PALAEOTECTONICS AND SEDIMENT DISPERSAL PATHWAYS IN NORTH-CENTRAL SICILY DURING THE LATE TORTONIAN

Abstract

An integrated study utilising a combination of facies dis­tributions and sequence stratigraphic analysis, has provided an insight into the palaeotectonic and palaeodrainage evolu­tion of north-central Sicily during the late Tortonian. Region­al studies have established a sequence stratigraphic frame­work and allowed alluvial/fluvial sections to be linked through correlation of sequence boundaries. Analysis of these deposits allows the timing of deformation to be bracketed and drainage patterns characterised for this part of the Maghrebian-Apennine collisional belt on Sicily.