Publication Date:
2021-07-14
Description:
Two major deformation belts occur in the portion of the
Adriatic Sea offshore the Gargano Promontory. The NE-SW
- trending Tremiti Deformation Belt, located north of the
Gargano Promontory, originated during the Plio-
Quaternary, while the E-W-trending South Gargano Deformation
Belt, located south of the Gargano Promontory,
formed in a time span from Eocene to Early Pliocene. These
deformation belts may have originated by tectonic inversion
of Mesozoic extensional faults. This inversion tectonics, of
Tertiary age, can be related to the evolution of the fold-and thrust
belts surrounding the Adriatic Sea.
The whole of the study area is, at present, seismically
active and represents a preferential site of deformation.
Description:
Published
Description:
573-578
Description:
open
Keywords:
southern Adriatic Sea
;
foreland tectonics
;
04. Solid Earth::04.07. Tectonophysics::04.07.07. Tectonics
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
