TETTONICA PLIO-QUATERNARIA DEL SISTEMA SUD-GARGANICO (SETTORE ORIENTALE) NEL QUADRO EVOLUTIVO DELL'ADRIATICO CENTRO-MERIDIONALE

Abstract

The South Garganic Fault System constitutes a defor­mation belt going through almost the entire Southern Adri­atic Sea and is located south of the Gargano Promontory, continuing on the mainland in the well-known Monte S. Angelo-Mattinata Fault. The system is characterized by a polyphase deformation and represents a main fault zone lo­cated within a complex boundary area among geologie units of different structural and evolutive character (Apennines, Dinarides, Hellenides). [...]