Quaternary geomorphological evolution of the Tremiti Islands (Puglia, Italy)

Two Tectonic Geomorphology Studies on the Landscape and Drainage Network of Chain and Piedmont Areas of the Abruzzi Region (Central Apennines, Italy)

“…Photogeology analysis is performed on scale 1:33,000 aerial photos (Abruzzi Region Flight, 1982-1987 for the preliminarily mapping of main landforms (tectonic and structural landforms, fluvial landforms, slope landforms etc.). Structural geomorphology field mapping is carried out on 1:10.000 scale investigating bedrock geology, Quaternary continental deposits (fluvial, alluvial fan, slope deposits), main tectonic elements and morphotectonic evidence (ridges, slopes, valleys, hydrography forms and fluvial terraces) according to main national guidelines and national and international literature (Ambrosetti et al, 1976;ENEL, 1981;Panizza and Castaldini, 1987;Ciccacci et al, 1986;SGN, 1992SGN, , 1994Leeder and Jakson, 1993;GNGFG, 1994;Centamore et al, 1996;Lupia Palmieri et al, 1996;Molin et al, 2004;Frenkel and Pazzaglia, 2005;APAT, 2007;Bull, 2007;D'Alessandro et al, 2008;Della Seta et al, 2008;ISPRA, 2009;Picotti et al, 2009;Miccadei et al, 2011;Pazzaglia, in press). The coupling of Quaternary continental deposits, fluvial terraces and morphotectonic evidence by means of morphotectonic profiles allowed finally to outline the relationships between forms and deposits.…”

Long-term geomorphological evolution in the Abruzzo area, Central Italy: twenty years of research

“…Landscape shaping is controlled by the geological setting of the Adriatic foredeep and induced by uplifting, climate changes and Late Quaternary eustatic sea-level fluctuations. In order to better understand the landscape evolution of foreland areas, this sector was compared with the Tremiti area (Ricci 2005;Mascioli 2008;Miccadei et al 2011aMiccadei et al ,b, 2012bParlagreco et al 2011). Large stretches of the Abruzzo coastal slopes are characterized by palaeo-landslides, which involved entire slope portions (e.g., Ortona, Vasto), leading to the current coast configuration.…”

Morphotectonic map of the Aventino-Lower Sangro valley (Abruzzo, Italy), scale 1:50,000

“…The morphotectonic investigations presented in this work provide a contribution to the definition of the role of selective erosion and tectonics in landscape evolution and their related timings, particularly in areas such as the Aventino -lower Sangro valley, with a complex geological setting-different types of succession and lithologies outcropping -and recent evolution -post Early Pleistocene in the whole NE sector -(see also Bahrami, 2012;Centamore et al, 1996;Ciccacci et al, 1986;D'Alessandro et al, 2003D'Alessandro et al, , 2008Della Seta et al, 2008;Del Monte, Di Bucci, & Trigari, 1996;Figueroa & Knott, 2010;Gioia, Schiattarella, Mattei, & Nico, 2011;Goldsworthy & Jackson, 2000;Miccadei et al, 2004;Miccadei et al, 2011;Molin et al, 2004;Nesci et al, 1995;Pazzaglia, 2013;Wegmann & Pazzaglia, 2009). …”

“…Structural geomorphology field mapping (scale 1:10,000) was carried out investigating bedrock, Quaternary continental deposits, the main tectonic elements and morphotectonic elements the main tectonic and morphotectonic elements (ridges, slopes, valleys, hydrographic forms and fluvial terraces) (Ambrosetti et al, 1987;Bigi et al, 1996;Burbank & Anderson, 2011;Capolongo, Cecaro, Giano, Lazzari, & Schiattarella, 2005;Centamore, Ciccacci, Del Monte, Fredi, & Lupia Palmieri, 1996;Ciccacci, D'Alessandro, Dramis, & Miccadei, 1999;Ciccacci et al, 1986;D'Alessandro et al, 2008;ENEL, 1981;Griffiths, Smith, & Paron, 2011;Keller & Printer, 2001;Lupia Palmieri et al, 1996;Miccadei, Mascioli, & Piacentini, 2011;Miccadei et al, 2012;Miccadei, Paron, & Piacentini, 2004;Molin, Pazzaglia, & Dramis, 2004;Otto, Gustavsson, & Geilhausen, 2011;Pazzaglia, 2013;Panizza & Castaldini, 1987;Picotti, Ponza, & Pazzaglia, 2009).…”