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G9.A Relazione Geologica Generale COMUNE DI ROMA Dipartimento alle politiche della Programmazione e Pianificazione del Territorio – Roma Capitale U.O. n. 2 - Pianificazione e Progettazione Generale Relazione geologica generale CLAUDIO SUCCHIARELLI (1), DANIELE D’OTTAVIO (2) (1) Geologo, Comune di Roma, Dipartimento VI – U.O. n. 2 – Pianificazione e Progettazione Generale via del Turismo, 30 – 00144 - Roma – E-mail: [email protected] (2) Geologo, Risorse per Roma S.p.A. , piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 2 - 00144 - Roma - E-mail: [email protected] Relazione geologica generale INDICE: 1. INTRODUZIONE ………………………………………………………………………... 4 1.1 GLI ELABORATI GEOLOGICI DI ADOZIONE COMUNALE DEL NUOVO PIANO REGOLATORE GENERALE ...............................................................................................................................4 1.2 GLI ELABORATI GEOLOGICI AGGIORNATI E INTEGRATI AI SENSI DELLA NORMATIVA VIGENTE PER IL NUOVO PIANO REGOLATORE GENERALE ....................................................................................5 1.3 FINALITÀ, METODO DI REALIZZAZIONE E CONTENUTO DEGLI ELABORATI GEOLOGICI.....................7 1.4 COMPLETAMENTO E AGGIORNAMENTO DEI DATI DEGLI ELABORATI GEOLOGICI..........................13 2. CARATTERI GEOLITOLOGICI...................................................................................................14 2.1 EVOLUZIONE GEOLOGICA E PALEOGEOGRAFICA......................................................................14 2.2 LE UNITÀ GEOLITOLOGICHE SEDIMENTARIE E VULCANICHE ......................................................20 2.3 ZONA ORIENTALE ...................................................................................................................24 2.4 DELTA E PIANURA ALLUVIONALE DEL FIUME TEVERE ...............................................................24 2.5 ZONA SUD – OCCIDENTALE.....................................................................................................25 2.6 ZONA NORD – OCCIDENTALE...................................................................................................25 2.7 ZONA NORD – ORIENTALE ......................................................................................................26 2.8 IL CENTRO STORICO E LA CITTÀ STORICA ................................................................................27 3. CARATTERI GEOTECNICI.........................................................................................................28 4. CARATTERI GEOMORFOLOGICI..............................................................................................31 4.1 GLI AMBITI GEOMORFOLOGICI DEL TERRITORIO COMUNALE......................................................31 4.2 FORME E PROCESSI GRAVITATIVI ............................................................................................35 4.3 FORME E PROCESSI DOVUTI ALLE ACQUE CORRENTI SUPERFICIALI...........................................36 4.4 FORME E PROCESSI DI ORIGINE MARINA E LAGUNARE ..............................................................39 4.5 LE ATTIVITÀ ANTROPICHE DI MODIFICAZIONE DEL TERRITORIO ..................................................42 Risorse per Roma RpR spa 2 Relazione geologica generale 5. CARATTERI IDROGEOLOGICI ..................................................................................................46 5.1 PERMEABILITÀ RELATIVA DEI DEPOSITI SEDIMENTARI E VULCANICI...........................................46 5.2 CARATTERISTICHE DEGLI ACQUIFERI.......................................................................................49 5.3 CARATTERISTICHE QUANTITATIVE E QUALITATIVE DELLE ACQUE SOTTERRANEE .......................54 6. PERICOLOSITÀ E VULNERABILITÀ GEOLOGICA DEL TERRITORIO ..................................56 6.1 PERICOLOSITÀ DA FRANA.......................................................................................................56 6.2 PERICOLOSITÀ IDRAULICA......................................................................................................60 6.3 PERICOLOSITÀ DA DEGRADO DELLE FALDE IDRICHE SOTTERRANEE .........................................67 6.4 CONDIZIONI GEOLITOLOGICHE E IDROGEOMORFOLOGICHE DI POTENZIALE PERICOLOSITÀ.........73 6.5 PERICOLOSITÀ DEI PROCESSI MARINI......................................................................................74 6.6 PERICOLOSITÀ SISMICA..........................................................................................................77 7. USUFRUIBILITÀ GEOLOGICA E VEGETAZIONALE DEL TERRITORIO .................................80 7.1 USUFRUIBILITÀ DEGLI AMBITI MORFOLOGICI ............................................................................80 7.2 USUFRUIBILITÀ DEL TERRITORIO CONDIZIONATA DALLA PRESENZA DI DINAMICHE DI PERICOLOSITÀ GEOLOGICA....................................................................................................82 7.3 USUFRUIBILITÀ DELLE PRINCIPALI AREE INTERESSATE DA ATTIVITÀ ESTRATTIVE ......................86 7.4 P RINCIPALI AMBITI TERRITORIALI PER LA SALVAGUARDIA DELLA RISORSA IDRICA SOTTERRANEA E LE AREE DI ATTENZIONE DEI GEOSITI...........................................................86 7.5 PRINCIPALI AMBITI TERRITORIALI PER LA SALVAGUARDIA E TUTELA DELLA RISORSA VEGETAZIONALE ...................................................................................................................87 8. RIFERIMENTI INFORMATIVI.......................................................................................................88 9. BIBLIOGRAFIA E RIFERIMENTI NORMATIVI ...........................................................................89 APPENDICE 1 - POZZI PER ACQUA PER MUNICIPIO APPENDICE 2 - LOCALITÀ DEL COMUNE DI ROMA INTERESSATE DA EVENTI DI FRANA (DI PENDIO E DI SPROFONDAMENTO DEL PIANO CAMPAGNA) APPENDICE 3 - LOCALITÀ DEL COMUNE DI ROMA INTERESSATE DA EVENTI DI PIENA (ALLUVIONI E ALLAGAMENTI) APPENDICE 4 - LOCALITÀ DEL COMUNE DI ROMA INTERESSATE DA ANTICHI EVENTI ALLUVIONALI (1700 – 1896) APPENDICE 5 - GEOSITI PRESENTI NEL COMUNE DI ROMA (aggiornati al 30 maggio 2007) ALLEGATO 1 – D’OTTAVIO D. & SUCCHIARELLI C., CARTA DELLA VULNERABILITÀ ALL’INQUINAMENTO DELLE ACQUE SOTTERRANEE DEL TERRITORIO COMUNALE, scala 1:50.000 Risorse per Roma RpR spa 3 Relazione geologica generale 1. INTRODUZIONE 1.1 Gli elaborati geologici di adozione comunale del Nuovo Piano Regolatore Generale Gli elaborati geologici, definiti elaborati gestionali, della Delibera di Adozione n. 33 del 19/20 marzo 2003 del Consiglio Comunale riguardante la documentazione del Nuovo Piano Regolatore Generale, erano stati elaborati (per incarico della S.T.A., s.p.a., Piani per Roma, per conto del Comune di Roma – Dipartimento VI – Politiche del Territorio - Ufficio Nuovo Piano Regolatore) nel periodo compreso tra il 1999 e il 2002, dal gruppo lavoro di geologia coordinato dal Geol. Leonardo Lombardi. Essi, come allora pattuito con il Servizio Geologico della Regione Lazio, erano stati realizzati secondo le specifiche tecniche contenute nelle “Linee guida della Delibera di Giunta Regionale del Lazio n. 2649 del 1999”, relativa alla metodologia inerente alla stesura delle risultanze delle indagini geologiche e vegetazionali, in sede di formazione degli strumenti urbanistici generali e particolareggiati, prima della delibera di adozione ed erano costituiti da 3 cartografie tematiche generali, una relazione tecnica e studi geologici di dettaglio per gli ambiti di trasformazione urbanistica, qui di seguito elencati: • Geolitologia del territorio comunale, con rappresentazione generale in scala 1:50.000 in un unico foglio (G9.1); • Geolitologia del territorio municipale, con rappresentazione per Municipi in scala 1:20.000/25.000 in 14 fogli (G9.1.01 G9.1.02 G9.1.03 G9.1.04 G9.1.05 G9.1.06 G9.1.07 G9.1.08 G9.1.09 G9.1.10 G9.1.11 G9.1.12 G9.1.13 G9.1.14); • Geomorfologia del territorio comunale, con rappresentazione generale in scala 1:50.000 in un unico foglio (G9.2); • Geomorfologia del territorio municipale, con rappresentazione per Municipi in scala 1:20.000/25.000 in 14 fogli (G9.2.01 G9.2.02 G9.2.03 G9.2.04 G9.2.05 G9.2.06 G9.2.07 G9.2.08 G9.2.09 G9.2.10 G9.2.11 G9.2.12 G9.2.13 G9.2.14) • Idrogeologia del territorio comunale, con rappresentazione generale in scala 1:50.000 in un unico foglio (G9.3); • Idrogeologia del territorio municipale, con rappresentazione per Municipi in scala 1:20.000/25.000 in 14 fogli (G9.3.01 G9.3.02 G9.3.03 G9.3.04 G9.3.05 G9.3.06 G9.3.07 G9.3.08 G9.3.09 G9.3.10 G9.3.11 G9.3.12 G9.3.13 G9.3.14); • Relazione Geologico – Tecnica, (G9), di pp. 53; • Schemi di riferimento geologico per gli ambiti di trasformazione urbanistica, costituiti ciascuno da brevi note geologico-tecniche illustrative preliminari di 4 cartografie tematiche (geolitologia, pendenze, penalità e sezioni geolitologiche) in scala 1:10.000 in formato A3 (riguardanti un certo numero di aree programmate per trasformazioni urbanistiche) e composti da 14 books distinti singolarmente per aree municipali (I3.01/14). In fase di approvazione del Nuovo Piano Regolatore Generale da parte del Consiglio Regionale del Lazio, si è reso necessario aggiornare, integrandola con l’elaborazione di nuovi dati, la documentazione tecnica geologica di adozione comunale, operando sempre secondo le Linee guida della Delibera di Giunta Regionale del Lazio n. 2649 del 1999. Gli autori incaricati nel novembre 2006 [Geol. CLAUDIO SUCCHIARELLI (Comune di Roma, Dipartimento VI – U.O. n. 2 – Pianificazione e Progettazione Generale) e Geol. DANIELE D’OTTAVIO (Risorse per
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