Sedimentology and biostratigraphy of the Biancone Limestone Formation of the Tolmin Basin (Southern Alps, NW Slovenia)
Journal: Cretaceous Research
Year: 2024

The Tolmin Basin constitutes the western part of the Slovenian Basin, a large Mesozoic interplatform basin that was bounded to the north by the Julian Carbonate Platform and to the south by the Dinaric Carbonate Platform. Today, it is found along the structural boundary between the Southern Alps and the External Dinarides in northwestern Slovenia. After the drowning of the Julian Carbonate Platform, the Tolmin Basin was dominated by pelagic deposits, namely the Toarcian marlstones (Perbla Format