EVIDENZE PALEOSISMOLOGICHE NELL'APPENNINO CENTRALE ED IMPLICAZIONI NEOTETTONICHE

Abstract

Palaeoseismological investigations provide an irreplace­able tool for understanding the nature and leve! of the ongo­ing tectonic activity. This paper describes the data collected from trenching exploration of tectonic structures active in the Late Pleistocene - Holocene, located in three intermontane Quaternary depressions in central Italy (Fucino, Rivisondoli and Rieti basins). The palaeoseismic and kinematic analysis of these structures suggests relevant implications for defin­ing a structural model of the Central Apennines coherent with the seismic history of the area.