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The Il Torno collapsed basin-margin tract and rockfall deposits: the stunning snapshot of a preserved Jurassic submarine topography in the Longobucco Basin (Calabria, Italy)

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to acknowledge all those who through the years contributed to the discovery, mapping, interpretation, and valorization of this geosite: the late Tarquin Teale, Marco Romano, Luca Aldega, and dozens of Geology students at Sapienza University of Rome, whose jaws regularly drop every year at the sight of such a marvellous ourcrop. Editor Ulrich Riller is thanked for his warmly supportive review.

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    Simone Fabbi, Giulia Innamorati, Nino Mariotti & Massimo Santantonio

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Fabbi, S., Innamorati, G., Mariotti, N. et al. The Il Torno collapsed basin-margin tract and rockfall deposits: the stunning snapshot of a preserved Jurassic submarine topography in the Longobucco Basin (Calabria, Italy). Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 112, 581–584 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-022-02279-x

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