1. Geometry and evolution of Triassic high-relief, isolated microbial platforms in the Dolomites, Italy: The Anisian Latemar and Carnian Sella platforms compared
- Author
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Giovanni Gattolin, Marco Franceschi, Nereo Preto, A. Riva, Piero Gianolla, Preto, Nereo, Gianolla, Piero, Franceschi, Marco, Gattolin, Giovanni, and Riva, Alberto
- Subjects
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Outcrop ,Carbonate platform ,EXAMPLES ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,01 natural sciences ,NO ,Triassic ,Carbonate platforms ,Dolomites ,Sedimentary depositional environment ,Paleontology ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Seismic scale ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,CARBONATE PLATFORMS ,Triassic, Carbonate platforms, Dolomites ,AREA ,CARBONATE PLATFORMS, EXAMPLES, AREA ,Geology ,Northern italy ,Fuel Technology ,chemistry ,Facies ,Carbonate ,Sedimentary rock - Abstract
Exceptional outcrop conditions in the Dolomites of northern Italy allow appreciation of facies variability, depositional geometries, and platform-to-basin relationships at seismic scale that developed during a complex sedimentary evolution. This itinerary focuses on two Triassic microbial carbonate platforms, the Latemar and Sella, providing examples of key concepts that are fundamental for the interpretation of subsurface geologic bodies. By comparing these two microbial platforms, a variability of facies architectures is highlighted. The relatively easy access, the exceptional exposure conditions, and the variety of carbonate platform types that grew in the Triassic of the Dolomites make this region an ideal field geology laboratory for training geologists working in exploration and in addition provide potential outcrop analogs of subsurface carbonate reservoirs.
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- 2017