Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana - Vol. 12/2010

Studio geologico strutturale preliminare di Contrada Tabuna (bacino asfaltifero di Ragusa, Sicilia)

Mario Dipasquale (*) & Rosario Occhipinti (**)
(*) Dipartimento Geologia e Geodesia, Università di Palermo. E-mail: dipasquale.mario@gmail.com (**) Ceratonia Geophysics S.r.l. - www.ceratonia.it


DOI: https://doi.org/
Volume: 12/2010
Pages: 40-55

Abstract

Geologic and structural study of Contrada Tabuna (asphalt mining basin of Ragusa, Sicily). The results of a geological-structural analysis carried out in the Ragusa bituminous basin, SE Sicily, are presented. Original data on the geometry and kinematic character of outcropping structures outline a complex deformation history, characterized by alternatine episodes of crustal contraction and extension. This alternation is reminiscent of that described in the framework of inversion tectonics models.

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