Amoroso, S. and Bernardini, F. and Blumetti, A.M. and Civico, R. and Doglioni, C. and Galadini, F. and Galli, P. and Graziani, L. and Guerrieri, L. and Messina, P. and Michetti, A.M. and Potenza, F. and Pucci, S. and Roberts, Gerald P. and Serva, L. and Smedile, A. and Smeraglia, L. and Tertulliani, A. and Tironi, G. and Villani, F. and Vittori, E. (2016) Quaternary geology and paleoseismology in the Fucino and L’Aquila basins. ISPRA and the Italian Geological Society, Rome, Italy.
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Abstract
This 2 days-long field trip aims at exploring field evidence of active tectonics, paleoseismology and Quaternary geology in the Fucino and L’Aquila intermountain basins and adjacent areas, within the inner sector of Central Apennines, characterized by extensional tectonics since at least 3 Ma. Each basin is the result of repeated strong earthquakes over a geological time interval, where the 1915 and 2009 earthquakes are only the latest seismic events recorded respectively in the Fucino and L’Aquila areas. Paleoseismic investigations have found clear evidence of several past earthquakes in the Late Quaternary to Holocene period. Active tectonics has strongly imprinted also the long-term landscape evolution, as clearly shown by numerous geomorphic and stratigraphic features. Due to the very rich local historical and seismological database, and to the extensive Quaternary tectonics and earthquake geology research conducted in the last decades by several Italian and international teams, the area visited by this field trip is today one of the best studied paleoseismological field laboratories in the world. The Fucino and L’Aquila basins preserve excellent exposures of earthquake environmental effects (mainly surface faulting), their cumulative effect on the landscape, and their interaction with the urban history and environment. This is therefore a key region for understanding the role played by earthquake environmental effects in the Quaternary evolution of actively deforming regions, also as a major contribution to seismic risk mitigation strategies.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Additional Information: | Geological Field Trips Vol 1.2 - ISSN: 2038-4947 |
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Quaternary geology, paleoseismology, tectonic terraces, intermountain basin, surface faulting, fault scarp, seismic hazard |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Gerald Roberts |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2016 14:42 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:25 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/15663 |
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