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Authors: | Giocoli, A.* Magrì, C.* Vannoli, P.* Piscitelli, S.* Rizzo, E.* Siniscalchi, A.* Burrato, P.* Basso, C.* Di Nocera, S.* |
Title: | Electrical resistivity tomography investigations in the ufita Valley (southern Italy). | Journal: | Annals of Geophysics | Series/Report no.: | 1/51 (2008) | Publisher: | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | Issue Date: | Feb-2008 | Keywords: | shallow ERT deep ERT Ufita River valley southern Apennines |
Subject Classification: | 04. Solid Earth::04.02. Exploration geophysics::04.02.04. Magnetic and electrical methods 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.01. Earthquake geology and paleoseismology 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.03. Geomorphology |
Abstract: | Several Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) surveys have been carried out to study the subsurface structural and sedimentary settings of the upper Ufita River valley, and to evaluate their efficiency to distinguish the geological boundary between shallow Quaternary sedimentary deposits and clayey bedrock characterized by moderate resistivity contrast. Five shallow ERTs were carried out across a morphological scarp running at the foot of the northeastern slope of the valley. This valley shoulder is characterized by a set of triangular facets, that some authors associated to the presence of a SW-dipping normal fault. The geological studies allow us to interpret the shallow ERTs results obtaining a resistivity range for each Quaternary sedimentary deposit. The tomographies showed the geometrical relationships of alluvial and slope deposits, having a maximum thickness of 30-40 m, and the morphology of the bedrock. The resistivity range obtained for each sedimentary body has been used for calibrating the tomographic results of one 3560m-long deep ERT carried out across the deeper part of the intramountain depression with an investigation depth of about 170 m. The deep resistivity result highlighted the complex alluvial setting, characterized by alternating fine grained lacustrine deposits and coarser gravelly fluvial sediments. |
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