Capo Faro Promontory, located in Salina (Aeolian Islands, southern Italy), is a popular summer destination due to its volcanic morphologies, seaside, and enogastronomy. A flat area, right behind the scarp edge of coastal cliff, hosts Estate, one most renowned vineyards residences on Island. The promontory has been characterised terms geomorphological features. Remote sensing analysis, after nadir off–nadir UAV flights, supports field activities explore hazard which area subjected. In...

This work presents the structural evolution of a poorly studied key-area in middle Ala Valley, Western Alps, where two tectono-metamorphic units are exposed. A geological map at 1:10.000 scale, integrated with meso- and microstructural analysis, has been realised. We investigated contact area between Gran Paradiso Massif footwall Lower Piedmont Zone hanging wall. Both units, different paleogeographic affinity, preserve similar polyphasic deformation histories, defined by four phases. The Dp...

Abstract Methods of Earth Sciences have been employed in archaeological sites the Marsica region, central Italy, two different perspectives: to enhance knowledge on past natural events which damaged/destroyed ancient settlements/monuments and gather data useful/necessary for preservation local cultural heritage. Within this wide perspective, paper deals with (i) recent archaeoseismological investigations at Alba Fucens other Fucino Plain add evidence sudden building collapse already...

ABSTRACT An interdisciplinary study has been adopted to investigate the upper Maira Valley (Western Alps, Italy). A geological map of an unmapped area, about 12 km2, at scale 1:10.000, realized. The combination field surveys, GIS database creation, aerial photo observation, local archival data consultation, geo-structural analysis and drillholes re-interpretation outlined a relationship between structures landforms. ductile brittle deformation history with definition four discontinuity...

Flood risk in Italy is a key aspect for the administrative authorities, from national to local level. This especially true Northern Italy, where Po River, most important river of peninsula, and its basin are located. In North-Western Basin described by numerous sub-basins, among which Tanaro River basin: here, last decades, floods have produced significant damage, causing an increased concern regional administrations. The main goal this study was identify suitable sites construction dams,...

Drainage networks are particularly sensitive systems among all the topographic features in terms of their response to perturbations driven by active tectonics. Indeed, fluvial landscapes can record several information about different processes especially geodynamically areas, allowing relate spatial-temporal variation base-level fall and vertical incision stream channels with certain morphometric features. This study focuses on tectonic evolution Alessandria Basin, a syn-orogenic basin...

In active tectonic areas, fault systems represent one of the main structural elements in shaping landscapes. Thus, study and dating landforms continental deposits affected by deformation, such as river profiles knickpoints, paleosurfaces, strath alluvial terraces, are crucial to assess activity state faults how they evolved over time. Some features may provide a time-averaged history deformation (e.g., deformed geomorphic markers), while others have potential record continuous rock-uplift...

The prediction and prevention of landslide hazard is a challenging topic involving the assessment quantitative evaluation several elements: geological geomorphological setting, rainfalls, ground motion. This paper presents multi-approach investigation Nevissano (Asti Province, Piedmont, NW Italy). It shows continuous slow movement, alongside few paroxysmal events, last recorded in 2016. models were defined through field survey. An inventory landslide’s movements rainfall records period...

<p>The landscape evolution of the U-shaped Maira Valley was mainly led by glacial dynamics during Pleistocene. The Holocene linear fluvial erosion creates higher steepness slopes in a narrow valley which gravitational phenomena involves buildings and facilities Acceglio municipality (Piedmont, Italy). A geomorphological survey an unmapped area about 12 km<sup>2</sup> has been carried out new map at scale 1:10000 realised. In order to improve accuracy...

In areas with flat morphologies formed at the expense of soft rocks, detecting capable faults requires a field- based multidisciplinary approach to help bridge knowledge gap. this paper, we present results an investigation in Tortona area (Northwest Italy), where, 1828, earthquake caused several casualties and significant diffused damages. Considering relative "agedness" event absence particularly intense seismic activity during recent years, risk epicentral has not been investigated detail....

The permafrost-based geomorphological map of the Mt. Foscagno – Mt Forcellina ridge (Central Italian Alps) shows distribution permafrost probability (high, medium, low probability, and probable absence) obtained by application PERMACLIM (Guglielmin et al., 2003), a GIS-based model integrating Digital Elevation Model (DEM) topographic data Climatic DataBase (CDB) available from Automatic Weather Stations (AWS). In addition, provides information on outcropping bedrock, genesis grain size...

In Northwest Italy, the definition of seismic districts is a debated topic, with relatively scarce literature to pursue goal assessing relative potential. particular, southern Piedmont, despite being part lowest categories in Italian zonation map, has been affected by four relevant earthquakes between 5.5 and 6.5 Mw last six centuries.Starting from Historical Macroseismic Archive catalogue, consultation ten historical archives (in parishes, municipalities, administrations Alessandria, Asti,...

Drainage network systems are one of the more responsive elements to recent active tectonic from among all topographic features. Their anomalies can be significant in areas with high relief energy or less noticeable where intense deposition rates might make capable signatures not visible. In addition, surface processes even dominated by changes climate. Since landscape evolution is result combination these elements, drainage represent a key element for understanding role and importance...

Active volcanic environments, due to their rapid processes of growth and deformation, can be considered a typical setting for the formation both subaerial subaqueous gravitational instabilities. Occasionally, such conditions - coupled with heavy rainfalls or earthquakes trigger sudden mass movements as mud-debris flows and/or debris avalanches, representing serious hazards human settlements.The active island Ischia is localized within Gulf Naples its complex volcanism began prior 350ka...

On large landslide areas, two-dimensional and three-dimensional geological-technical models realization require a number of subsurface data.We investigate complex system located in San Vito Romano, Central Italy, 40 km east from Rome where boreholes, piezometers geophysical surveys are available.  The purpose this work is the Romano characterization order to create simplified graphic 3D model support monitoring plan. The aim also local authorities civil protection activities.The...