Multidisciplinary high resolution Geophysical Imaging of Pantano Ripa Rossa Segment of the Irpinia Fault (Southern Italy).

ABSTRACT: The Irpinia Fault, also known as the Monte Marzano Fault System, located in the Southern Apennines (Italy), is one of the most seismically active structures in the Mediterranean. It is the source of the 1980, Ms 6.9, multi-segment rupture earthquake that caused significant damage and nearly 3,000 casualties. Paleoseismological surveys indicate that this structure has generated at least four Mw ~ 7 surface-rupturing earthquakes in the past 2 ka. This paper presents a comprehensive, high-resolution geophysical investigation focused on the southernmost fault segment of the Monte Marzano Fault System, i.e., the Pantano-Ripa Rossa Fault, outcropping within the Pantano di San Gregorio Magno intramontane basin. The project, named TEst Site IRpinia fAult (TESIRA), was supported by the University o

SUBMITTER: Bruno PPG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11541899 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature