Reconstruction of the Plio-Quaternary evolution of the Sicilian foreland basin system through micropaleontological, stratigraphic, and structural analyses of sedimentary successions outcropping in southwestern Sicily
Scientific-Disciplinary Group
04/GEOS-02 - Paleontology, Stratigraphic Geology And Sedimentology, Structural Geology And Tectonics
Description
The detailed reconstruction of the stratigraphic and structural setting of the sedimentary successions located along the outer margin of the Sicilian collisional complex provides insights into its recent kinematic evolution. The syntectonic successions deposited between the Late Pliocene and the Quaternary serve as natural archives that contain data on the most recent evolutionary stages of the foreland basin system of southwest Sicily. Qualitative and quantitative micropaleontological analyses on foraminiferal communities to correctly define the chrono-biostratigraphic setting of the analysed successions, as well as for paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstructions, will be carried out. This will also provide useful data for reconstructing the chronology of the deformations that have affected wedge-top basins located in the outermost sectors of the Sicilian Fold and Thrust Belt.
Compensation
28,456 Euro
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Number of positions
1
Funding body
Università degli Studi di Palermo
How to apply
pec@cert.unipa.it
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