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The rifting of the Tyrrhenian Basin

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An evolved system of North-South trending rotational normal faults records the direction of a stretching event on the Tyrrhenian Sea continental margins.

Evolutionary stages of a typical rifted basin are recognized in the Tyrrhenian Sea through the interpretative analysis of seismic data, A major unconformity marks the end of a quite short (Tortonian to middle-Pliocene) rifting phase. However, no well-developed drift-related structures are seen to be active during the deposition of the post-rift sequence.

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Trincardi, F., Zitellini, N. The rifting of the Tyrrhenian Basin. Geo-Marine Letters 7, 1–6 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02310459

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