using a WebGIS application. The Map, produced at 1:250,000 scale, is the first original release of the 'GeoPiemonte Map' project. The geological data represented on the map derive from a thorough revision of available geological maps and literature, integrated with unpublished original data. The revision and harmonisation of existing and new data have been based on explicit criteria used for the classification of geologic units and their representation on the Map. These criteria firstly aimed at providing a lithostratigraphic, hierarchic subdivision of Piemonte geologic units and describing them using shared concepts and vocabularies, consistent with IUGS Descriptive Standards for the Geosciences. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…The water depth limiting the deposition of the bottom-grown gypsum (<200 m, including areas beyond the shelf break) is suggested by the common occurrence of photosynthetic microorganism communities trapped within primary gypsum crystals (mainly cyanobacteria: Panieri et al 2010). MSC onshore records clearly show that in deeper and/or unsilled sub-basins, evaporite-free deposits accumulated, mainly consisting of organic-rich shales and dolostones barren of normal marine fossils (Manzi et al 2007;Lugli et al 2010;Dela Pierre et al 2011;Ghielmi et al 2013;Rossi et al 2015).…”

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“…Ochoa et al 2015), where outcrop observations and complete subsurface data (seismics and boreholes) are available, it has been documented that the PLG evaporites are absent in deep-water and/or unsilled settings during MSC stage 1 (Manzi et al 2007;Lugli et al 2010;Dela Pierre et al 2011;Ghielmi et al 2013;Rossi et al 2015). Two different models have been proposed so far to explain this fact.…”

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The Messinian salinity crisis: open problems and possible implications for Mediterranean petroleum systems

Roveri

Gennari

Lugli

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A general agreement on what actually happened during the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC) has been reached in the minds of most geologists but, in the deepest settings of the Mediterranean Basin, the picture is still far from being finalized and several different scenarios for the crisis have been proposed, with different significant implications for hydrocarbon exploration. The currently accepted MSC paradigm of the 'shallow-water deep-basin' model, which implies high-amplitude sea-level oscillations (> 1500 m) of the Mediterranean up to its desiccation, is usually considered as fact. As a consequence, it is on this model that the implications of the MSC events on the Mediterranean petroleum systems are commonly based.In fact, an alternative, deep-water, non-desiccated scenario of the MSC is possible: it (i) implies the permanence of a large water body in the Mediterranean throughout the entire Messinian salinity crisis, but with strongly reduced Atlantic connections; and (ii) envisages a genetic link between Messinian erosion of the Mediterranean margins and deep brine development.In this work, we focus on the strong implications of an assessment of the petroleum systems of the Mediterranean and adjoining areas (e.g. the Black Sea Basin) that can be based on such a non-desiccated MSC scenario. In particular, the near-full basin model delivers a more realistic definition of Messinian source-rock generation and distribution, as well as of the magnitude of water-unloading processes and their effects on hydrocarbon accumulation.

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Late Miocene–Middle Pleistocene sequences in the Po Plain – Northern Adriatic Sea (Italy): The stratigraphic record of modification phases affecting a complex foreland basin

Cited by 145 publications

References 18 publications

Synchronous onset of the Messinian evaporite precipitation: First Mediterranean offshore evidence

Synchronous onset of the Messinian evaporite precipitation: First Mediterranean offshore evidence

Geology of Piemonte region (NW Italy, Alps–Apennines interference zone)

The Messinian salinity crisis: open problems and possible implications for Mediterranean petroleum systems

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