Magnetic study of the northern margin of the Hyblean Plateau, southeastern Sicily: structural implications

M. Grasso, Z. Ben-Avraham

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Abstract

The Hyblean plateau is composed of carbonate rocks of Triassic to Miocene age. Mafic volcanics occurred in this area in several episodes from late Triassic to Early Quaternary. The plateau forms part of the African Foreland which collides with the Calabrian Arc giving rise to the Maghrebian thrust belt. Geophysical data and well information have suggested that the plateau continues in the subsurface under the Catania plain. In order to learn about the actual extension of the plateau to the north under the Catania plain and the nature of the northern boundary of the plateau, a detailed magnetic survey has been carried out in the Catania plain. The magnetic data reveal detailed information about the geometry and crustal structure of the northern Hyblean plateau which was not observed in the aereomagnetic map of Sicilty. A sharp boundary defines the northern edge of the pleateau. It could be the result of deep seated E-W and NE-SW trending faults. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)202-213
Number of pages12
JournalAnnales Tectonicae
Volume6
Issue number2
StatePublished - 1992

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