| Calcari di Aurisina | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian ~ | |
 Aurisina quarries being exploited | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Zolla member |
| Area | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 45°48′N 13°36′E / 45.8°N 13.6°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 23°30′N 16°12′E / 23.5°N 16.2°E |
| Region | Trieste |
| Country | |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Aurisina |
  Calcare di Aurisina (Italy) | |
The Calcare di Aurisina (Also known as Aurisina Formation, “Formazione di Monrupino”, Trieste Karst Limestone formation, “Repen formation”, “Sežana formation” and “Lipiza formation”)[1][2][3] is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Italy and Slovenia.[3] This limestones are found in the Trieste area and are of Late Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian) age, being a local record of Carbonate platform limestones, historically quarried by cutting large blocks using steel wire, what has allowed more access to them, as numerous quarries allow excellent exposure.[3][4] Due to being cut into large blocks and slabs, that usually end stored near the quarries, detailed, three-dimensional study of the rock's composition and fossils can be easily done.[5][6]
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- ^ Sanders, D (2001). "Burrow-mediated carbonate dissolution in rudist biostromes (Aurisina, Italy): implications for taphonomy in tropical, shallow subtidal carbonate environments". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 168 (1–2): 39–74. Bibcode:2001PPP...168...39S. doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(00)00249-2. ISSN 0031-0182.
- ^ Castracane degli Antelminelli, Francesco (1886). Analisi microscopica di un Calcare del Territorio di Spoleto. Roma: Tipografia delle scienze matematiche e fisiche. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64225.
- ^ Venturini, S.; Tentor, M. (2010). "La Breccia di Slivia: Una testimonianza di eventi paleotettonici campaniano-maastrichtiani nel Carso Triestino" (PDF). Natura Nascosta. 41 (6): 1–15.