Calcite cementation Apennines

McBride E. F., Milliken K. L., Cavazza W., Cibin U., Fontana D., Picard M. D., and Zuffa G. G. (1995) Inhomogenous distribution of calcite cement at the outcrop scale in Tertiary sandstones, northern Apennines, Italy. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geologists Bull. 79, 1044-1063. 

CiBiN, U., Cavazza, W., Fontana, D., Milliken, K.L. McBride, E.F. (1993) Comparison of composition and texture of calcite-cemented concretions and host sandstones, northern Apennines, Italy. J. sediment. Petrol., 63, 945-954. 

In order to better understand the origin and controls of calcite cementation in marine sandstone we studied ten Tertiary lithostratigraphical units exposed in the northern Apennines, Italy, which display a variety of patterns of calcite cement. Five of the units studied were deposited in piggy-back (satellite) basins, and five were deposited in foreland basins. Burial depths of cemented units in piggy-back basins range from 0 to 1300 m, whereas burial depths of foreland basin rocks range from 5(X) to >7000 m. 

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