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Analysis of the recent geological development of the Adriatic, from the Po Delta to the Gargano promontory, is based on Quaternary sections that can be correlated with those on land. For example, the Sabbie di Asti Formation extends offshore from the Po Valley into the Adriatic Basin to the region immediately east of Ancona. Southward, the equivalent unit is the Sabbie di Carassai Formation, composed of basinal turbidites. In the southwestern part of the Adriatic, the Argille del Santerno Formation is widespread; this formation accumulated in platform to slope and basinal environments. Pleistocene biostratigraphy is based on both planktonic and benthonic foraminifera, and we chose Hyalinea balthica to identify the Neogene-Quaternary boundary.
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Dondi, L., Rizzini, A., Rossi, P. (1985). Recent Geological Evolution of the Adriatic Sea. In: Stanley, D.J., Wezel, FC. (eds) Geological Evolution of the Mediterranean Basin. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8572-1_9
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