This paper documents evidence of surface faulting associated with the 6 April 2009 moderate-sized earthquake (ML 5.8, M w 6.3) in the central Apennines of Italy, which caused major damage to the town of L'Aquila and its surroundings.... more
This paper documents evidence of surface faulting associated with the 6 April 2009 moderate-sized earthquake (ML 5.8, M w 6.3) in the central Apennines of Italy, which caused major damage to the town of L'Aquila and its surroundings. Coseismic surface ruptures were mapped for a minimum distance of 2.6 km along the Paganica fault, a fault still poorly investigated relative to the other active faults nearby, which bound much wider range fronts. Surface rupture length (SRL) and maximum displacement parameters (2.6 km minimum ...
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A multidisciplinary study reveals close correspondences between mythological descriptions, arrangement of the cult-sites and local active faults in ancient Greece (Piccardi, 2000a and 2000b). Chthonic dragons, mostly feminine polymorph... more
A multidisciplinary study reveals close correspondences between mythological descriptions, arrangement of the cult-sites and local active faults in ancient Greece (Piccardi, 2000a and 2000b). Chthonic dragons, mostly feminine polymorph creatures, were also indicated at ...
The Gargano promontory, a carbonate massif belonging to the Adria microplate, the foreland of both the Apenninic and Dinaric mountain chains, is a well-known seismogenic area. The strongest, well-documented historical earthquake in this... more
The Gargano promontory, a carbonate massif belonging to the Adria microplate, the foreland of both the Apenninic and Dinaric mountain chains, is a well-known seismogenic area. The strongest, well-documented historical earthquake in this area is the 30.07. 1627 event, ...
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The Gargano promontory, a carbonate massif belonging to the Adria microplate, the foreland of both the Apenninic and Dinaric mountain chains, is a well-known seismogenic area, with historic earthquake up to Imax=X MCS (July 30,1627,... more
The Gargano promontory, a carbonate massif belonging to the Adria microplate, the foreland of both the Apenninic and Dinaric mountain chains, is a well-known seismogenic area, with historic earthquake up to Imax=X MCS (July 30,1627, M=6.7). Nevertheless, paleoseismic data on the region are still scarce, and no trench fault stratigraphy has been analysed along the major, E–W trending, right-lateral strike-slip
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... Aeschylus, 1957, Oresteia: Loeb Classical ... CrossRef. ↵ Armijo, R., Meyer, B., King, GCP, Rigo, A., and Papanastassiou, D., 1996, Quaternary evolution of the Corinth Rift and its implications for late Cenozoic evolution of the... more
... Aeschylus, 1957, Oresteia: Loeb Classical ... CrossRef. ↵ Armijo, R., Meyer, B., King, GCP, Rigo, A., and Papanastassiou, D., 1996, Quaternary evolution of the Corinth Rift and its implications for late Cenozoic evolution of the Aegean: Geophysical Journal International, vv 126pp ...
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... EUTIZIO VITTORI l, SABINA FULLONI 2 & LUIGI PICCARDI 3 I Geological Survey of Italy, Italian Agency for Environmental ... nic eruption, tide, thermal spring, temperature anomaly in water and spring, salt pit,... more
... EUTIZIO VITTORI l, SABINA FULLONI 2 & LUIGI PICCARDI 3 I Geological Survey of Italy, Italian Agency for Environmental ... nic eruption, tide, thermal spring, temperature anomaly in water and spring, salt pit, physical phenomenon, pestilence, marsh, marsh draining, magnetism ...
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... DONNE Dario Delle ; PICCARDI Luigi ; ODUM Jackson K. ; STEPHENSON William J. ; WILLIAMS Robert A. ; ... Across the southwestern margin a 0.5 km-long seismic profile images a 50-55°-dipping extensional fault, that projects to the scarp... more
... DONNE Dario Delle ; PICCARDI Luigi ; ODUM Jackson K. ; STEPHENSON William J. ; WILLIAMS Robert A. ; ... Across the southwestern margin a 0.5 km-long seismic profile images a 50-55°-dipping extensional fault, that projects to the scarp at the base of the range-front, and ...
Within the framework of the COST action 625 “3D monitoring of active tectonic struc-tures”, a Task Group, composed of a large number of authors from many countries, whose contribution is acknowledged here, has been focused on the... more
Within the framework of the COST action 625 “3D monitoring of active tectonic struc-tures”, a Task Group, composed of a large number of authors from many countries, whose contribution is acknowledged here, has been focused on the compilation of a “Map of active faults of ...
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... Page 10. THE ADRIA MICROPLATE 104 is in the range of 0.8-0.9 mm/yr (Piccardi, 1998; Borre et al., 2003). The right-lateral slip along the Mattinata fault is due to a stress state condition characterized by a σң oriented roughly NW-SE... more
... Page 10. THE ADRIA MICROPLATE 104 is in the range of 0.8-0.9 mm/yr (Piccardi, 1998; Borre et al., 2003). The right-lateral slip along the Mattinata fault is due to a stress state condition characterized by a σң oriented roughly NW-SE and a σ3 oriented about NE-SW (Figure 5). ...
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The Po Plain is a foreland basin north of the Italian Apennine Mountains. Extensive Pliocene and early Pleistocene folding and thrust faulting are buried by relatively undeformed younger sediment. Surface deformation is poorly expressed,... more
The Po Plain is a foreland basin north of the Italian Apennine Mountains. Extensive Pliocene and early Pleistocene folding and thrust faulting are buried by relatively undeformed younger sediment. Surface deformation is poorly expressed, but appears to be continuing. ...
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The Norcia and Castelluccio basins are located in the central Apennines, the southeastern extension of the NE-vergent arcuate, Neogene, foreland fold and thrust belt of northern Italy. These intramontane depressions are infilled by... more
The Norcia and Castelluccio basins are located in the central Apennines, the southeastern extension of the NE-vergent arcuate, Neogene, foreland fold and thrust belt of northern Italy. These intramontane depressions are infilled by Pleistocene-Holocene coarse continental fluvial and alluvial deposits, whereas the bedrock units are represented by limestone and pelagic marls of Jurassic to Miocene age. Several historical and instrumental
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We performed a survey along the major recent faults and local travertine deposits of the Rif-Atlas system. The systematic correspondence of thermal sources and travertine deposits with the major structures confirms the role of these... more
We performed a survey along the major recent faults and local travertine deposits of the Rif-Atlas system. The systematic correspondence of thermal sources and travertine deposits with the major structures confirms the role of these structures as preferential ways for ...