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Research article
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17 Mar 2022
Research article |
| 17 Mar 2022
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Late Quaternary faulting in the southern Matese (Italy): implications for earthquake potential and slip rate variability in the southern Apennines
Department of Engineering and Geology, Università degli Studi “G. d'Annunzio” Chieti – Pescara, Chieti, 66100, Italy
CRUST – Interuniversity Center for 3D Seismotectonics with territorial Applications, Chieti, 66100, Italy
Eugenio Auciello
Geoscience practitioner, Pesche (IS), 86090, Italy
Vincenzo Amato
Department of Biosciences and Territory, Università degli Studi del Molise, Pesche (IS), 86090, Italy
Pietro Aucelli
Department of Science and Technology, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Naples, 80133, Italy
Paola Petrosino
Department of Environmental and Resources Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, 80126, Italy
Anna C. Tangari
Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, Università degli Studi “G. d'Annunzio” Chieti – Pescara, Chieti, 66100, Italy
Brian R. Jicha
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1692, USA
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- Dolostone pulverization induced by coseismic rapid decompression of CO2-rich gas in nature (Matese, Apennines, Italy) A. Billi et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.117996
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Short summary
We studied the Gioia Sannitica normal fault (GF) within the southern Matese fault system (SMF) in southern Apennines (Italy). It is a fault with a long slip history that has experienced recent reactivation or acceleration. Present activity has resulted in late Quaternary fault scarps and Holocene surface faulting. The maximum slip rate is ~ 0.5 mm/yr. Activation of the 11.5 km GF or the entire 30 km SMF can produce up to M 6.2 or M 6.8 earthquakes, respectively.
We studied the Gioia Sannitica normal fault (GF) within the southern Matese fault system (SMF)...
