Source study and tectonic implications of the 1995 Ventimiglia (border of Italy and France) earthquake (ML=4.7)

Courboulex, Françoise; Deschamps, A.; Cattaneo, M.; Costi, F.; Déverchère, Jacques; Virieux, Jean; Augliera, P.; Lanza, Valeriano; Spallarossa, Daniele

doi:10.1016/s0040-1951(98)00024-9

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“…Pulses in the deformation occurred in the Argentera massif at w11 Ma, and then at w6 and 3.5 Ma (Bigot-Cormier et al, 2000;Foeken et al, 2003), that may have propagated down to the deep margin during the Pliocene (Bigot-Cormier et al, 2004;Foeken et al, 2003). Finally, the current regional seismicity reveals a present-day strike-slip state of stress in the Nice subalpine chain (Baroux et al, 2001;Courboulex et al, 2001Courboulex et al, , 2007 and a compressional state of stress in the deep Ligurian basin (Augliera et al, 1994;Béthoux et al, 1992Béthoux et al, , 2008Courboulex et al, 1995;Larroque et al, 2009). The causes of this recent deformation are still a matter of debate and may be related to Alpine compression and/or to gravitational spreading of the Alps toward the Ligurian basin (e.g.…”

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Structure and evolution of a passive margin in a compressive environment: Example of the south-western Alps–Ligurian basin junction during the Cenozoic

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Beslier

Thinon

et al. 2011

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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Section: The Onshore Domainmentioning

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Structure and evolution of a passive margin in a compressive environment: Example of the south-western Alps–Ligurian basin junction during the Cenozoic

Sage

Beslier

Thinon

et al. 2011

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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“…In February 2011, a small earthquake occurred on the Italian border between Menton (F) and Vintimille (I). This small earthquake (Mw 2.9) had the same location than an earthquake of BERENGUER J.-L. et al magnitude Mw 4.7 that shaked the region in 1995 [Courboulex et al, 1998]. Thanks to the use of the recordings of the school station CBBF (Beausoleil), the determination of focal mechanism of this earthquake has been enhanced in a spectacular way ( fig.…”

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Tuned in to the Earth … from the school EduSismo: the French educational seismological network

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Courboulex

Tocheport

et al. 2013

Bulletin De La Société Géologique De France

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Earthquakes are both troubling and fascinating because of their suddenness, the terrible destruction they can wreak and because they still remain unpredictable. This is why emphasis must be placed on preparation, especially in the school system where causes and effects of these hazards are studied. But trying to explain earthquakes, scrutinizing the earth's depths, taking on the planet internal dynamics… entail moving into the inaccessible. In this respect seismology is a source of complexity and fascination.Scientific culture is thus at the heart of seismic risk instruction. All of this is in what the "SISMOS à l'École" curriculum is involved, by implementing an educational program that allows a natural risk culture to be engaged through a scientific and technological approach.The original and innovative aspect of this programme stems from giving students the opportunity to install a seismometer in their school. The recorded signals, reflecting regional or global seismic activity, feed into an on-line database, a genuine seismic resource centre and a springboard for educational and scientific activities.The network 'EduSismo' (numbering some sixty stations installed in metropolitan France, the overseas departments and territories and a few French high schools abroad) is the outgrowth of an experiment conducted in the Alpes-Maritimes area some twelve years back. Since then, the programme implemented has gone beyond simply acquiring seismic signals, which has been procured by research and monitoring centres. By appropriating a scientific measurement, the student becomes personally involved and masters complex concepts about geophysics and geosciences. The development of simple devices and the design of concrete experiments associated with an investigative approach make it possible to instill the students, these future citizens, a high-quality scientific culture and an education about risks.Today, this programme is expanding. New initiatives with Italian, British and Swiss partners are being put in place to share experiences and data in Europe. A l'écoute sismique de la Terre… à l'Ecole EduSismo : le réseau sismologique français à vocation éducativeMots-clés. -Séisme, Culture scientifique, Prévention risque sismique, Réseau, Enseignement, EducationRésumé. -Les séismes inquiètent et fascinent par leur caractère brutal, parfois terriblement destructeurs et encore largement imprévisibles. C'est pourquoi il faut miser sur la prévention notamment en milieu scolaire où les causes et les effets de tels aléas sont étudiés. Mais rechercher les causes des séismes, appréhender les zones profondes du globe, approcher la dynamique interne du globe… c'est aller vers l'inaccessible. En cela la sismologie est source de complexité et de fascination.La culture scientifique est donc bien au coeur de l'éducation au risque sismique. C'est tout cela qui est en jeu dans le programme éducatif 'SISMOS à l'École' : mettre en oeuvre une démarche d'enseignement permettant, par une approche scientifique et technologique, d'aborder la culture d...

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“…These structures are responsible for the present-day seismic activity of the area with earthquakes of low to moderate magnitude (Courboulex et al, 1998). The BSM fault system comprised several, arcuate fault branches, along which several diapiric bodies are alligned (Fig.…”

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Salt tectonics in the SW Alps (Italy–France): From rifting to the inversion of the European continental margin in a context of oblique convergence

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Source study and tectonic implications of the 1995 Ventimiglia (border of Italy and France) earthquake (ML=4.7)

Cited by 27 publications

References 17 publications

Structure and evolution of a passive margin in a compressive environment: Example of the south-western Alps–Ligurian basin junction during the Cenozoic

Structure and evolution of a passive margin in a compressive environment: Example of the south-western Alps–Ligurian basin junction during the Cenozoic

Tuned in to the Earth … from the school EduSismo: the French educational seismological network

Salt tectonics in the SW Alps (Italy–France): From rifting to the inversion of the European continental margin in a context of oblique convergence

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