Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
The aim of this paper is to propose an alternative model for the Pliocene-Quaternary to present evolution
of the Northern–Central Apennines by combining geometrical requirements (Riedel shear system) with
existing structural and geological geometries (fault systems and their tectonic associations).
We define three sectors characterized by different geological, seismological, geodetic and geothermal
signatures: the North-Western Sector (NWS), the Western Central Sector (WCS) and the Eastern Central
Sector (ECS). According to GPS data derived from literature the three blocks move independently. In
particular, the NWS is bound between the ECS/WCS and the Alps; this constraint leads to a stress accumulation
responsible for a fragmentation into further several blocks, which move either to the NE or SW.
The WCS is relatively stable; the ECS moves towards NE and is characterized by the presence of numerous
releasing and restraining bends, which can be related to the action of a main NNW–SSE left-lateral shear
zone.
Accordingly, the recent and active tectonic setting of the Northern–Central Apennines is rather related
to the dynamics of the introduced blocks, caused by the push of the African plate against Europe, than to
subduction processes.
Description:
Published
Description:
55-63
Description:
3.3. Geodinamica e struttura dell'interno della Terra
Description:
JCR Journal
Description:
restricted
Keywords:
Northern-Central Apennines
;
Riedel shear system
;
Strike slip
;
Restraining and releasing bends
;
04. Solid Earth::04.07. Tectonophysics::04.07.02. Geodynamics
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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