Il limite di placca Adria-Apulia durante il Cretaceo superiore

Tectonic reconstructions of the Alpine-Mediterranean area are affected by uncertainties linked to the kinematics role of the Adria microplates. Is it an African promontory or an independent microplates? In this study we show the geological evidences of a plate boundary developed between the Adria microplates and the northern part of the African plate (Apulia) during the Upper Cretaceous. We use data collected by several Authors in the last 20 years with re-interpretations of data from wells at depth and seismic lines in the off-shore of the PUGLIA region. This tectonic element, characterized by sinistral transpressional movements, started his activity in the Cenomanian age when the African and the Eurasiatic plates began their compressive movements.