Geology of the Asinara Island (Sardinia, Italy)

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ID16840604
AuthorsR Carosi (0000-0002-6561-7090, University of Turin), Chiara Montomoli (0000-0002-0364-5395, Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, corresponding author), D Iacopini (0000-0003-4925-9665), A Petroccia (0000-0001-5230-0046, University of Turin), Manlio Simonetti (0000-0002-8843-7615, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale), G Oggiano (0000-0003-1236-1498, University of Sassari)
Year2024
Volume20
Issue1
Publication date2024-12-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Maps (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-5647 • E-ISSN: 1744-5647
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17445647.2024.2317136
OpenAlexW4392384175
LanguageEN
References cited74

Understanding how the lithosphere accommodates deformation along oblique convergent plate boundaries is an important issue for unveiling orogenic belt exhumation. The Variscan belt exposed in Sardinia represents an area where it is possible to investigate the inner part of this orogen and a km-scale transpressive shear zone, i.e. the Posada-Asinara shear zone, that drove the exhumation of the metamorphic core of the belt. Even though the Asinara island offers very good exposure of main tectonic units building up the Variscan belt of Sardinia, a detailed geological map of the island is still lacking, due to a former limitation of access that lasted for many years. In this contribution, we compile a new 1:25.000 geological-structural map of the entire Asinara island useful to better understand this key sector of the Variscan belt in Sardinia

Lineament · Lithosphere · Metamorphic rock · Seismology · Shear zone · Structural geology · Tectonics · earthquake and tectonic studies · Geological and Geochemical Analysis · Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide · Geology · Paleontology

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