Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the offshore Apulian Swell, a continental sliver between two converging orogens (Northern Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean)

N Chizzini, A Artoni, L Torelli, J Basso, A Polonia… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Calabrian Arc subduction complex, in the northern Ionian Sea, is facing directly
the westward subducting Apulian Swell, a sliver of continental crust covered by about 8 km …

The Ionian and Alfeo–Etna fault zones: New segments of an evolving plate boundary in the central Mediterranean Sea?

A Polonia, L Torelli, A Artoni, M Carlini, C Faccenna… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Calabrian Arc is a narrow subduction–rollback system resulting from
Africa/Eurasia plate convergence. While crustal shortening is taken up in the accretionary …

The Calabrian Arc: three-dimensional modelling of the subduction interface

FE Maesano, MM Tiberti, R Basili - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Calabrian Arc is a one-of-a-kind subduction zone, featuring one of the shortest
slab segments (< 150 km), one of the thickest accretionary wedges, and one of the oldest …

Active tectonics in the Calabrian Arc: Insights from the Late Miocene to Recent structural evolution of the Squillace Basin (offshore eastern Calabria)

M Corradino, D Morelli, S Ceramicola, L Scarfì… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Calabrian Arc represents one of the most active sectors of the upper plate of
the Tyrrhenian-Ionian subduction system. This research aims to reconstruct the evolution of …

Lower plate serpentinite diapirism in the Calabrian Arc subduction complex

A Polonia, L Torelli, L Gasperini, L Cocchi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Mantle-derived serpentinites have been detected at magma-poor rifted margins and above
subduction zones, where they are usually produced by fluids released from the slab to the …

The Petilia-Sosti Shear Zone (Calabrian Arc, southern Italy): An onshore-offshore regional active structure

D Civile, M Zecchin, L Tosi, C Da Lio, F Muto… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The integrated interpretation of different types of data, consisting of a detailed Digital Terrain
Model, field structural and morphotectonic observations, high resolution seismic data …

The formation mechanism of mud diapirs and gas chimneys and their relationship with natural gas hydrates: insights from the deep-water area of Qiongdongnan Basin …

W Zhang, J Liang, X Yang, P Su… - International Geology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Mud diapirs and gas chimneys are widely developed in continental slope areas, which can
provide sufficient gas for hydrate formation, and they are important for finding natural gas …

A new large-scale gravitational complex discovered in the Gulf of Squillace (central Mediterranean): tectonic implications

G Mangano, S Ceramicola, TM Alves, M Zecchin… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Seismic reflection (2D/3D), borehole and bathymetric data are used to recognize a
new gravitational complex in the Gulf of Squillace, Southern Italy, named the Squillace …

Piercement mechanisms for mobile shales

MR Hudec, JI Soto - Basin Research, 2021 - earthdoc.org
We have identified seven mechanisms by which mobile shales can pierce their roofs. The
operative piercement mechanism depends on mobile‐shale viscosity, roof strength and …

[HTML][HTML] Large earthquakes along slow converging plate margins: Calabrian Arc paleoseismicity based on the submarine turbidite record

A Polonia, R Melis, P Galli, E Colizza, DD Insinga… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Calabrian Arc subduction-rollback system hosts seismogenic faults capable of
generating earthquakes exceeding magnitude 7. Since earthquakes are the result of long …