 | Costagliola, Pilario, Benvenuti, Marco, Corsini, Fernando, Maineri, Cinzia, Mascaro, Isabella (2001) Pb-isotope signatures of Italian alabasters: possible application to provenance studies of works of art. European Journal of Mineralogy, 13 (2) 421-428 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/01/0013-0421 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Università di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, I- 50121, Firenze, Italy di Mineralogia e Litologia, Università di Firenze...Firenze, Via La Pira 4, I- 50121, Firenze, Italy Abstract: Gypsum alabaster is being used to realise works...times. In Italy, a number of quarries exploiting Messinian outcrops (in particular in Sicily and Tuscany)...relative homogeneity at the local scale. Key-words: gypsum, alabaster, archaeometry, Pb isotopes, Messinian...architecture, gypsum and alabaster were used as a prestigious material in areas of elite buildings. In Italy the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geosciences Article Malta and Sicily Joined by Geoheritage Enhancement and Geotourism within the Framework...University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 22, 90123 Palermo, Italy; chiara.cappadonia@unipa.it (C.C.); valerio.agnesi@unipa...and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy; mauro.soldati@unimore.it Correspondence: paola...2018; Published: 9 July 2018 Abstract: Malta and Sicily, which lie at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea...assessment of the rich geological heritage of Malta and Sicily was carried out, aiming to create a geosite network |  | | Report (chapter) | | Reggio Emilia, Largo S. Eufemia 19, 41100 Modena, Italy This volume grew out of the various oral and poster...Geological Union conference (2004) in Florence, Italy. It was clear that only a few of the participants...Giardino & Tiranti that addressess an unusual form of gypsum diagenesis present within some tectonized Triassic...study of the late Miocene (Messinian) Apennine gypsum deposits that considers their deposition in basins...The first, another paper on the late Miocene of Italy by Lugli, Bassetti, Manzi, Barbieri, Longinelli |  | | Report (chapter) | | foreland basin (Irpinia –Daunia Mountains, Southern Italy): stratigraphic evolution and geological context...80138 Napoli, Italy (e-mail: matano@unina.it) Abstract: An evaporitic limestone–gypsum succession, belonging...Mountains in the Southern Apennines arc (Southern Italy). This unit is formed by diatomaceous marls, massive...evaporitic limestones, and by primary and clastic gypsum. Detailed stratigraphical, sedimentological and...relations of gypsum deposits, depositional environment and basin evolution. Genetically related gypsum lithofacies |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | marine deposits (lower evaporites = LEV: lower gypsum and main salt) characterized by Sr isotopic ratios...Results from units immediately overlying the UEV in Sicily suggest termination of evaporite deposition about...D S D P and O D P drillcores recovered only the gypsum and anhydrites of the upper evaporites with only...540 m long drillcore from a potash-salt mine on Sicily (Fig. 1) where the entire evaporitic succession...defined lithologically and biostratigraphically on Sicily [9,10] and has been paleomagnetically dated in |  | Braga, Juan C., Martín, José M., Riding, Robert, Aguirre, Julio, Sánchez-Almazo, Isabel M., Dinarès-Turell, Jaume (2006) Testing models for the Messinian salinity crisis: The Messinian record in Almería, SE Spain. Sedimentary Geology, 188. 131-154 doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.03.002 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, 00143 Roma, Italy Abstract Neogene intermontane basins in Almería...erosion surface that separates them from overlying gypsum deposits. This contradicts suggestion of progressive...the evaporites in these Almería basins, and the gypsum beds exhibit upward transition to siliciclastic...in siliciclastic deposits interbedded with the gypsum and in the Messinian post-evaporitic sediments...astutely accounted for thick Messinian salt and gypsum deposits beneath the deep floor of the presentday |  | Bellanca, A, Caruso, A, Ferruzza, G, Neri, R, Rouchy, J.M, Sprovieri, M, Blanc-Valleron, M.M (2001) Transition from marine to hypersaline conditions in the Messinian Tripoli Formation from the marginal areas of the central Sicilian Basin. Sedimentary Geology, 140 (1) 87-105 doi:10.1016/s0037-0738(00)00173-1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UniversitaÁ di Palermo, Via Archira® 36, 90123 Palermo, Italy b Dipartimento di Geologia e Geodesia, UniversitaÁ...UniversitaÁ di Palermo, Corso Tukory 131, 90134 Palermo, Italy c CNRS-ESA 7073, Laboratoire de GeÂologie, MuseÂum...The Messinian basin of Caltanissetta, in central Sicily, displays the most complete sedimentary successions...displays the ®rst evidence of evaporite precipitation (gypsum and halite) and, thus, is commonly considered as...of the evaporitic formations (Lower Gypsum, Salt, and Upper Gypsum) (McKenzie, 1985; Bellanca et al., |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | marl±sapropel cycles of the `Upper Abad' are replaced by gypsum±sapropel cycles (14) in the Yesares Member, indicating...Mediterranean climate as well. As a consequence, gypsum beds correspond to precession maxima (insolation...CARBONERAS N SI S BA 10 km ta ab vvv Messinian Gypsum lC Si er ra de ALMERIA od o Cerro Blanco...outcropping marginal Messinian reefs (Cantera Member) and gypsum (Yesares Member). deep-sea ¯oor of the Mediterranean...from the Atlantic Ocean, favouring deposition of gypsum, halite and evaporitic limestone in a deep-desiccated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | .......................... 410 411 Geologyof Sicily sulfur deposits............................................................. Isotopic studieson Sicily sulfur specimens................................. Sulfur in Sicily occursin a Iagoonalevaporiticsequenceof formations, known as the Gypsum-Sulfurseries...above the Sulfur limestoneare the sulfur-barren Gypsum Beds formation and the Globigerina marl. The •S...today,sulfuris oneof the chiefmineralproducts of Italy although the deposits of the Gulf Coast of the United |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Catania, Corso Italia 55, I–95129 Catania, Italy; carbone@unict.it (S.C.); fabiocarmelomanuella@gmail...deposits which rarely crop out on land, such as in Sicily. The salt giants were ascribed to the desiccation...brines. Therefore, sea-bottom layers of brine at gypsum and halite saturation were formed. The model is...eastern basins, and xenoliths from Hyblean diatremes (Sicily) provided evidence of buried serpentinites in the...ideal line extending through the Italian Peninsula, Sicily and the Pelagian Sea. The geodynamic evolution |  | Barone, Mirko, Critelli, Salvatore, Pera, Emilia Le, Nocera, Silvio Di, Matano, Fabio, Torre, Mario (2006) Stratigraphy and Detrital Modes of Upper Messinian Post-evaporitic Sandstones of the Southern Apennines, Italy: Evidence of Foreland-Basin Evolution during the Messinian Mediterranean Salinity Crisis. International Geology Review, 48 (8) 702-724 doi:10.2747/0020-6814.48.8.702 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Post-evaporitic Sandstones of the Southern Apennines, Italy: Evidence of Foreland-Basin Evolution during the...Post-evaporitic Sandstones of the Southern Apennines, Italy: Evidence of Foreland-Basin Evolution during the...Post-evaporitic Sandstones of the Southern Apennines, Italy: Evidence of Foreland-Basin Evolution during the...della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy Downloaded by [UOV University of Oviedo] at 10:46...Federico II, Largo S. Marcellino 10, 80138 Napoli, Italy Abstract During the Messinian, the southern Apennines |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | D'Annunzio', Via dei Vestini 31, Chieti Scalo, Italy e Department of Geology, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan...diatomite-rich sediments, thick evaporites (carbonates, gypsum and halite), and ¢nally continental deposits. Astronomical...Fortuna basins (E Spain) started earlier than on Sicily and in the nearby Sorbas basin. Time constraints...the central and upper part in the Minas Volcän gypsum quarry (Section 4 of [6]) where the entire diatomite...succession, including the transition to massive gypsum, is clearly exposed. The base of the Serrata section |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | some of the marginal seas and lagoons. Massive gypsum and halite deposition took place in the deep western...salt deposits of the deep Mediterranen basins. Gypsum deposits associated with shallow Paratethyan caspi-brackish...deposition are missing. The chemical composition of both gypsum and fossil shells indicate significant meteoric...Evaporites in the Mediterranean area (!!if/;3 aaItand gypsum . . . - pre-crlsls passages • Messinian drilling...Fauna of Arenazzolo Formation at Eraclea Minoa in Sicily, and Cuevas del Almanzora in Spain cited as evidence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | depths of 100 – 200 m or less. Primary lower AC gypsum deposits are determined to be absent from the graben...the widespread mega-breccias of the resedimented gypsum deposits. T Keywords: Messinian Salinity Crisis;...Crisis; Turkey; Eastern Mediterranean; Gypsum; foraminifera; Gilbert-type IP delta. SC R 1. Introduction...marginal to intermediate basins exposed onshore in Sicily and in the Northern Apennines (CIESM, 2008; Roveri...defined by the Zanclean GSSP at Eraclea Minoa (Sicily), coincident with the base of the Trubi marls and |  | Krijgsman, W., Blanc-Valleron, M.-M., Flecker, R., Hilgen, F.J., Kouwenhoven, T.J., Merle, D., Orszag-Sperber, F., Rouchy, J.-M. (2002) The onset of the Messinian salinity crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean (Pissouri Basin, Cyprus) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 194 (3) 299-310 doi:10.1016/s0012-821x(01)00574-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Astronomical tuning of the succession shows that the first gypsum bed at Pissouri overlies a 40^60 kyr stromatolite-bearing...resulted in the deposition of massive evaporites (gypsum and halite) followed by brackish water sedimentation...marls and carbonates (e.g. Tripoli Formation on Sicily). This sedimentary cyclicity developed in response...astrochronology and integrated stratigraphic results from Sicily, the northern Apennines and SE Spain have demonstrated...high-resolution age model for the Eastern Mediterranean gypsum sequences is lacking since they have yet to be |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Western Greek Amphorae Production in Western Sicily: Archaeometric and Archaeological Studies on 6th–5th...University of Palermo, Via Archirafi, 22-90123 Palermo, Italy; giuseppe.montana@unipa.it Dipartimento di Biologia...P. Bucci, Cubo 12B, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Universität...Dorian-Chalcidian colony of Himera in northwestern Sicily. Among the most striking issues is the determination...frame of regional economic interaction. Keywords: Sicily; Himera; western Greek amphorae; local production; |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES OF THE TRIPOLITIC OIL-SHALE DEPOSITS OF SICILY, ITALY by John R. Dyni Open File Report 88-270 ...vicinity of the oil-shale mine near Serradifalco, Sicily. ................................................adits to the oil-shale mine near Serradifalco, Sicily. ........................................ 12 ...Serradifalco mine......... 13 Figure 5.--Map of Sicily showing the areal distribution of the Tripoli formation...associated rocks from Villarosa and Serradifalco, Sicily............................................... |  | Fourré, E., Di Napoli, R., Aiuppa, A., Parello, F., Gaubi, E., Jean-Baptiste, P., Allard, P., Calabrese, S., Mamou, A. Ben (2011) Regional variations in the chemical and helium–carbon isotope composition of geothermal fluids across Tunisia. Chemical Geology, 288 (1) 67-85 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.07.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Palermo, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Palermo, Italy, Italy d Laboratoire...conclude, however, that dissolution of halite and gypsum plays a key control on groundwater chemistry. Helium...Tethys, a process which is still ongoing in the Sicily channel (Pantelleria Rift). As a whole however...plates, as well as the sites of active volcanism in Sicily and Eolian Islands (black dots). Modified from Khomsi...fossiliferous content and secondary dolomite, clay and gypsum formations, outcrop in the southernmost part of |  | Orszag-Sperber, Fabienne, Caruso, Antonio, Blanc-Valleron, Marie-Madeleine, Merle, Didier, Rouchy, Jean Marie (2009) The onset of the Messinian salinity crisis: Insights from Cyprus sections. Sedimentary Geology, 217 (1) 52-64 doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.03.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Archirafi 22, Università di Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy CNRS-MNHN-UPMC UMR 5143, Muséum National d'Histoire...significantly just before the beginning of the massive gypsum precipitation. Correlation with other peri-Mediterranean...affected this basin till the base of the Messinian gypsum unit (Krijgsman et al., 2002; Merle et al., 2002;...Tripoli unit; b. a Lower Gypsum unit; c. a coarse breccia; d. an Upper Gypsum unit and postevaporitic...the first to mention a Late Miocene age for the gypsum occurrences intercalated within the Neogene sedimentary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Messinian (Late Miocene) events in Monferrato (NW Italy) F. Dela Pierre a,b,*, P. Clari a,b, S. Cavagna...Terra-Via Accademia delle Scienze, 5-10123 Turin, Italy CNR-c.s. geodinamica delle catene collisionali-Via...collisionali-Via Accademia delle Scienze, 5-10123 Turin, Italy Accepted 20 December 2001 Abstract The Parona chaotic...chaotic complex (PCC) from Monferrato (NW Italy) is a mélange composed of carbonate-cemented blocks floating...delle Scienze, Universitá Torino, 5-10123 Turin, Italy. Tel.: +39-11-5621179; fax: +39-11-541755. E-mail |  | | Report (chapter) | | Reggio Emilia, Largo S. Eufemia 19, 41100 Modena, Italy (e-mail: lugli.stefano@unimore.it) 2 IUEM0-UMR... Parco Area delle Scienze 157/A, 43100, Parma, Italy 4 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università...‘La Sapienza’, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 00185 Roma, Italy *Present Address: LEGEM, Université de Perpignan...m-thick ridge along the western Romagna Apennines (Italy) consisting of up to 16 selenite cycles separated...values of these deposits range between 0.087–0.016% (gypsum) and 3% (shales). Organic matter is dominated by |  | Sgavetti, M., Pompilio, L., Roveri, M., Manzi, V., Valentino, G.M., Lugli, S., Carli, C., Amici, S., Marchese, F., Lacava, T. (2009) Two geologic systems providing terrestrial analogues for the exploration of sulfate deposits on Mars: Initial spectral characterization. Planetary and Space Science, 57 (5) 614-627 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.05.010 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Università di Parma, Via G.P. Usberti, 152. 43100 Parma, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università...Federico II, Via Mezzocannone, 8. 80134 Napoli, Italy c Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università...Modena-Reggio, Largo S.Eufemia, 19. 41100 Modena, Italy d Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia...Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605. 00143 Roma, Italy e Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Fisica dell’Ambiente, Università...Basilicata, Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10. 85100 Potenza, Italy f Istituto di Metodologie per Analisi Ambientali |  | | Report (chapter) | | residual facies in the Crotone basin (Calabria, Italy) S. LUGLI1, R. DOMINICI2, M. BARONE2, E. COSTA3...Reggio Emilia, Largo S. Eufemia 19, 41100 Modena, Italy (e-mail: lugli.stefano@unimore.it) 2 Università...della Terra, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), Italy 3 Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università... Parco Area delle Scienze 157/A, 43100, Parma, Italy Abstract: The Neogene Crotone basin in eastern Calabria...deposited in the Crotone basin, Calabria (south Italy). The extent of the halite deposit is well known |  | | Journal (issue) | | PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY...JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY Participating Collectors: Marco Amabili Silvia...cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto Giazotto collection Jeff Scovil photo... MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY )In OutCine of MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY Federico Pezzotta Mineralogy...literature and music, scholars and aristocrats in Italy assembled some of the first great collections of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | previously suggested. The most frequently occurring gypsum lithofacies presumably related to shallow-water...environments are crystalline selenitic gypsum (‘grass-like gypsum’), laminated gypsum and cross-bedded gypsarenite...chicken wire alabastrine gypsum have been identified. Evenly laminated gypsum together with graded gypsarenites...formation of giant gypsum twin crystals, ‘super cones’ and alabastrine nodular gypsum. The formation of...Basin. The best studied examples are those from Sicily (Hardie and Eugster, 1971; Richter-Bemburg, 1973; |
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