Geomorphological map of the central sector of the Matese Mountains (Southern Italy): an example of complex landscape evolution in a Mediterranean mountain environment

Aucelli, Pietro P. C.; Cesarano, Massimo; Paola, Gianluigi Di; Filocamo, Francesca; Rosskopf, Carmen Maria

doi:10.1080/17445647.2013.840054

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“…The geomorphological mapping criteria adopted in this paper are in accordance with those used for other published geomorphological maps concerning the Molise territory (Aucelli et al, 2010(Aucelli et al, , 2013. Geomorphological features consist of: erosional surfaces of complex origin cut into the carbonate bedrock units; fluvial terraces, both erosional and depositional, underlain by Quaternary units; tectono-karst depressions; fluvial gorges and isolated peaks in the areas where carbonate units crop out; alluvial fans, mainly concentrated along the north-eastern border of the basin, carbonate fault slopes; landslides affecting both flysch deposits and the valley flanks of major stream incisions.…”

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The influence of the geological–geomorphological setting on human settlements and historical urban development: the case study of Isernia (southern Italy)

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The map is aimed at illustrating the relationships between landscape evolution and human occupation in the Isernia basin since the Middle Pleistocene. We carried out a detail scale geological-geomorphological investigation integrated with archaeological data. Overall data suggest enhanced landscape modification related to the long-term evolution of the Isernia basin. Moreover, during the Middle Pleistocene an alluvial plain environment was present, as testified also by the famous Lower Palaeolithic site of Isernia La Pineta dated to ca. 600 ky. From 600 ky onwards, extensional tectonics and related valley incision reshaped the Isernia basin, with the formation of terraced surfaces and the deposition of a travertine plateau. Archaeological findings from the Lower Palaeolithic up to the Chalcolithic Age testify to preand protohistoric settlements on these surfaces. In historical times, Romans settled on the Isernia terrace ridge taking advantage of the outcropping travertines to support wall foundations and to extract construction material.

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“…Conforme constatado, essa associação com a morfografia foi realizada principalmente pela variável cor, seguindo as mesmas recomendações temáticas supracitadas, o que facilita a leitura no mapa. Exemplos são os mapas da Austrália (ANAND; BROEKERT, 2004), Espanha (GARCÍA et al, 2005, Itália (SGN, 1994;AUCELLI et al, 2013) e de Mendoza na Argentina (ABRAHAM, 1996).…”

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Análise Temática e Conceitual de Mapas Geomorfológicos: A Transcrição Gráfica da Complexidade do Relevo

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2021

Rev. Bras. Cartogr.

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As representações do relevo, transcritas pela cartografia geomorfológica, suscitam discussões historicamente pautadas pela complexidade multiescalar das feições e processos vinculados à modelagem da superfície. Sobretudo desde a década de 1950, considera-se que um mapa geomorfológico deve representar, de modo integrado, informações referentes à dimensão (morfometria), aspecto (morfografia), origem (morfogênese), processos atuantes (morfodinâmica) e a idade (morfocronologia) do relevo. No âmbito dos preceitos mencionados, este trabalho objetivou analisar mapas geomorfológicos de distintos recortes espaciais, escalas, datas e contextos de relevo sob a perspectiva teorética, que compreende conceitos e pressupostos da cartografia geomorfológica, e temática, que contempla a implantação gráfica e construção da legenda. Foram analisados 57 mapas geomorfológicos, categorizados em: mapeamentos nacionais, de regiões (recortes geográficos específicos) e de estados do Brasil. Adotou-se como critério de análise temática as variáveis visuais, no âmbito da semiologia gráfica, para cada aspecto geomorfológico elementar potencialmente mapeado: morfometria, morfografia, morfogênese, morfodinâmica e morfocronologia. Os resultados evidenciaram que os mapas nacionais possuem sofisticados sistemas de legenda, os mapas de regiões atendem demandas especializadas e os mapas estaduais priorizam o mapeamento de grandes unidades morfográficas. 56% dos mapas analisados representaram todos os aspectos geomorfológicos requeridos, ainda que alguns de modo implícito. Individualmente, a morfogênese (61,4%) e a morfografia (52,6%) foram os aspectos mais enfatizados nos mapas analisados. Conclui-se, por fim, que as concepções multiescalares têmporo-espaciais e teórico-metodológicas intrínsecas aos mapeamentos, além das características do relevo local, são fatores que dificultam padronizações e replicações de legendas.

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“…Late Quaternary faulting and Holocene surface faulting associated with historic or pre-historic earthquakes are known for the Northern Matese Fault system (Galli and Galadini, 2003;Di Bucci et al, 2005;Ferrarini et al, 2017;Galli et al, 2017) and for the Aquae Iuliae Fault (Galli and Naso, 2009;Boncio et al, 2016). For the Gallo-Letino-Matese Lake Fault system, evidence of post-compressional Quaternary faulting has been documented using structural geology and tectonic geomorphology analyses (Bousquet et al, 1993;Calabrò et al, 2003;Aucelli et al, 2013;Valente et al, 2019).…”

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“…Slope breccias crop out only at the base of carbonate slopes, often faulted against the Triassic dolostones. From a sedimentologic point of view, these deposits can be correlated with the Early-Middle Pleistocene slope-derived breccia cropping out widely along the fault-controlled range front in the Volturno River valley, in the Venafro basin, in the Prata Sannita area (Brancaccio et al, 1997;Amato et al, 2017), and in the Letino -Matese Lake area (Aucelli et al, 2013). In particular, the oldest mapped deposits are the well-cemented angular breccia of unit sd1, which can be reasonably correlated with the Lower Pleistocene slope breccias of the Laiano Synthem (Carannante et al, 2011), described by Amato et al (2018) in the Calore River area, about 20 km SE of the GF.…”

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Late Quaternary faulting in southern Matese (central Italy): implications for earthquake potential in the southern Apennines

Boncio

Auciello²,

Amato

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Abstract. We studied in detail the Gioia Sannitica active normal fault (GF) along the Southern Matese Fault system in the southern Apennines of Italy. The current activity of the fault system and its potential to produce strong earthquakes have been underestimated so far, and are now defined. Precise mapping of the GF fault trace on a 1 : 20,000 geological map and several point data on geometry, kinematics and throw rate are made available in electronic format. The GF, and in general the entire fault system along the southern Matese mountain front, is made of slowly-slipping faults, with a long active history revealed by the large geologic offsets, mature geomorphology, and complex fault pattern and kinematics. Present activity has resulted in Late Quaternary fault scarps resurrecting the foot of the mountain front, and Holocene surface faulting. The slip rate varies along-strike, with maximum Late Pleistocene – Holocene throw rate of ~0.5 mm/yr. Activation of the 11.5 km-long GF can produce up to M 6.1 earthquakes. If activated together with the 18 km-long Ailano-Piedimonte Matese fault (APMF), the seismogenic potential would be M 6.8. The slip history of the two faults is compatible with a contemporaneous rupture. The observed Holocene displacements on the GF and APMF are compatible with activations during some poorly known historical earthquakes, such as the 1293 (M 5.8), 1349 (M 6.8; southern prolongation of the rupture on the Aquae Iuliae fault?) and CE 346 earthquakes. A fault rupture during the 847 poorly-constrained historical earthquake is also compatible with the dated displacements.

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Geomorphological map of the central sector of the Matese Mountains (Southern Italy): an example of complex landscape evolution in a Mediterranean mountain environment

Cited by 23 publications

References 10 publications

The influence of the geological–geomorphological setting on human settlements and historical urban development: the case study of Isernia (southern Italy)

The influence of the geological–geomorphological setting on human settlements and historical urban development: the case study of Isernia (southern Italy)

Análise Temática e Conceitual de Mapas Geomorfológicos: A Transcrição Gráfica da Complexidade do Relevo

Late Quaternary faulting in southern Matese (central Italy): implications for earthquake potential in the southern Apennines

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