Neogene 3D-Structural Architecture of the North-West Apennines: the Role of the Low Angle Normal Faults and Basement Thrusts
NEOGENE 3D-STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE NORTH-WEST APENNINES: THE ROLE OF THE LOW ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS AND BASEMENT THRUSTS MOLLI G.1, CARLINI M.2,4, VESCOVI P.2, ARTONI A.2, BALSAMO F.2,3, CAMURRI F.3, CLEMENZI L.5, STORTI F.2,3, TORELLI L.2 1 - Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Italia 2 - Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Italy 3 - NEXT - Natural and Experimental Tectonics Research Group - Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Italy 4 – BiGeA - Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences - University of Bologna, Italy 5 - ENI S.p.A, Upstream and Technical Services - San Donato Milanese – Italy This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1029/2018TC005057 © 2018 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved. ABSTRACT The northern Apennines of Italy are a classical site for studying fundamental issues in tectonic studies, such as ophiolite formation and emplacement, kinematics of thrust wedges, role of in- and out-of-sequence thrusting, and of along strike segmentation, syn-orogenic versus post-orogenic extension, interplay between tectonics, erosion and sedimentation etc. Accordingly, the northern Apennines have been extensively studied since more than two centuries ago. Despite the huge amount of available data with different resolution, a 3D comprehensive regional view combining in a modern framework all available surface and subsurface information for contiguous sectors of the chain is still lacking.
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