Options
Migration and shortening rates in the northern Apennines, Italy: implications for seismic hazard
Other Titles
Migration and shortening rates in the Apennines
Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
3.2. Tettonica attiva
Status
Published
JCR Journal
JCR Journal
Peer review journal
Yes
Title of the book
Issue/vol(year)
6 / 19 (2007)
Publisher
Blackwell-Synergy
Pages (printed)
462–468
Issued date
December 2007
Alternative Location
Subjects
Abstract
Is compression across the northern Apennine fold-and-thrust system (Italy) still active? To address this question, we quantified the long-term rates of migration and shortening of the system along with the measurement errors. Our approach integrates structural geology, seismicity patterns, and statistical
treatment of tectonic activity. On the basis of recently published surface and subsurface data, we found a migration rate of 8.85 ± 0.61 mm/yr. The inception age of individual
fold structures follow closely this average rate, indicating that the system has been migrating at a constant rate for the past
17 Myr. Cumulative shortening of the system also increases linearly through time at 2.93 ± 0.31 mm/yr. The location of the youngest structures in the easternmost portion of the
system coincides with a significant peak of seismic moment released by historical earthquakes. We conclude that not only
these easternmost thrusts are still active, but also that they generate earthquakes.
treatment of tectonic activity. On the basis of recently published surface and subsurface data, we found a migration rate of 8.85 ± 0.61 mm/yr. The inception age of individual
fold structures follow closely this average rate, indicating that the system has been migrating at a constant rate for the past
17 Myr. Cumulative shortening of the system also increases linearly through time at 2.93 ± 0.31 mm/yr. The location of the youngest structures in the easternmost portion of the
system coincides with a significant peak of seismic moment released by historical earthquakes. We conclude that not only
these easternmost thrusts are still active, but also that they generate earthquakes.
Sponsors
Regione Marche
References
Argnani A. (1998), Structural elements of the Adriatic foreland and their relationships with the front of the Apennine fold-and-thrust belt, Mem. Soc. Geol. It., 52, 647-654.
Argnani, A., and F. Gamberi (1997), Stili strutturali al fronte della catena appenninica nell’Adriatico centro-settentrionale, Studi Geologici Camerti, Volume Speciale 1995/1, 19-27.
Barchi, M. R., A. De Feyter, M. B. Magnani, G. Minelli, G. Pialli, and B. M. Sotera (1998), The structural style of the Umbria-Marche fold and thrust belt, Mem. Soc. Geol. It., 52, 557-578.
Barchi, M., A. Landuzzi, G. Minelli, and G. Pialli (2001), Outer Northern Apennines. In: Anatomy of an Orogen: the Apennines and adjacent Mediterranean basins (G. B. Vai and I. P. Martini, eds) Kluwer Academic Publishers, UK, 215-254.
Bertotti, G., R. Capozzi, and V. Picotti (1997), Extension controls Quaternary tectonics, geomorphology and sedimentation of the N-Apennines foothills and adjacent Po Plain (Italy), Tectonophysics, 282, 291-301.
Brozzetti, F., P. Boncio, and G. Pialli (2002), Early-middle Miocene evolution of the Tuscan Nappe–western Umbria foredeep system: insights from stratigraphy and structural analysis, Bull. Soc. Geol. It., spec. vol. 1, 319-331.
Carminati, E., C. Doglioni, and D. Scrocca (2003), Apennines subduction-related subsidence of Venice (Italy), Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 13, 1717, doi:10.1029/2003GL017001.
Carminati E., C. Doglioni, and S. Barba (2004), Reverse migration of seismicity on thrusts and normal faults, Earth Science Reviews, 65, 195-222.
Chiarabba, C., L. Jovane, and R. Di Stefano (2005), A new view of Italian seismicity using 20 years of instrumental recordings, Tectonophysics, 395, 251-268.
Coward, M. P., M. De Donatis, S. Mazzoli, W. Paltrinieri, and F. C. Wezel (1999), Frontal part of the northern Apennines fold and thrust belt in the Romagna-Marche arc (Italy): shallow and deep structural styles, Tectonics, 18, 559-574.
De Donatis, M., C. Invernizzi, A. Landuzzi, S. Mazzoli, and M. Potetti (1998), CROP 03: Structure of the Montecalvo in Foglia-Adriatic Sea segment, Mem. Soc. Geol. It., 52, 617-630.
Di Bucci, D., and S. Mazzoli (2002), Active tectonics of the Northern Apennines and Adria geodynamics: new data and a discussion, Journal of Geodynamics, 34, 687-707.
Di Bucci, D., S. Mazzoli, O. Nesci, D. Savelli, M. Tramontana, M. De Donatis, and F. Borraccini (2003), Active deformation in the frontal part of the Northern Apennines: insights from the lower Metauro River basin area (northern Marche, Italy) and adjacent Adriatic off-shore, Journal of Geodynamics, 36, 213-238.
Doglioni, C. (1991), A proposal of kinematic modelling for W-dipping subductions - Possible applications to the Tyrrhenian - Apennines system, Terra Nova, 3, 423-434.
Frepoli, A., and A. Amato (1997), Contemporaneous extension and compression in the Northern Apennines from earthquake fault-plane solutions, Geophys. J. Int., 129 (2), 368-388.
Gradstein, F. M., J. G. Ogg, A. G. Smith, W. Bleeker, and L. J. Lourens (2004), A new Geologic Time Scale, with special reference to Precambrian and Neogene, Episodes, 27, 83-100.
Gruppo di lavoro CPTI (2004), Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani, versione 2004 (CPTI04), http://emidius.mi.ingv.it/CPTI/, INGV, Italy.
Lavecchia, G., F. Brozzetti, M. Barchi, M. Menichetti, and J. V. A. Keller (1994), Seismotectonic zoning in east-central Italy deduced from an analysis of the Neogene to present deformations and related stress fields, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 106, 1107-1120.
Lavecchia, G., R. De Nardis, F. Visini, F. Ferrarini, and M. S. Barbano (2007), Seismogenic evidence of ongoing compression in eastern-central Italy and mainland Sicily: a comparison, Boll. Soc. Geol. It. (Ital. J. Geosci.), 126, 209-222.
Montone, P., M. T. Mariucci, S. Pondrelli, and A. Amato (2004), An improved stress map for Italy and surrounding regions (Central Mediterranean), J. Geophys. Res., 109, B10410, doi:10.1029/2003JB002703.
Negredo, A. M., E. Carminati, S. Barba, and R. Sabadini (1999), Dynamic modelling of stress accumulation in central Italy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(13), 1945-1948.
Piccinini, D., C. Chiarabba, P. Augliera. and Monghidoro Earthquake Group (M.E.G.) (2006), Compression along the northern Apennines? Evidence from the Mw 5.3 Monghidoro earthquake, Terra Nova, 18, 89–94, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00667.x.
Pialli, G., M. Barchi, and G. Minelli (Eds) (1998), Results of the CROP03 deep seismic reflection profile, Mem. Soc. Geol. It., 52, 657 pp., Società Geologica Italiana, Rome, Italy.
Scrocca, D., (2006), Thrust front segmentation induced by differential slab retreat in the Apennines (Italy), Terra Nova, 18, 154–161, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00675.x.
Scrocca D., E. Carminati, C. Doglioni, and D. Marcantoni (2007), Slab retreat and active shortening along the central-northern Apennines. In: Thrust belts and Foreland Basins: From Fold Kinematics to Hydrocarbon Systems, O. Lacombe, J. Lavé, F. Roure and J. Verges (Eds.), Frontiers in Earth Sciences, Springer, 471-487.
Vannoli, P., R. Basili, and G. Valensise (2004), New geomorphic evidence for anticlinal growth driven by blind-thrust faulting along the northern Marche coastal belt (central Italy), Journal of Seismology, 8(3), 297-312.
Vannucci, G., and P. Gasperini (2004), The new release of the database of Earthquake Mechanisms of the Mediterranean Area (EMMA Version 2), Ann. Geophys., Suppl. to Vol. 47 (1), 307-334.
Vannucci, G., S. Pondrelli, A. Argnani, A. Morelli, P. Gasperini. and E. Boschi (2004), An atlas of Mediterranean seismicity, Ann. Geophys., Suppl. to Vol. 47, 247–306.
Argnani, A., and F. Gamberi (1997), Stili strutturali al fronte della catena appenninica nell’Adriatico centro-settentrionale, Studi Geologici Camerti, Volume Speciale 1995/1, 19-27.
Barchi, M. R., A. De Feyter, M. B. Magnani, G. Minelli, G. Pialli, and B. M. Sotera (1998), The structural style of the Umbria-Marche fold and thrust belt, Mem. Soc. Geol. It., 52, 557-578.
Barchi, M., A. Landuzzi, G. Minelli, and G. Pialli (2001), Outer Northern Apennines. In: Anatomy of an Orogen: the Apennines and adjacent Mediterranean basins (G. B. Vai and I. P. Martini, eds) Kluwer Academic Publishers, UK, 215-254.
Bertotti, G., R. Capozzi, and V. Picotti (1997), Extension controls Quaternary tectonics, geomorphology and sedimentation of the N-Apennines foothills and adjacent Po Plain (Italy), Tectonophysics, 282, 291-301.
Brozzetti, F., P. Boncio, and G. Pialli (2002), Early-middle Miocene evolution of the Tuscan Nappe–western Umbria foredeep system: insights from stratigraphy and structural analysis, Bull. Soc. Geol. It., spec. vol. 1, 319-331.
Carminati, E., C. Doglioni, and D. Scrocca (2003), Apennines subduction-related subsidence of Venice (Italy), Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 13, 1717, doi:10.1029/2003GL017001.
Carminati E., C. Doglioni, and S. Barba (2004), Reverse migration of seismicity on thrusts and normal faults, Earth Science Reviews, 65, 195-222.
Chiarabba, C., L. Jovane, and R. Di Stefano (2005), A new view of Italian seismicity using 20 years of instrumental recordings, Tectonophysics, 395, 251-268.
Coward, M. P., M. De Donatis, S. Mazzoli, W. Paltrinieri, and F. C. Wezel (1999), Frontal part of the northern Apennines fold and thrust belt in the Romagna-Marche arc (Italy): shallow and deep structural styles, Tectonics, 18, 559-574.
De Donatis, M., C. Invernizzi, A. Landuzzi, S. Mazzoli, and M. Potetti (1998), CROP 03: Structure of the Montecalvo in Foglia-Adriatic Sea segment, Mem. Soc. Geol. It., 52, 617-630.
Di Bucci, D., and S. Mazzoli (2002), Active tectonics of the Northern Apennines and Adria geodynamics: new data and a discussion, Journal of Geodynamics, 34, 687-707.
Di Bucci, D., S. Mazzoli, O. Nesci, D. Savelli, M. Tramontana, M. De Donatis, and F. Borraccini (2003), Active deformation in the frontal part of the Northern Apennines: insights from the lower Metauro River basin area (northern Marche, Italy) and adjacent Adriatic off-shore, Journal of Geodynamics, 36, 213-238.
Doglioni, C. (1991), A proposal of kinematic modelling for W-dipping subductions - Possible applications to the Tyrrhenian - Apennines system, Terra Nova, 3, 423-434.
Frepoli, A., and A. Amato (1997), Contemporaneous extension and compression in the Northern Apennines from earthquake fault-plane solutions, Geophys. J. Int., 129 (2), 368-388.
Gradstein, F. M., J. G. Ogg, A. G. Smith, W. Bleeker, and L. J. Lourens (2004), A new Geologic Time Scale, with special reference to Precambrian and Neogene, Episodes, 27, 83-100.
Gruppo di lavoro CPTI (2004), Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani, versione 2004 (CPTI04), http://emidius.mi.ingv.it/CPTI/, INGV, Italy.
Lavecchia, G., F. Brozzetti, M. Barchi, M. Menichetti, and J. V. A. Keller (1994), Seismotectonic zoning in east-central Italy deduced from an analysis of the Neogene to present deformations and related stress fields, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 106, 1107-1120.
Lavecchia, G., R. De Nardis, F. Visini, F. Ferrarini, and M. S. Barbano (2007), Seismogenic evidence of ongoing compression in eastern-central Italy and mainland Sicily: a comparison, Boll. Soc. Geol. It. (Ital. J. Geosci.), 126, 209-222.
Montone, P., M. T. Mariucci, S. Pondrelli, and A. Amato (2004), An improved stress map for Italy and surrounding regions (Central Mediterranean), J. Geophys. Res., 109, B10410, doi:10.1029/2003JB002703.
Negredo, A. M., E. Carminati, S. Barba, and R. Sabadini (1999), Dynamic modelling of stress accumulation in central Italy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(13), 1945-1948.
Piccinini, D., C. Chiarabba, P. Augliera. and Monghidoro Earthquake Group (M.E.G.) (2006), Compression along the northern Apennines? Evidence from the Mw 5.3 Monghidoro earthquake, Terra Nova, 18, 89–94, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00667.x.
Pialli, G., M. Barchi, and G. Minelli (Eds) (1998), Results of the CROP03 deep seismic reflection profile, Mem. Soc. Geol. It., 52, 657 pp., Società Geologica Italiana, Rome, Italy.
Scrocca, D., (2006), Thrust front segmentation induced by differential slab retreat in the Apennines (Italy), Terra Nova, 18, 154–161, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00675.x.
Scrocca D., E. Carminati, C. Doglioni, and D. Marcantoni (2007), Slab retreat and active shortening along the central-northern Apennines. In: Thrust belts and Foreland Basins: From Fold Kinematics to Hydrocarbon Systems, O. Lacombe, J. Lavé, F. Roure and J. Verges (Eds.), Frontiers in Earth Sciences, Springer, 471-487.
Vannoli, P., R. Basili, and G. Valensise (2004), New geomorphic evidence for anticlinal growth driven by blind-thrust faulting along the northern Marche coastal belt (central Italy), Journal of Seismology, 8(3), 297-312.
Vannucci, G., and P. Gasperini (2004), The new release of the database of Earthquake Mechanisms of the Mediterranean Area (EMMA Version 2), Ann. Geophys., Suppl. to Vol. 47 (1), 307-334.
Vannucci, G., S. Pondrelli, A. Argnani, A. Morelli, P. Gasperini. and E. Boschi (2004), An atlas of Mediterranean seismicity, Ann. Geophys., Suppl. to Vol. 47, 247–306.
Type
article
File(s)
Loading...
Name
Basili_Barba_2007_TerraNova_PostPrint.pdf
Description
Freely downloadable Main article with figures
Size
168.49 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
7081a64e291cb7ec2998bc0a349c8b87
No Thumbnail Available
Name
Basili_Barba_2007_TerraNova_Published.pdf
Description
Protected Original file available from Blackwell Synergy
Size
2.59 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
407f51d3fa252f777f1857dc29e74710