Abstract The Apulian Carbonate Platform (ACP) in southern Italy has experienced several
episodes of subaerial exposure, which were in some cases associated with the formation of
karst bauxite deposits. The ACP contains both autochthonous canyon-like bauxite and
allochthonous Salento-type bauxite, with the latter having been derived from a weathered
and eroded pristine bauxite deposit. The remnants of this pristine bauxite are preserved as
transported pebbles embedded in a clayey matrix. The autochthonous bauxite and the …