Abstract
Four main extensional phases affected the Central Mediterranean from the Permo-Triassic to the Quaternary. The first, active during the Middle-Upper Triassic, produced continental rifting with prominent effects in the Streppenosa Trough (Sicily-Malta platform area) and in the Ionian Sea. A second extensional phase occurred in the Middle Jurassic and opened the Ionian Sea and Eastern Mediterranean. The Pelagian Sea and Sirte Rise (excluding the upper Sirte Slope, where sedimentation commenced in the Upper Cretaceous), comprise a thick to very thick sedimentary sequence that includes deposition from the Triassic to the Quaternary. The Sirte Rise and other geological provinces in the studied area were stretched considerably during the third extensional phase of the Middle-Upper Cretaceous.
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Finetti, I. (1985). Structure and Evolution of the Central Mediterranean (Pelagian and Ionian Seas). In: Stanley, D.J., Wezel, FC. (eds) Geological Evolution of the Mediterranean Basin. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8572-1_10
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