The Southern Julian Prealps (SJP) belong to the sector of the External Dinarides included in the WSW-ENE trending, SSE-verging thrust belt of the eastern Southalpine Chain in evolution from the Middle Miocene to the present. On the basis of new geological mapping and mesostructural analysis, the geological framework of the Bernadia carbonate massif was pointed out. In the Bernadia area only cover sequences outcrop ranging from Early Creataceous to Early Eocene. Scanty outcrops of glauconitic arenites (Lower Miocene) are present in the footwall of the major Neogene thrusts. During the Mesozoic the Bernadia massif was part of the Friulian Carbonate Platform (FCP). Starting from Late Cretaceous to Early Eocene the study area was part of the WSW–verging Dinaric chain-foredeep system. The Paleogene imbricate thrust-system shows staircase trajectory and duplex-geometries; thrusts are mainly NNW-SSE trending and show WSW tectonic transport. Inherited Upper Cretaceous normal faults (NNE-SSW- and NW-SE-trending) are often inverted in lateral and frontal ramps respectively. Starting from Middle Miocene the S-SSE verging thrust system of the Southalpine Chain started, giving rise to a low-angle, approximately WSW-ENE to WNW-ESE trending thrusts. Neoalpine compression deformed the Paleogene structural belt, producing dome-basin structural pattern. Moreover the Neogene–Quaternary thrusts often re-utilised the Dinaric ramps as frontal or lateral ones.

La carta geologica del Massiccio della Bernadia (Prealpi Giulie meridionali, Friuli, Italia NE.

POLI, Maria Eliana
2009-01-01

Abstract

The Southern Julian Prealps (SJP) belong to the sector of the External Dinarides included in the WSW-ENE trending, SSE-verging thrust belt of the eastern Southalpine Chain in evolution from the Middle Miocene to the present. On the basis of new geological mapping and mesostructural analysis, the geological framework of the Bernadia carbonate massif was pointed out. In the Bernadia area only cover sequences outcrop ranging from Early Creataceous to Early Eocene. Scanty outcrops of glauconitic arenites (Lower Miocene) are present in the footwall of the major Neogene thrusts. During the Mesozoic the Bernadia massif was part of the Friulian Carbonate Platform (FCP). Starting from Late Cretaceous to Early Eocene the study area was part of the WSW–verging Dinaric chain-foredeep system. The Paleogene imbricate thrust-system shows staircase trajectory and duplex-geometries; thrusts are mainly NNW-SSE trending and show WSW tectonic transport. Inherited Upper Cretaceous normal faults (NNE-SSW- and NW-SE-trending) are often inverted in lateral and frontal ramps respectively. Starting from Middle Miocene the S-SSE verging thrust system of the Southalpine Chain started, giving rise to a low-angle, approximately WSW-ENE to WNW-ESE trending thrusts. Neoalpine compression deformed the Paleogene structural belt, producing dome-basin structural pattern. Moreover the Neogene–Quaternary thrusts often re-utilised the Dinaric ramps as frontal or lateral ones.
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