Turbidites and foreland basins: an Apenninic perspective

Do the Apennines represent a vantage point for studying turbidites? How did research develop in this area? These questions are discussed briefly in the following pages from a historical and autobiographical perspective. Some items are emphasized: the shifting of depocentres, the presence of megabeds (basinwide events), the definition of ‘classical’ turbidites, the facies approach, the recognition and distinction of hyperpycnal flows