EVOLUZIONE MORFODINAMICA E FENOMENI FRANOSI NEL SETTORE PERIADRIATICO DELL'ABRUZZO SETTENTRIONALE

Abstract

In northeastern Abruzzo slope movements such as Slope Deep Gravitational Deformation, rotational and translational slide and flows are widespread. In the study area, within the Vomano and Fino-Saline watersheds, terrigenous deposits ascri­bed to the Miocene and Lower Pliocene foretrough outcrop in the western side, while in the eastern one Plio-Pleistocene mari­ne sediments ascribed to a satellite basin are present. Among the factors which affect the observed differences in landslide mechanisms, the most influencing appear to be the different morphologic evolution underwent by distinct zones within the study area and the lithological and structural charac­ters of the outcropping deposits. [...]