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The Geological, Natural and Archeological Heritage Of 8:30 | WELCOME COFFEE 9: 00 | OPENING Prof. C. MONACO (Director of Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences) THE GEOLOGICAL, NATURAL Prof. G. GIUSSO DEL GALDO (Vice Director of Departmentof Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences) AND ARCHEOLOGICAL HERITAGE PART 1 M ODERATOR: Prof. E. TORTORICI (Catania University) OF THE HYBLEAN PLATEAU 9:30-9:50 | Ing.G. PALMERI (Operations Manager -M&P Italia) Introduction - work program 9:50-10:10 | Prof.S. CATALANO (Catania University) The tectonic history of the Hyblean Plateau: what we expect from the seismic investigation Known research 10:10-10:13 |Prof.ssa R. MANISCALCO (Catania University) The stratigraphy of the Hyblean Plateau: the known subsidence/uplift history and new challenges and perspectives 13:30-10:50 |Prof.ssa S. CORRADO (RomaTre University) Burial/exhumation history of the Sicilian thrust belt and the Hyblean Plateau: state-of the-art, perspectives of a new seismic investigation and tools 10:50-11:10 |Prof. E. TORTORICI (Catania University) SICILY Archeology applications 2019-2020 11:10-11:30 |COFFEE BREAK PART 2 22 February 2019 Aula Emiciclo M ODERATOR: Prof. ssa R. MANISCALCO (Catania University) 11:30-11:50| Prof. ssa A. Di STEFANO (Catania University) CATANIA Dell' Orto Botanico S. DI STEFANO, G. TORTORICI, F. GAMBERI, F. PAVANO,G. ROMAGNOLI, S. CATALANO 8:30 - 16:00 Via A. Longo n.19 Onshore-offshore correlation of regional unconformities and tectonic lineaments in the late Miocene-Holocene sedimentary succession of the southern portion of the Hyblean foreland 11:50-12:10| Prof. G. TORTORICI (Catania University) S. CATALANO, F. PAVANO, G. ROMAGNOLI Pleistocene and active tectonics of the Hyblean Plateau 12:10-12:30|Prof. E. FAZIO (Catania University) Petrofabric of porous rocks: from field survey to microtomography investigation 12:30-12:50|Dott. A. BACHTIAR (Exploration Manager M&P Italia) & Dott. F. ASSOULINE (Ph.D. Chief Geophysicist) The petroleum system of Hyblea foreland basin, Sicily 13:00-14:30 |LUNCH BREAK PART 3 M ODERATOR: Proff. S. CATALANO & A. DI STEFANO (Catania University) 14:30-14:50|Pr0f. M. VICCARO (Catania University) The volcanism of the Hyblean Plateau: an incredible spectrum of eruptive styles and magma compositions 14:50-15:10|Prof.ssa R.PUNTURO (Catania University) G.STURIALE, C.VACCARO, R.MANISCALCO & R.CIRRINCIONE Geo-heritage of the Hyblean Plateau: from puzzling ancient artifacts to natural resources 15:10-15:30|Dott. R. BRANCATO (Catania University) Archeology tracing hidden landscape 15:30-15:50 | QUESTIONS S CIENTIFIC COMMITEE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MAUREL&PROM ITALIA DIPARTIMENTO DI DIPARTIMENTO DI Prof.ssa Rosanna Maniscalco Dott. Rodolfo Brancato viale dei platani 34|B Ragusa SCIENZE BIOLOGICHE, SCIENZE UMANISTICHE Prof. Edoardo Tortorici Dott.ssa Ilenia Amico TEL. 0932 251892 | +39 3703657820 GEOLOGICHE E AMBIENTALI ARCHEOLOGIA Ing. Giuseppe Palmeri Arch. Antonella Puglisi [email protected] | www.italiamp.com Conv.ni: Prot.168465/04-12-18 Prot.17539/13-02-19 (Geologia) Conv: Prot.173214/13-02-19 (Archeologia) MAUREL&PROM ITALIA is the Italian subsidiary company based in Ragusa of Etablissements Maurel & PromT,H liEs tGeEdO oLnO tGheIC PAaLr iHs ESRtoITckA GExEc AhaNnDg eN, AsiTtuUaRtAedL RinE PSaOrUisR, FCrEaSn cOeF. THE HYBLAEAN The MPLaAuTreElA&UP:r NomEW It aClHiaA pLrLoEjeNcGt iEsS a On Fim COpoLrLtAaBntO oRpApToIrVtuEn RitEyS tEoA sRtuCdHy the geological and archaeological features of the Hyblaean territory.The shared scientific interest results in the will to draw up an Agreement THE GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE HYBLAEAN between the company and the University of Catania in order to perform the activities through a detailed analysis of the characteristics of the concerned territory, contributing to the update of information about the PLATEAU: NEW CHALLENGES OF COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH involved area. SEISMIC CAMPAIGN | The Company planned a Seismic survey in order to start the exploration campaign and The Hyblaean Plateau, in south-eastern Sicily, is not only the natural geological connection define the well drilling locations on the basis of new detailed geological data. between Sicily and Africa, representing the northernmost leading edge of the African Plate. It The advances in geophysical technology in the last 10 years may help to make clearer images and calculation also contains a valuable and unique natural, geological and cultural heritage. of the subsurface assets in block. Geophysical exploration is a process of mapping the subsurface of the earth to detect the presence and The plateau is bordered, to the east, by the Hyblaean-Malta Escarpment, which separates it position of petroleum and mineral deposit. Measurements are made using an energy source which is from the oceanic crust of the Ionian Sea, to the north, by Etna volcano, to the west, by the front recorded by sensors ( geophones) that are placed at specific locations and surveyed. of the Apenninic-Maghrebian Chain and to the south, by the Sicily Channel. It represents a high- The Exploration will use only non-explosive source, Vibroseis, seismic vibrators activated at ground level standing block, which generates seismic waves refracted and reflected back to the surface where they are recorded using connected during last glacial maximum (LGM around 20 Ka) to the Pelagian islands, therefore geophones cable-less. sharing not only archeological remains but also natural (fauna and flora) fossils. The Hyblaean Plateau is exceptionally interesting for geologists and volcanologists from all over the world because it contains a unique succession of interlayered sedimentary and volcanic rocks TRACING HIDDEN ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES IN THE HYBLAEAN PLATEAU bracketed in age between the late Triassic (known only from boreholes, from about 230 Ma) and STUDY AREA | Because of its position between the Ionian area and the southern coast, the Quaternary. The Triassic to Miocene carbonate sequences of the Hyblaean Mountains are Hyblaean plateau has played an extraordinary role in the history of ancient Sicily througout characterized by subtropical sedimentation patterns of the northern African carbonate shelf in millennia. In fact, located in the centre of Mediterranean Sea, the southeastern area of the the Tethyan realm. They are intercalated with dominantly submarine hydro- and volcaniclastic island was deeply involved within the network of contacts between Europe, Africa and Asia. units and minor lava flows. Correlation of subsurface data suggests that northward migration of The local structure of this wide mediterranean network was based on a complex of narrow river valleys that mark the landscape, the so-called “Cave”, which still characterize the wide hilly eruptive activity in the Hyblaea merges with most ancient volcanic episodes at Mount Etna. The area included today in the territories of Ragusa, Syracuse and Catania. geodynamic significance of the Hyblean volcanism is not well understood but is basically of The Hyblaean Plateau was crossed by numerous natural routes, survived until today in the form intraplate character. Large central volcanoes, like Etna, are lacking in the Hyblaean Mountains, of “trazzere”: thanks to the existence of this complex routes system, the Hyblaean area was a while fissure activity dominated. During the late Miocene (about 11 to 5 Ma), a series of diatreme real crossroad between different areas of the island. Since Prehistory, each step in the human pipes was emplaced in the eastern part of the Hyblaean Plateau, restricted in time and space. history is witnessed in the Hyblaean plateau and its margins, from the earliest evidences of Fontana Nuova dating to the Upper Paleolithic to the first contacts between indigenous The plateau has also been known in Sicily for many centuries for its natural bitumen- peoples and Greeks of Syracuse during the early phases od Archaic Age. The great richness of impregnated limestones, used for building purposes in south-eastern Sicily because of their the rural landscape of Roman age characterized the area as the numerous villae located in the ease of workability and elegance (e.g. the old town of Ragusa Hybla), and for medium to fashion area of Giarratana and Monterosso may testify: the central position of the area in the context of tubing for aqueducts, because of their very low permeability. the routes of maritime trade with Africa still in the Byzantine age involved a persistence of the Moreover, the Hyblean Plateau hosts the UNESCO site: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto nucleated settlement patterns still until the beginning of the Medieval Age. (South-Eastern Sicily). The Baroque towns listed by UNESCO in 2002 were rebuilt in 1693 after a The wide research project to be set up in the Hyblaean territory for the geophysical research may be the occasion of a renewed focus on the local archaeological landscape. The panorama terrible earthquake. The cities of south-eastern Sicily (e.g. Caltagirone, Catania, Modica, Noto, of the available knowledge is characterized by a heterogeneous and partial dataset in the form Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli) represent the result of a great collective undertaking, and are the of areas subject to restrictions listed in the Piano Paesaggistico promoted by the local regional expression of a high-quality architectonical and artistic achievement. Linked to the Baroque authorities (2017). Thanks our fieldwork, this dataset will be exponentially expanded thanks to style of the period, they also boast important improvements
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