The morphostructural setting of Mount Etna sedimentary basement (Italy): Implications for the geometry and volume of the volcano and its flank instability
S Branca, V Ferrara - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The reinterpretation of more than 2500 subsurface data, consisting of geoelectric and
borehole prospecting undertaken at Mount Etna, allows reconstructing the contour map of …
borehole prospecting undertaken at Mount Etna, allows reconstructing the contour map of …
Correlation between P-wave velocity and physical–mechanical properties of intensely jointed dolostones, Peloritani mounts, NE Sicily
G Pappalardo - Rock mechanics and rock engineering, 2015 - Springer
Understanding the fracture influence on the P-wave velocity and physical–mechanical
properties of brittle rocks is very useful for geotechnical characterization in a number of …
properties of brittle rocks is very useful for geotechnical characterization in a number of …
Integrated geostructural, seismic and infrared thermography surveys for the study of an unstable rock slope in the Peloritani Chain (NE Sicily)
S Mineo, G Pappalardo, F Rapisarda, A Cubito… - Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a multidisciplinary study about the instability of a rock slope on
Peloritani Chain, northeastern Sicily. Several rockfalls affected the studied slope in the last …
Peloritani Chain, northeastern Sicily. Several rockfalls affected the studied slope in the last …
Tectonics and seismicity of the Tindari Fault System, southern Italy: Crustal deformations at the transition between ongoing contractional and extensional domains …
The Tindari Fault System (southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) is a regional zone of brittle
deformation located at the transition between ongoing contractional and extensional crustal …
deformation located at the transition between ongoing contractional and extensional crustal …
Geological outline of Sicily and lithospheric tectono-dynamics of its Tyrrhenian margin from new CROP seismic data
IR Finetti, F Lentini, S Carbone, A Del Ben… - CROP Project: deep …, 2005 - books.google.com
Based on new CROP seismic data, integrated with other geological-geophysical
information, an evolutive lithospheric tectono-dynamic reconstruction of the Sicilian region …
information, an evolutive lithospheric tectono-dynamic reconstruction of the Sicilian region …
Geological evolution of Etna volcano
New stratigraphic and structural data obtained during recent geological surveys have
allowed us to subdivide the almost continuous evolution of Etnean volcanism into four main …
allowed us to subdivide the almost continuous evolution of Etnean volcanism into four main …
Holocene tectonic uplift patterns in northeastern Sicily: evidence from marine notches in coastal outcrops
D Rust, S Kershaw - Marine Geology, 2000 - Elsevier
Marine notches are groove-like features formed in rocky coastal outcrops in relation to past
sea levels, and are widely used as indicators of rates and patterns of tectonic activity …
sea levels, and are widely used as indicators of rates and patterns of tectonic activity …
Knickpoints as geomorphic markers of active tectonics: A case study from northeastern Sicily (southern Italy)
Unsteady base-level fall at river mouths generates knickpoints that migrate as a transient
upstream through the drainage network, climbing at the same rate as long as the fluvial …
upstream through the drainage network, climbing at the same rate as long as the fluvial …
Long‐term uplift rate of the Etna volcano basement (southern Italy) based on biochronological data from Pleistocene sediments
A Di Stefano, S Branca - Terra Nova, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The eastern flank of Mt. Etna volcano rests on Pleistocene marine sediments, which
unconformably cover the Apenninic–Maghrebian Chain units. A quantitative biostratigraphic …
unconformably cover the Apenninic–Maghrebian Chain units. A quantitative biostratigraphic …