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- PublicationOpen AccessPlio-Pleistocene Landscape Evolution of the Turano River Basin (Central Apennines, Italy): Insights from Continental Deposits’ Analysis and Drainage Network Development(2021-06-05)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Quaternary continental deposits record spatio-temporal changes of the landscape and offer insights for drainage network analysis and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. This paper focuses on the Turano River, a left tributary of the Velino River, which flows in the southwestern Abruzzo area at the boundary with Lazio Region. Its basin preserves lithological and morphological field evidence particularly suitable for reconstructing the long-term geomorphological evolution of the Central Apennines and the drainage network development. In detail, the Turano River was investigated through a drainage basin-scale analysis incorporating morphometric analysis, field mapping, continental deposits analysis, and integrated drainage network analysis. This approach allowed us to define a drainage network reversal process, clearly highlighted by the spatial arrangement of continental deposits, spanning from Upper Pliocene to Holocene. The results also indicated tectonic activity as the main factor driving incision and river inversion processes. The work contributes to identifying and describing the main steps of the Quaternary landscape evolution of this mountainous catchment and its morphoneotectonic framework. Therefore, it could represent a methodological tool for multidisciplinary studies in similar mountainous catchments to support any territorial planning activity, from large infrastructure localization (i.e., artificial dams) to sustainable land management55 10 - PublicationOpen AccessRegional gravity anomaly map and crustal model of the Central-Southern Apennines (Italy)(2005-08)
; ; ; ; ; ;Tiberti, M. M.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università degli Studi "Roma Tre" ;Orlando, L.; Dipartimento di Idraulica Trasporti e Strade, Area Geofisica, Università degli Studi di Roma ;Di Bucci, D.; Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, Servizio Sismico Nazionale ;Bernabini, M.; Dipartimento di Idraulica Trasporti e Strade, Area Geofisica, Università degli Studi di Roma ;Parotto, M.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università degli Studi "Roma Tre"; ; ; ; The deep structures of the Central–Southern Apennines are analysed on the basis of the regional component of gravity anomalies, obtained applying a stripping technique. This procedure allows the accurate removal of the gravimetric effect of the three-dimensional shallow (within the first 10 km) geological bodies from the observed Bouguer anomaly. The resulting anomaly map differs quite significantly from the Bouguer anomaly map, providing new constraints on the nature of the deeper part of the crust and on the upper mantle. The stripping reveals that the regional gravity lows are shifted westward in comparison with Bouguer anomaly lows. Moreover, the gravimetric pattern indicates a lack of cylindrism for the deep structures of the Apennine Chain, which in the study area can be roughly divided into three main segments. The observed differences between the gravity anomalies pattern of the Central Apennines and that of the Southern Apennines are marked. The integration of gravimetric results with other geophysical data suggests that: (i) a ramp-dominated style for the buried Apulia (Adria) units and part of the underlying basement is compatible with gravimetric data and (ii) most of the regional gravity anomalies in the Central Apennines seem to originate within the lower crust.309 2011 - PublicationOpen AccessSeismic damage and geological heterogeneity in Rome's Colosseum area: are they related?(1995-11)
; ; ; ; ;Funiciello, R.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia ;Lombardi, L.; Roma,Italy ;Marra, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia ;Parotto, M.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy; ; ; According to the historical sources, the Colosseum suffered several types of damage related to earthquakes. In particular, the damage is mostly concentrated in the southern portion of the amphitheater where the study of the geological features shows the presence of a Holocene alluvial valley, a situation that is potentially responsible for significant amplification of ground motion during earthquakes. A detailed reconstruction of the subsurface geology in the area of the Colosseum was performed with the purpose of verifyipg whether the heterogeneity of the damage observed could be associated with the variability of the geological conditions of the site where the monument was built.671 1231 - PublicationRestrictedMoho deepening and shallow upper crustal delamination beneath the central Apennines(2009)
; ; ; ; ; ;Di Luzio, E.; CNR-IGAG ;Mele, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia ;Tiberti, M. M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia ;Cavinato, G. P.; CNR-IGAG ;Parotto, M.; Università degli Studi Roma Tre; ; ; ; Geologic interpretation of seismic data along the eastern half of the CROP 11 deep seismic reflection profile, running across the central Apennines, indicates that the Adriatic Moho deepens gradually from 34 km in the foreland areas to 47 km beneath the core of the belt. This deepening is in agreement with local Moho depths estimated from teleseismic receiver functions at several stations installed along the CROP 11 profile. On the contrary, DSS (Deep Seismic Soundings) data image the Moho at shallower depths. The deepening of the Adriatic Moho illustrated in this paper supports the westward downgoing of a portion of Adriatic continental crust and is consistent with the regional gravity anomalies, provided that very high-density rocks are present above the Moho at the core of the central Apennine belt. We discuss geophysical and geologic data in the framework of alternative models of delamination of the Adriatic crust at different depth.457 555 - PublicationOpen AccessFirst results from the CROP-11 deep seismic profile, central Apennines, Italy: evidence of mid-crustal folding(2006)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;Billi, A.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Universita` 'Roma Tre', Rome, Italy ;Tiberti, M. M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia ;Cavinato, G. P.; Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, CNR, Rome, Italy ;Cosentino, D.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Universita` 'Roma Tre', Rome, Italy ;Di Luzio, E.; Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, CNR, Rome, Italy ;Keller, J. V. A.; ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Co., San Ramon, CA, USA ;Kluth, C.; Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA ;Orlando, L.; Dipartimento di Idraulica, Trasporti e Strade, Universita` ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy ;Parotto, M.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Universita` 'Roma Tre', Rome, Italy ;Praturlon, A.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Universita` 'Roma Tre', Rome, Italy ;Romanelli, M.; Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy ;Storti, F.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Universita` 'Roma Tre', Rome, Italy ;Wardell, N.; Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; The CROP-11 deep seismic profile across the central Apennines, Italy, reveals a previously unknown, mid-crustal antiform here interpreted as a fault-bend fold-like structure. The seismic facies and gravity signature suggest that this structure consists of low-grade metamorphic rocks. Geomorphological, stratigraphic and tectonic evidence in the overlying shallow thrusts suggests that this structure developed in early to mid-Messinian time and grew out of sequence in late Messinian– Pliocene time. The out-of-sequence growth may reflect a taper subcriticality stage of the Apenninic thrust wedge, which induced renewed contraction in the rear.296 869