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... and limestone of Paleocene-Eocene age ( argille e calcari di Canetolo fm.). The Calcare Cavernoso in the Colline Metallifere crops out in an area characterised by strong crustal thinning, as evidenced by geophysical data, with a high anomalous heat flow ( Gianelli et al., 1997 ; Bellani et al., 2004...

... – conglomerate lithofacies of the Manciano Sandstones Fm.; FIA –Santa Fiora Fm. (late Cretaceous); PTF – Pietraforte (Cretaceous); MAC – Macigno (late Oligocene-basal Miocene); SCA – “Scaglia Toscana” Fm. (Cretaceous-Oligocene); CCA – Cavernoso Limestone Fm. (late Triassic); TOC – Tocchi Fm. (late Triassic); VER...

... provengono le areniti ibride e il Calcare cavernoso del Trias superiore immediamente a SW della Formazione del Verrucano, che non ha prodotto clasti. La singolare mancanza di clasti del Calcare cavernoso nelle ghiaie, nonostante tale unità sia molto estesa sul lato occidentale dei Monti Romani fino al...

..." Auctt.) and the "Calcare Cavernoso" fm. at the base of the non-metamorphic "Tuscan Nappe". The "Fornovolasco schists" are mainly made up of metasiliciclastics including lenticular bodies of at times tourmalinized ("Tormalinolite" Auctt.) porphyritic rocks, and of metacarbonates ("Grezzone Metallifero...

...), also present in other areas of Tuscany, such as Monti Pisani, Elba Island and Uccellina Mountains. This unit underlies the “Cala Piatti Unit”, of Triassic age, constituted by massive dolostones and stratified limestones and the Tuscan Nappe (Upper Trias-Lower Miocene) represented by Calcare Cavernoso...

.... 3 ) are hosted by the Northern Apennines thrust stack and at least the first two comprise two geothermal reservoirs: the upper at depths of 0.7–1 km confined to the Calcare Cavernoso and Burano Formations and overlying carbonates of the Tuscan nappe, and the lower (2–4.5 km) and hotter (up to 360°C...

... ( Burano-Calcare Cavernoso Fm.); t2 - Rhaetian dark limestone and marl ( Calcari e Marne a Rhaetavicula contorta Fm.); g1 - early Lias massive limestone ( Calcare Massiccio Fm.); g2 - middle Lias red nodular limestone ( Rosso Ammonitico Fm.); g3 - late Lias cherty limestone ( Calcare Selcifero Fm...

... plates of sedimentary rocks became detached at the horizon of a late Triassic limestone breccia (the calcare cavernoso, Fig. 2 ) and slid eastward. In consequence Triassic rocks are widely exposed, as in the Larderello and Montagnola Senese areas (just south of Figure 1 ); farther east, a local...

...Fig. 7 ( a ) Late Triassic evaporite ( Anidriti di Burano Fm) exposed in an abandoned quarry; ( b ) detail of the brecciated dolostone within a gypsum matrix; ( c ) dolostone boudins; ( d ) vacuolar, brecciated carbonate ( Calcare Cavernoso Auctorum) derived from shear strain producing...

... with fractured protoliths. The faulted footwall domain is extendeds for a width of c.500 m away from the main fault zone, which is cartographically characterized by juxtaxposition of the basal “Calcare Cavernoso Fm.” and Triassic Rhethian limestones to the uppermost stratigraphic levels of the Tuscan Nappe...

... by the Calcare Cavernoso Formation; 3) the Monti dell’Uccellina Unit, represented by a passive margin sequence spanning from the Triassic Verrucano group at the base to the Tertiary Scaglia Fm. at the top; 4) the Vacchereccia Unit, represented only by Triassic Verrucano Group; 5) the Collelungo Unit, made up...

...C. Feroni A.; S. Nuti; P. C. Pertusati; G. Plesi GeoRef, Copyright 2012, American Geosciences Institute. 1976 Apennines breccia carbonate rocks Cenozoic clastic rocks clastic sediments environment Europe Italy karst limestone Miocene Neogene sedimentary petrology sedimentary...