Deep-seated gravitational slope deformation, large-scale rock failure, and active normal faulting along Mt. Morrone (Sulmona basin, Central Italy): Geomorphological and paleoseismological analyses

Geomorphology

Volumn 208, Issue , 2014, Pages 88-101

  Gori, S ^a   Falcucci, E ^a   Dramis, F ^b   Galadini, F ^a   Galli, P ^c   Giaccio, B ^d   Messina, P ^d   Pizzi, A ^e   Sposato, A ^d   Cosentino, D ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active normal faulting; Central Italy; Large scale slope instability; Sackung; Sulmona basin; Trenching technique

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVITY FIELD; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY; TECTONICS;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; ITALY; L'AQUILA; MOUNT MORRONE; SULMONA BASIN;

MORRONE;

EID: 84893724027     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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