Relationships Between Fault-Controlled Subsidence and Preservation of Shallow-Marine Small-Scale Cycles: Example from the Lower Pliocene of the Crotone Basin (Southern Italy)

摘要

The northern part of the Crotone Basin (southern Italy) was characterized by the activity of Pliocene growth faults bounding half-graben sub-basins. The thickest unit deposited during growth-fault activity is the lower Pliocene Belvedere Formation (up to 450 m thick), which shows a small-scale, highly regular rhythmic cyclicity. This sandstone unit was deposited in a shallow-marine environment, and its accumulation was mostly influenced by storm processes and locally by flows in tectonically confined areas.