Complex trans-ridge normal faults controlling large earthquakes

S Bello, G Lavecchia, C Andrenacci, M Ercoli… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Studying faults capable of releasing moderate-to-strong earthquakes is fundamental for
seismic hazard studies, especially in a territory that was subject to the strongest peninsular …

Lithospheric double shear zone unveiled by microseismicity in a region of slow deformation

R de Nardis, C Pandolfi, M Cattaneo, G Monachesi… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The deformation style of the continental lithosphere is a relevant issue for geodynamics and
seismic hazard perspectives. Here we show the first evidence of two well-distinct low-angle …

Fault Pattern and Seismotectonic Style of the Campania – Lucania 1980 Earthquake (Mw 6.9, Southern Italy): New Multidisciplinary Constraints

S Bello, R de Nardis, R Scarpa, F Brozzetti… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
New fault trace mapping and structural survey of the active faults outcropping within the
epicentral area of the Campania-Lucania 1980 normal fault earthquake (Mw 6.9) are …

Regional seismotectonic zonation of hydrocarbon fields in active thrust belts: a case study from Italy

G Lavecchia, R de Nardis, F Ferrarini, D Cirillo… - Building knowledge for …, 2021 - Springer
The study of seismic activity triggered by transient stress changes associated with
hydrocarbon reservoir exploitation and deep fluid injection is especially important, in a …

Multidisciplinary inferences on a newly recognized active east‐dipping extensional system in Central Italy

G Lavecchia, GM Adinolfi, R de Nardis, F Ferrarini… - Terra …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We use a multidisciplinary approach to gather preliminary evidence for a Quaternary east‐
dipping extensional detachment in Central Italy. This structure crops out in the Sabini …

Plio-Quaternary interaction between Adria and surrounding orogens: a Central-Northern Apennines perspective

P Pace, F Calamita, M Boccaletti - All Earth, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The active interaction of the foreland domain represented by the Adria Foreland Plate and
the surrounding orogenic systems is discussed by taking a perspective from the Central …

Detecting long-lasting transients of earthquake activity on a fault system by monitoring apparent stress, ground motion and clustering

M Picozzi, D Bindi, A Zollo, G Festa, D Spallarossa - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Damaging earthquakes result from the evolution of stress in the brittle upper-crust, but the
understanding of the mechanics of faulting cannot be achieved by only studying the large …

Detection of weak seismic sequences based on arrival time coherence and empiric network detectability: An application at a near fault observatory

GM Adinolfi, S Cesca, M Picozzi… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Temperature anomalies in Earth's liquid core reflect the vigour of convection and the nature
and extent of thermal core–mantle coupling. Numerical simulations suggest that longitudinal …

Late quaternary tectonics along the peri-adriatic sector of the Apenninic Chain (Central-Southern Italy): Inspecting active shortening through topographic relief and …

F Ferrarini, JR Arrowsmith, F Brozzetti… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Active compressional tectonics along the outer front of the Apenninic-Maghrebian chain
(Italy) is well documented along the northern and central segments and in Sicily. On the …

Seismic noise cross-correlation in the urban area of Benevento city (Southern Italy)

M Vassallo, R De Matteis, A Bobbio… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In the last decade the use of passive methods has become appealing in reconstructing the
properties of the propagation medium by seismic ambient noise data, without the use of …