The Seceda drill hole in the Middle Triassic Buchenstein Beds (livinallongo formation, Dolomites, northern Italy) - A progress report

First results and basic geological information of the Seceda Goring Project are reported. The Seceda project started with drilling of a well for scien tific purposes. The core material is currently studied by an international group of geoscientists from different universities. Fundamental topics of t he project are a thorough sedimentological and cyclostrarigraphic analysis of the complete succession of Middle Triassic pelagic Buchenstein Beds in t he northwestern Dolomites (Southern Alps, Italy) as well as their temporal relationship with coeval carbonate platforms. Complementary studies focus o n strarigraphic correlation tools including bio-, litho- and magnetostratig raphy.