Lower Cretaceous relics

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Calcareous stratification in Conero area.
The Conero mountain represents the easternmost anticline of the Appenine Orogeny, which developed during several tectonic stages since Cenozoic (~65 Ma).
These pure Pelagic calcareous were exposed during the last sea level high-stand that eroded the surrounded tertiary deposits.
A site of interest, Mone Conero suffered a Paleo-landslide that formed entirely the beaches of Portonvo where nowadays tourists enjoy their holidays.
The promontory has an important geologic interest since different boundaries are present like the Eocene-Oligocene (Massignano cave), the K-T boundary (at Fonte d'Olio), Serravaliian-Tortonian (Monte dei Corvi) and Burdiglian-Langhian (at La Vedova cliff).

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Type Image Format JPG Size 1.6 MB Aspect 2:3 Width 1280 px Height 1920 px Brand Nikon Model D5300 Exposure 10 mm f/9 1/200 s ISO 100 Software Adobe Lightroom Coordinates 43.5478, 13.6278 Tint Black Submitted 8 February 2018 Taken 3 January 2018