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dc.description.abstractThe south-western edge of the Calabrian Arc in southern Italy has been investigated throughout a joint analysis of field, marine and geophysical data which provided constraints on the fault pattern and on the seismotectonic potential. The study was focused on a poorly known sector of a larger belt of seismically active faults slicing across the NE corner of Sicily, the so-called Tindari Fault System. Our data pointed out that the investigated area, including the mainland and the Ionian offshore, is deformed by oblique faulting with a general NW-SE tectonic trend. Earthquake distribution and seismic profiles pointed out active deformation in the offshore while the mainland is characterized by the occurrence of a NW-SE oriented,>20 km-long, structural belt. However, scarce seismicity has been recorded in the last 30 years alongside this tectonic structure, accounting for a possible silent segment of the larger fault system. Tomographic images revealed that the Moho discontinuity is deformed by a NE-dipping lithospheric tectonic structure which has been here retained the main mode of deformation and responsible for coseismic displacement in the area. As a whole, field and geophysical data agree with a general NW-SE trend segmented pattern of recent/active faults that have the potentiality of generating magnitude 6.5–7 earthquakes.en
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dc.subjectSubduction systemen
dc.subjectSlab edge tearen
dc.subjectActive faultingen
dc.subjectSeismic profilingen
dc.subjectEarthquakesen
dc.subjectCalabrian Arcen
dc.titleFault pattern and seismotectonic potential at the south-western edge of the Ionian Subduction system (southern Italy): New field and geophysical constraintsen
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dc.identifier.URLhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195119301441en
dc.subject.INGV04.07. Tectonophysicsen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tecto.2019.04.020en
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dc.contributor.authorBarreca, Giovannien
dc.contributor.authorScarfì, Lucianoen
dc.contributor.authorGross, Felixen
dc.contributor.authorMonaco, Carmeloen
dc.contributor.authorDe Guidi, Giorgioen
dc.contributor.departmentDipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali, University of Catania, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentInstitute of Geosciences, Geophysics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germanyen
dc.contributor.departmentDipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali, University of Catania, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentDipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali, University of Catania, Italyen
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