Stratigraphic and structural relationships between Meso-Cenozoic Lagonegro basin and coeval carbonate platforms in southern Apennines, Italy

Pescatore, T.; Renda, Pietro; Schiattarella, Marcello; Tramutoli, Mariano

doi:10.1016/s0040-1951(99)00278-4

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“…from the top to the bottom of the tectonic stack) the following main tectonic units can be seen (Pescatore et al 1999): (1) Jurassic to Oligocene polydeformed ophiolitic units, unconformably covered by syntectonic deposits, Early Miocene in age (Liguride units); (2) a carbonate platform unit (CampaniaLucania platform), whose age ranges from Late Triassic to Early Miocene; (3) several units mainly composed of deep-sea sediments, ranging from Lower Triassic to Lower-Middle Miocene (Lagonegro units); (4) a frontal imbricate fan made up of Cretaceous to Lower Miocene deep-sea marls, shales and sandstones covered by Middle to Upper Miocene flysch deposits; (5) Pliocene to Pleistocene foredeep clastic deposits; (6) the Apulian carbonate platform, which has been partly incorporated at the base of the accretionary wedge, forming in an easterly direction the least deformed foreland area.…”

Section: Regional Frameworkmentioning

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Quaternary alluvial fan systems of the Agri intermontane basin (southern Italy): tectonic and climatic controls

Giano¹

2011

Geologica Carpathica

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Abstract:The Agri River high valley is a Quaternary intermontane basin located in southern Italy. The tectonic evolution of this basin was controlled by Lower Pleistocene strike-slip master faults, subsequently reactivated as normal faults until the Middle Pleistocene. The Quaternary sediments of the basin infill are mainly constituted of continental clastics, represented by coarse-grained alluvial deposits divided by unconformities. The arrangement of clastic deposits suggests that the Pleistocene to Holocene alluvial fan system developed along the eastern margin of the valley. Five generations of slope and alluvial fan systems have been recognized in the Agri basin. The oldest fans have formed on both slope and alluvial deposits. The younger alluvial fans are located along the entire valley floor and arose upon the earlier fan apexes originating in these valleys. The youngest fans are arranged in two different generations and show proximal facies distributed along the foot slopes. Plan view morphology, fan slope profiles, and sedimentary features of the fan system have been used here to determine the magnitude of the tectonic deformation episode affecting the faulted mountainous front of the Agri basin eastern margin. Both fast and slow tectonic episodes occurred during the different regional Quaternary tectonic stages that affected the southern Apennine chain. These tectonic episodes have therefore been analysed in relation to climatic conditions in order to determine their contributions to the evolution of the Pleistocene to Holocene fan systems.

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Section: Regional Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quaternary alluvial fan systems of the Agri intermontane basin (southern Italy): tectonic and climatic controls

Giano¹

2011

Geologica Carpathica

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“…The succession of the Campano-Lucana Platform consists of a thick pile of shallow-water Meso-Cenozoic carbonates, formed in peritidal to lagoonal environments (Alburno-Cervati-Pollino Unit), passing laterally to the adjacent marine basins through gently dipping slopes characterized by bioclastic and detrital resediments (Capri-Bulgheria and Monti della Maddalena Units; D' Argenio et al 1973;Scandone and Bonardi 1968;Marsella and Pappone 1987;Carannante et al 1999;Pescatore et al 1999;Iannace et al 2005).…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

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A Geological Itinerary Through the Southern Apennine Thrust Belt (Basilicata—Southern Italy)

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The proposed geological itinerary connects a series of impressive outcrops distributed between the front and the inner portion of the Southern Apennine thrust belt. It offers the opportunity to visit some of the most interesting and bestexposed Southern Apennine geosites, inserted within landscapes typical of the different sectors of the thrust belt, in order to illustrate its geological evolution. The itinerary has been designed in such a way as to intersect different stacked tectonic units and a great variety of sedimentary successions whose age ranges from Triassic to Pleistocene. Each of the chosen geosite contains multidisciplinary geological information that may be of interest for researchers, but may be also appreciated by a general public interested in geology. In particular, the stratigraphy, the structural geology and the geomorphology are the most recurrently treated topics. Most of these outcrops extend for many hundreds or thousands of metres and include villages or mountain reliefs. Therefore, every single site can be considered as an areal geosite containing particular geological features. However, the largest geosite can also be observed in a panoramic view from suitable locations. Thus, each of these sites provides different evidence and when combined together provides an opportunity to understand the complex geological history of the Southern Apennines. The motivation for establishing this itinerary mostly resides in the great scientific interest of the chosen outcrops; this will hopefully facilitate their conservation and the development of geotourism.

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“…The Agri Valley basin is an inter-mountain basin belonging to the axial sector of the Southern Apennines (Fig.1), an eastverging fold-and-thrust belt developing as an accretionary wedge from late Oligocene to early Pleistocene due to the eastward migration of the Apenninic arc (e.g., Doglioni et al, 1996;Gueguen et al, 1997Gueguen et al, , 1998Pescatore et al, 1999;Parotto and Praturlon, 2004;Bucci et al, 2012Bucci et al, , 2014.…”

Section: The Agri Valley Basinmentioning

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The Verdesca landslide in the Agri Valley (Basilicata, southern Italy): a new geological and geomorphological framework

Gueguen

Bentivenga

Colaiacovo

et al. 2015

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract.A landslide, to the west of Montemurro (a small village in southern Italy), has recently caused damage to buildings and other infrastructure in an urbanized area; as a result the development of new economic activities has been prohibited. The landslide phenomenon started in the last century and has been studied since the 1990s using classical geotechnical methods; however the sliding body continues to move. This paper presents the results of a study carried out using field surveys, geognostic investigations and TDR (time domain reflectometry) measurements in order to reconstruct the stratigraphy of the sediments involved and to further understand the geological and geomorphological context of the slope. This study is part of a larger multidisciplinary project, the results of which will also be presented in this paper. The landslide (rotational slide in the upper sector, developing into a translational slide in the lower part) affects Quaternary continental clastic deposits resting on a bedrock formed by Tertiary siliciclastic sediments of the Gorgoglione Flysch. TDR measurements did not show any significant movement during the period monitored (January 2013-January 2014). Slip zone geometries were hypothesized using inclinometric measurements taken from previous studies, stratigraphic data and geomorphological interpretations of topographic scarps. Feedback from monitoring will confirm this hypothesis.

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Stratigraphic and structural relationships between Meso-Cenozoic Lagonegro basin and coeval carbonate platforms in southern Apennines, Italy

Cited by 155 publications

References 7 publications

Quaternary alluvial fan systems of the Agri intermontane basin (southern Italy): tectonic and climatic controls

Quaternary alluvial fan systems of the Agri intermontane basin (southern Italy): tectonic and climatic controls

A Geological Itinerary Through the Southern Apennine Thrust Belt (Basilicata—Southern Italy)

The Verdesca landslide in the Agri Valley (Basilicata, southern Italy): a new geological and geomorphological framework

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