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The Crati Submarine Fan, Ionian Sea

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The Crati Fan is located in the tectonically active submerged extension of the Apennines chain and foretrough. The small fan system is growing in a relatively shallow (200 to 450 m), elongate nearshore basin receiving abundant input from the Crati River. The fan is characterized by a short, steep, channelized section (inner or upper fan) and a smooth, slightly bulging distal section (outer or lower fan). The numerous subparallel channels head in the shelf or littoral zone and do not form branching distributary patterns. Sand and mud depositional lobes of the outer fan stretch over more than 60% of fan length.

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  1. Istituto di Geologia, Universita di Bologna, Italy

    Franco Ricci Lucchi & Gianni Gabbianelli

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy

    Albina Colella

  3. Istituto di Geologia Marina, C.N.R., Bologna, Italy

    Sergio Rossi

  4. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, USA

    William R. Normark

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Lucchi, F.R., Colella, A., Gabbianelli, G. et al. The Crati Submarine Fan, Ionian Sea. Geo-Marine Letters 3, 71–77 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02462450

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