Figures & data
Figure 1. (a) Breccia from the upper interval of the Entracque Marl, with angular clasts of finely crystalline dolostones (D) and stretched mudstone clasts. Punta Stramondin. (b) Metre-sized blocks of dolomitized Garbella Limestone (arrows) in the lower interval of the Lausa Limestone. Tetti Prer. (c) Lithoarenite beds, with erosional base and normal gradation, in the siliciclastic lithozone of Puriac Limestone. Monte La Piastra. (d) Conglomerate with clasts of dolomitized Garbella Limestone, in the basal interval of the Nummulitic Limestone. Monte Garbella. (e) Sample of dolomitized Garbella Limestone, showing the transition from a completely dolomitized portion (right) to a partially dolomitized one (left), with dolomite veins and scattered euhedral dolomite crystals. Monte Colombo. (f) Valdieri Marbles: impure marble formed at the expense of the Puriac Limestone, composed of light-coloured, carbonate-rich domains separated by dark-coloured, silicate-rich layers. Valle Desertetto quarries.
