caa a22 4500 469045434 CHVBK 20180323132823.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02539798 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02539798 Stratigraphy and facies of an oligocene fringing reef (Castro Limestone, Salento Peninsula, Southern Italy) [Elektronische Daten] [Francesca Bosellini, Antonio Russo] Summary: The coastline of the Salento Peninsula (Apulia region, Southern Italy) is characterized by a rocky shore with spectacular cliffs where the investigated fringing reef complex, the so called Castro Limestone, spectacularly outcrops for at least 40 km. As reconstructed from several measured sections, the Castro Limestone, which is Middle Chattian in age from our own data, disconformably mantles a tectonically deformed falaise of Cretaceous-Eocene rocks and is overlain by a remarkable erosional surface characterized by a very peculiar rhodolite rudstone. The Castro Limestone unit can be considered as a classic unconformity bounded depositional sequence representing, most probably, a shelf margin prograding complex, related to the major Middle Oligocene sea level lowstand. Stratigraphic and sedimentologic features, together with paleontological characters, allow recognition of a virtually complete range of reef environments across the reef profile. Several geomorphic zones and associated facies are described, from the most landward reef area (‘back reef') across the reef flat and reef from downward to the fore reef slope, contributing to a better knowledge of the evolution of Oligocene reefs and reef communities in Italy and in the Mediterranean area. Institut für Palaentologie, Universitat Erlangen, 1992 Stratigraphy nationallicence Facies Model nationallicence Fringing Reef nationallicence Corals nationallicence Castro Limestone nationallicence Salento Peninsula (Southern Italy) nationallicence Oligocene (Chattian) nationallicence Bosellini Francesca Istituto di Paleontologia, Università di Modena, via Università 4, I-41100, Modena aut Russo Antonio Istituto di Paleontologia, Università di Modena, via Università 4, I-41100, Modena aut Facies Springer-Verlag 26/1(1992-12-01), 145-165 0172-9179 26:1<145 1992 26 10347 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02539798 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02539798 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bosellini Francesca Istituto di Paleontologia, Università di Modena, via Università 4, I-41100, Modena aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Russo Antonio Istituto di Paleontologia, Università di Modena, via Università 4, I-41100, Modena aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Facies Springer-Verlag 26/1(1992-12-01), 145-165 0172-9179 26:1<145 1992 26 10347 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer