A MORPHOTECTONIC ANALYSIS OF THE AGRI VALLEY, SOUTHERN ITALY: ALLUVIAL AND MARINE TERRACES AS INDICATORS OF ACTIVE TECTONICS

Abstract

In this paper a detailed morphotectonic analysis of both the Quatemary alluvial and marine terraces of the Agri River (one of the most tectonically active regions of southem Italy) is presented. Here the occurrence of severa! orders of Pleistocene­Holocene fluvial terraces along the whole Agri Valley and the pre­sence of a sequence of Pleistocene-Holocene marine terraces along the Ionian coastal stretch of the river mouth, strongly suggest that the portion of Lucanian Apennines and Bradanic foredeep crossed by the Agri River have undergone a process of tectonic uplifting, ranging from about 0.2 mm/a to more than 2.5 mm/a, during Quatemary.