Sinkholes genesis in the Acque Albule Basin (Rome, Latium)

A new gravity investigation detected a complex
geogravity structure called Tiberian Gravity Ridge (TGR)
that has a important rule in order to understand the sinkhole
genesis in Acque Albule Basin (AAB). Same type of outcropping
rocks characterize the Meso-Cenozoic carbonaceous
deposit and travertine along the TGR. Sinkhole occurrences
show a good correlation with TGR deeper tectonic and
structure geometry in the AAB. Genesis sinkhole is due a
“deep piping sinkhole” (DPS) and “tectonic sinkhole” (TS) types
but it is possible identify a great number of “cave collapse sinkhole”
(CaCS) type. In the present time no “cover collapse sinkhole”
(CoCS) type is observed yet.