Insights on the kinematics of deep-seated gravitational slope deformations along the 1915 Avezzano earthquake fault (Central Italy), from time-series DInSAR

• Published in: Geomorphology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Vol. 112; no. 3; pp. 261 - 276
• Main Authors: Moro, M., Saroli, M., Tolomei, C., Salvi, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.11.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Active fault; Deep-seated gravitational slope deformations; DInSAR; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Earthquakes, seismology; Exact sciences and technology; Geomorphological analysis; Internal geophysics; Marine and continental quaternary; Seismic triggering; Surficial geology; Tectonics. Structural geology. Plate tectonics; Southern Europe; Italy; Apennines; Europe; Central Apennines; Geomorphological analysis; DInSAR; Active fault; Deep-seated gravitational slope deformations; Seismic triggering; time series analysis; Neogene; mountains; upper Pliocene; upper Tertiary; excavations; slopes; earthquakes; modern; displacements; deformation; scarps; relief; Cenozoic; Synthetic aperture radar; tectonic controls; seismotectonics; maps; Quaternary; Tertiary; interferometry; kinematics; velocity; Pliocene; landforms; active faults; Phanerozoic; landform evolution

Among the causes of deep-seated gravitational slope deformations (DGSD), the most important is relief energy, which is closely related to the intensity of the active tectonic deformations, either at the regional scale or at the scale of a single active fault. We analyzed some examples of DGSD from t...