Sedimentology and Palaeontology of the Continental to Transitional Environments in Italy and Adjacent Areas: State of the Art and Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Continental to transitional successions are geologically meaningful, although often neglected in comparison with marine sequences. In Italy, these successions mark important turning points in the geological and biological history and evidence the different evolution of the Laurasian/European and Gondwana/African plates through time. Continental to transitional successions are present throughout the entire stratigraphic record but appear in the sub-areas during different time intervals. They are fundamental to understanding the evolution of the depositional systems, the paleoenvironments, and the ecosystems and pinpointing the main evolutionary events in originally distinguished tectonic regions. These successions reflect extremely well macro- and microclimatic, environmental, and latitudinal changes thanks to their fossil (plant, animal) and mineralogical content. Investigations of the detrital fraction help to identify the biases in the sedimentary record due to erosion. Monitoring compositional, climatic, and tectonic aspects allows distinguishing between autocyclic and allocyclic controls of the sedimentation and assessing the relative roles of eustasy, tectonics, climate, and sediment supply. Thus, understanding the sedimentary and paleontological evolution of the Italian continental successions is important. This volume will provide a picture of the state of the art on the study of these successions, showing their immense potential for future studies.

Dr. Luca Giacomo Costamagna
Dr. Evelyn Kustatscher
Guest Editors

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• continental–transitional depositional systems
• tectonic–sedimentation relationship
• provenance studies
• paleobotany
• paleoichnology
• palynology
• Italy