CARATTERI GEOLOGICI E STRATIGRAFICI DEL FLYSCH DI FAETO E DELLA FORMAZIONE DI SERRA PALAZZO NELL'AREA DELLA "DORSALE DI ROTONDELLA" (SETTORE MERIDIONALE DELL'APPENNINO LUCANO)**

Abstract

This paper illustrates new stratigraphic and depositional framework of a middle Miocene carbonate turbidites cropping out at the outer margin of the Southern Apennines, in the neighbou­rhood of Rotondella village (Basilicata region, Southern Italy). The present study was performed in order to obtain a more detailed data which are essential for the correct correlation of the above mentioned turbidites to a formal stratigraphic unit; infact, these deposits althought are mainly represented by calciclastic tur­bidites, are generally correlated to the Serra Palazzo Formation which is widespread along the Southern Apenninic front and is re­presented mainly by siliciclastic turbidites. [...]