Clay mineral assemblage of the Middle Triassic-Lower Jurassic mudrocksfrom western-central Mediterranean Alpine Chains

摘要

Abstract — The Middle Triassic to LowermostJurassic mudrocks from continental redbeds ofthe western-central Mediterranean region (Sicily,Calabria, Betic Cordillera and Rif) have been analyzedin order to reveal the mineralogical composition of thesediments and their thermal/burial history within thegeological evolution of the Mediterranean area; theredbeds studied in this work have a palaeogeographicand geodynamic importance at the regional scale.