Abstract
IN the central Mediterranean area phases of middle Triassic and middle Liassic rifting are recognisable. The former produced only relatively deep pelagic basins founded on thinned continental crust; the latter, however, marked the opening of the central Tethys. The Porphyrit-Hornstein and the Diabas-Hornstein formations1 are the results of such phenomena. During Dogger and Malm times the spreading continued and a large amount of oceanic crust was formed. The Tethys Ocean opened parallel to the long axes of some Triassic deep sea basins and across the long axes of others. Consequently, the positions of Triassic seaways along the southern continental margin of the Tethys ‘geosyncline’ are defined by the effects of at least two main palaeotectonic events.
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SCANDONE, P. Triassic seaways and the Jurassic Tethys Ocean in the central Mediterranean area. Nature 256, 117–119 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/256117a0
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