Response of carbonate systems to sea-level drop: a case study from Middle Triassic of the Dolomites (Italy)

Sequence stratigraphy models do not satisfactory explain the complex behavior of shallow water carbonate systems affected by sea-level changes, especially when difficulties are increased by a change in the carbonate factory, from M- to C-type as in the late Ladinian. The Carbonate Platforms (CPs) of the Dolomites are a natural laboratory to test these models and analyze the changes in stratal stacking through time