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Rheological behaviour of the crust in Southern Apennine (Italy): results from a thermal and seismological study
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Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
3.2. Tettonica attiva
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Published
JCR Journal
JCR Journal
Peer review journal
Yes
Title of the book
Issue/vol(year)
5/19(2007)
Publisher
Blackwell
Pages (printed)
353-359
Issued date
October 1, 2007
Abstract
In order to add information on the brittle/ductile transition of the Southern Apennine we investigated a rheological profile of the crust along a WSW-ENE oriented cross-section running from Neapolitan Volcanic Zone to Apulia foreland. The rheological model was obtained computing a thermal modelling and constrained by a re-localization of earthquakes of the area. Results show that the area is characterized by horizontal rheological variations, with two horizons interlayered with ductile horizons, that are quite predominant with respect to vertical ones. The horizontal stratification of lithospheric rheology has important geodynamic consequence and could provide new insights to better understand the tectonic processes which have played a major role to construct the Southern Apennine belt. Results of this study suggested that well constrained rheological models, built integrating information from both re-located earthquakes and thermal state, could give important hints on the mechanical behaviour of the crust and its related tectonic processes.
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Cello, G. and Mazzoli, S., 1999. Apennine tectonics in Southern Italy: a review. Geodynamics, 27, 191-211.
Cermak, V. and Bodri, L., 1995. Three-dimensional deep temperature modelling along the European geotraverse. Tectonophysics, 244 (1-3), 1-11.
Della Vedova, B., Bellani, S., Pellis, G. and Squarci, P., 2001. Deep Temperatures and Surface Heat-Flow Distribution. In: Anatomy of an orogen: the Apennines and adjacent Mediterranean basins (G.B. Vai and L.P. Martini eds) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
Doglioni, C., Harabaglia, P., Martinelli, G., Mongelli F. and Zito, G., 1996. A geodynamic model of the Southern Apennines accretionary prism. Terra Nova, 8, 540 – 547.
Dragoni, M., Doglioni, C., Mongelli, F. and Zito, G., 1996. Evalutation of stresses in two geodynamically different areas: stable foreland and extensional backarc. Pure Appl. Geophys., 146, 319-341.
Ferrucci, F., Gaudiosi, G., Pino, N.A., Luongo, G., Hirn, A. and Mirabile, L., 1986. Seismic detection of a major Moho upheaval beneath the Campanian volcanic area. Geophys. Res. Lett., 16 (11), 1317 – 1320.
Frepoli, A. and Amato, A., 2000. Spatial variation in stresses in peninsular Italy and Sicily from background seismicity. Tectonophysics, 317, 109 – 124.
Ghisetti, F. and Vezzani, L., 2002. Normal faulting, transcrustal permeability and seismogenesis in the Apennines (Italy). Tectonophysics, 348, 155 – 168.
Goetze, C. and Evans, B., 1979. Stress and temperature in the bending lithosphere as constrained by experimental rock mechanics. Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc., 59, 463-478.
Kirby, S.H., 1983. Rheology of the lithosphere. Rev. Geophys. Space Phys., 21, 1458 – 1487.
Lamontagne, M. and Ranalli, G., 1996. Thermal and rheological constraints on the earthquakes depth distribution in the Charlevoix, Canada, intraplate seismic zone. Tectonophysics, 257, 55-70.
Lee, W.H.K. and Lahr, J.C., 1975. HYPO71 (revised): a computer program for determining hypocentre, magnitude and first motion pattern of local earthquakes. U.S. Geol. Surv., Open File Report.
Lobkovsky, L.I. and Kerchmann, V.I., 1991. A two-level concept of plate tectonics: application to geodynamics. Tectonophysics, 199, 343-374.
Marzocchi, W., Vilardo, G., Hill, D.P., Ricciardi, G.P. and Ricco, C., 2001. Common Features and Pecularities of the Seismic Activity at Phlegrean Fields, Long Valley, and Vesuvius. Bull. of the Seism. Soc. of Am., 91, 2, 191-205.
Meissner, R. and Strehlau, J., 1982. Limits of stresses in continental crust and their relation to the depth-frequency distribution of shallow earthquakes. Tectonics, 1, 73-89.
Milano, G., Petrazzuoli, S. and Ventura, G., 2004. Effects of hydrothermal circulation on the strain field of the Campanian Plain (southern Italy). Terra Nova, 16, 205-209.
Milano, G., Bianco, F. and Vilardo, G., 2001. Evidences of P-S conversion beneath the Vesuvius volcanic area (South Italy) from teleseismic data. Volcanology and Seismology, 5, 73-80.
Mostardini, G. and Merlini, S., 1986. Appennino centro-meridionale. Sezioni Geologiche e Proposta di Modello Strutturale. 73° Congresso Società Geologica Italiana, AGIP Milano, 59 pp.
Nicolich, R., 1987. Crustal structures from seismic studies in the frame of the European geotraverse (southern segment) and CROP Projects. In: The Lithosphere in Italy (A. Boriani, M. Bonafede, G.B. Piccardo and G.B. Vai) Advances in Earth Science Research, Atti dei Convegni dei Lincei, 80, 41-61.
Osservatorio Vesuviano-INGV catalogue. http://ipf.ov.ingv.it/
Pasquale, V., Verdoya, M., Chiozzi, P., 2001. Heat flux and seismicity in the Fennoscandian Shield. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 126, 147-162.
Pasquale, V., Verdoya, M., Chiozzi, P. and Ranalli, G., 1997. Rheology and seismotectonic regime in the northern central Mediterranean. Tectonophysics, 270, 239-257.
Pasquale, V., Verdoya, M., Chiozzi, P. and Augliera, P., 1993. Dependence of the seismotectonic regime on the thermal state in the Northern Italian Apennines. Tectonophysics, 217, 31-41.
Pauselli, C. and Federico, C., 2006. Extensional regime in the Northern Apennines: indications from the lithospheric behaviour. Boll. Geof. Teor. ed Appl., 47, 1-15.
Pinna, E., Cantini, P., Chiellini, P. and Faggioni, O., 1991. Lithospheric structure of the North-central Apennines from gravity and magnetic data. Boll.Soc.Geol.It, 110, 553-566.
Ranalli G., 2001. Rheology of the Earth. 2nd edition. Chapman & Hall, London.
Ranalli, G. and Murphy, D.C., 1987. Rheological stratification of the lithosphere. Tectonophysics, 132, 281-295.
Reasenberg, P. and Oppenheimer, D., 1985. FPFIT, FPPLOT and FPPAGE: Fortran computer programs for calculating and displaying earthquake fault plane solutions. U.S. Geol. Surv. Open File Report, 85–739.
Roy, R. F., Blackwell, D. D. and Birch, F., 1968. Heat generation of plutonic rocks and continental heat-flow provinces. Earth Planet. Sci. Letters, 5, 1-12.
Scarascia, S., Lozey, A. and Cassinis, R., 1994. Crustal structures of the Ligurian, Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas and adjacent onshore areas interpreted from wide-angle seismic profiles. Boll. Geof. Teor. ed Appl., 36 (141-144), 5-19.
Scrocca, D., Carminati, E. and Doglioni, C., 2005. Deep structure of the southern Apennines, Italy: Thin-skinned or thick-skinned? Tectonics, 24, TC3005, doi:10.1029/2004TC001634.
Shi, X. Zhou, D., Qui, X. and Zhang, Y., 2002. Thermal and rheological structures of the Xisha Trough, South China Sea. Tectonophysics, 351, 285-300.
Viti, M., Albarello, D. and Mantovani, E., 1997. Rheological profiles in the Central-Eastern Mediterranean. Annali di Geofisica, 40, n. 4, 849-864.
Wang, Y., 2001. Heat flow pattern and lateral variations of lithosphere strength in China mainland: constraints on active deformation. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 126, 121-146.
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