A detailed analysis of Upper Triassic basinal successions from Eastern Cadore, Carnia and Julian Alps allows us the reconstruction of the paleogeography of this important sector of the Southern Alps. The presence of Tuvalian basinal facies at the toe of slope of a prograding carbonate platforms in the Santo Stefano di Cadore area and the correlation with similar succession in the Julian Alps testifying the presence of a distinct branch of the Slovenian Basin here called Tarvisio Basin
