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Authors: | Montone, Paola* Mariucci, Maria Teresa* |
Title: | Lateral Variations of P-Wave Velocity from Deep Borehole Data in the Southern Apennines, Italy | Journal: | Pure and Applied Geophysics | Series/Report no.: | /180 (2023) | Publisher: | Springer | Issue Date: | 2023 | DOI: | 10.1007/s00024-023-03248-4 | URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00024-023-03248-4 | Keywords: | deep boreholes sonic log Vp value crustal structure Southern Italy |
Abstract: | We have selected 28 deep wells in the Southern Apennine area, most of which are located along and around the Val d’Agri Basin. The Southern Apennines, one of the most seismically active regions of the Italian peninsula, is a NE-verging fold-andthrust belt characterised by the Meso–Cenozoic Apulia carbonate duplex system overlain by a thick column of Apennine carbonate platform and Lagonegro basin units. These units are unconformably covered by Neogene siliciclastic successions. Among the many Quaternary tectonic basins in the area, the Val d’Agri Basin is the most important intramontane depression, and is bordered by a * NW–SE-trending active fault system that represents one of the main seismogenic structures of the region. Moreover, the Val d’Agri Basin is the largest onshore oil field basin in Europe. In this context, we have analysed sonic log records from 28 deep wells and compared them with the corresponding stratigraphy and the other geophysical logs. We have obtained detailed measurements of the P-wave velocity (Vp) for each well from 0 to * 6 km depth, and found important lateral variations of Vp over very small distances. From these values, we have retrieved the densities of the main units crossed by the wells and the range of the overburden gradient in this area. |
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