A review on the driving mechanism of the Tyrrhenian–Apennines system: Implications for the present seismotectonic setting in the Central-Northern Apennines

E Mantovani, D Babbucci, C Tamburelli, M Viti - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
The formation of the Tyrrhenian–Apennines system has been characterized by a complex
distribution of major tectonic events, such as opening of basins, migration and distortion of …

Constraining mountain front tectonic activity in extensional setting from geomorphology and Quaternary stratigraphy: A case study from the Matese ridge, southern …

E Valente, JT Buscher, F Jourdan, P Petrosino… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rugged peaks, large intermontane basins and frequent seismicity all characterize the active
extensional tectonic setting of the southern Apennines. The Matese ridge typifies the active …

A decoupled kinematic model for active normal faults: Insights from the 1980, MS = 6.9 Irpinia earthquake, southern Italy

A Ascione, S Mazzoli, P Petrosino, E Valente - Bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A significant uncertainty exists in the definition of both surface pattern and subsurface
continuity (ie, coupling vs. decoupling) of active normal faults in the Apennines. In this study …

The Pliocene‐Quaternary wedge‐top basins of southern Italy: An expression of propagating lateral slab tear beneath the Apennines

A Ascione, S Ciarcia, V Di Donato, S Mazzoli… - Basin Research, 2012 - earthdoc.org
In recent years, contrasting seismic tomographic images have given rise to an extensive
debate about the occurrence and implications of migrating slab detachment beneath …

Modes and timing of fracture network development in poly-deformed carbonate reservoir analogues, Mt. Chianello, southern Italy

S Vitale, F Dati, S Mazzoli, S Ciarcia, V Guerriero… - Journal of Structural …, 2012 - Elsevier
Structural and paleostress analyses carried out on a kilometre-sized outcrop of
allochthonous shallow-water carbonate units of the southern Apennines allowed us to …

Geodynamics of the central-western Mediterranean region: plausible and non-plausible driving forces

E Mantovani, M Viti, D Babbucci, C Tamburelli… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
The observed deformation pattern in the central-western Mediterranean area, in particular
the development of the Northern, Central and Southern Tyrrhenian basins in three well …

Decoding the role of tectonics, incision and lithology on drainage divide migration in the Mt. Alpi region, southern Apennines, Italy

JT Buscher, A Ascione, E Valente - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
The proclivity of river networks to progressively carve mountain surfaces and preserve
markers of landscape adjustments has made analyses of fluvial systems fundamental for …

Plate kinematics and geodynamics in the Central Mediterranean

M Viti, E Mantovani, D Babbucci, C Tamburelli - Journal of Geodynamics, 2011 - Elsevier
We argue that seismotectonic activity in the Central Mediterranean area and the Aegean–
Balkan zone is driven by the NNE-ward motion of Africa and westward motion of Anatolia …

Finite element modelling of stress field perturbations and interseismic crustal deformation in the Val d'Agri region, southern Apennines, Italy

S Candela, S Mazzoli, A Megna, S Santini - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Val d'Agri area provides the opportunity to analyse active structures in a
seismic region for which a large amount of subsurface data is available. This area, which …

Active tectonics of the outer northern Apennines: Adriatic vs. Po Plain seismicity and stress fields

S Mazzoli, S Santini, C Macchiavelli, A Ascione - Journal of Geodynamics, 2015 - Elsevier
The recent earthquake sequences of 2012 (northern Italy) and 2013 (Marche offshore)
provided new, fundamental constraints to the active tectonic setting of the outer northern …