Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

The Earth's orbital variations, reflected in Pleistocene ice volume, were also recorded in non-glacial times. Carbonate production in pelagic mid-Cretaceous sediments, quantified by calcium carbonate and optical densitometry time series, reflects the orbital eccentricity and precessional cycles. Minimal eccentricity brought deep-sea anoxia. Most of the sedimentary variability of this 100-Myr-old sequence lies within the Milankovitch (orbital) frequency band.

Luigi Vigli

Papers

Implications of a combined biostratigraphic and palaeomagnetic study of the Umbrian Maiolica Formation