The Permian of Northern Pangea

Abstract

In Italy, France and Spain the Permian system essentially consists of continental terrigenous and volcanic deposits. Intrusive bodies are also widespread in some places (the South Alpine area, French Central Massif, Pyrenees, Sardinian-Corsican Massif, etc.). Marine sediments crop out in a few Italian areas (eastern South Alpine region, central-southern sectors of the peninsula and Sicily), where they represent the most westerly branches of the old Tethys.