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{"title":"Paleoseismological evidence of multiple, large magnitude earthquake surface ruptures on the active Mt. Morrone normal fault, central Apennines, Italy","authors":"Irene Puliti, Alberto Pizzi, Stefano Gori, Emanuela Falcucci, Fabrizio Galadini, Marco Moro, Michele Saroli","doi":"10.5194/egusphere-2024-2399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2399","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Abstract.</strong> The Mt. Morrone active normal Fault (MMF) and the related Sulmona intermountain basin constitute one of the most characteristic examples of the extensional tectonic landscape carving the central Apennines (Italy). Above the ⁓22 km MMF, thousands of inhabitants concentrate on a thriving reality and a historical and cultural heritage of great significance. According to the current knowledge, the last activation event of the whole MMF occurred ⁓2000 years ago and the maximum expected magnitude is M 6.6–7. Thus, the MMF today constitutes one of the most problematic structures in the central Apennines seismotectonic setting in terms of large-magnitude earthquake probability. Despite this, information on the activity of the MMF is presently relatively few, both for associated historical seismicity and paleoseismological data. To strengthen these knowledge weaknesses, we performed new extensive paleoseismological analyses (employing four trenches) in the central sector of the fault. Our goal was to supplement the limited existing dataset, constituted by a single paleoseismological study close to the northwestern tip of the fault. Additionally, we aimed to incorporate findings from a pair of studies focused on archaeoseismological and speleoseismological secondary evidence. Through these analyses, we unveiled four significant surface rupture events of the MMF, three of which occurred over the past 6000 years BP. Specifically, the youngest identified event occurred after 3.6–3.5 kyr BP, being thus chronologically consistent with the event in 2^nd century CE; a penultimate event after 4.4 kyrs BP; a previous event occurred after 5.4–5.3 kyr BP; and the oldest event took place after 9–8.9 kyr and (presumably) before 5.8–5.7 kyr BP. Considering that the cumulative minimum vertical displacement estimated encompassing the last three events is ⁓140 cm, and based on the length of the fault at the surface, we can confirm that earthquakes with M 6.6–7.0 may be expected from the activation of the MMF with an inferred average recurrence interval not longer than 1800 years over the last ⁓5.4 kyr.","PeriodicalId":21912,"journal":{"name":"Solid Earth","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142187686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evolution of fluid redox in a fault zone of the Pic de Port Vieux thrust in the Pyrenees Axial Zone (Spain)","authors":"Delphine Charpentier, Gaétan Milesi, Pierre Labaume, Ahmed Abd Elmola, Martine Buatier, Pierre Lanari, Manuel Muñoz","doi":"10.5194/se-15-1065-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1065-2024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. In mountain ranges, crustal-scale faults localize multiple episodes of deformation. It is therefore common to observe current or past geothermal systems along these structures. Understanding the fluid circulation channelized in fault zones is essential to characterize the thermochemical evolution of associated hydrothermal systems. We present a study of a palaeo-system of the Pic de Port Vieux thrust fault. This fault is a second-order thrust associated with the Gavarnie thrust in the Axial Zone of the Pyrenees. The study focused on phyllosilicates which permit the constraint of the evolution of temperature and redox of fluids at the scale of the fault system. Combined X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) on synkinematic chlorite, closely linked to microstructural observations, were performed in both the core and damage zones of the fault zone. Regardless of the microstructural position, chlorite from the damage zone contains iron and magnesium (Fetotal / (Fetotal + Mg) about 0.4), with Fe3+ accounting for about 30 % of the total iron. Chlorite in the core zone is enriched in total iron, but individual Fe3+/Fetotal ratios range from 15 % to 40 %, depending on the microstructural position of the grain. Homogeneous temperature conditions about 280–290 °C have been obtained by chlorite thermometry. A scenario is proposed for the evolution of fluid–rock interaction conditions at the scale of the fault zone. It involves the circulation of a single hydrothermal fluid with homogeneous temperature but several redox properties. A highly reducing fluid evolves due to redox reactions involving progressive dissolution of hematite, accompanied by crystallization of Fe2+-rich and Fe3+-rich chlorite in the core zone. This study shows the importance of determining the redox state of iron in chlorite to calculate their temperature of formations and to consider the fluid evolution at the scale of a fault.","PeriodicalId":21912,"journal":{"name":"Solid Earth","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142187687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tectonic interplay between the South Tibetan Detachment System and the North Himalayan genesis dome","authors":"Xinyu Dong, Wenhui Li, Zhanwu Lu, Xingfu Huang, Rui Gao","doi":"10.5194/egusphere-2024-2468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2468","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Abstract.</strong> The formation and evolution of the Himalayas are intimately linked to the South Tibetan Detachment System (STDS) in the northern Himalayas. Despite ongoing controversies about the deep structural style of the STDS, understanding the emplacement mechanism of the leucogranite in the North Himalayan gneiss domes (NHGDs) remains challenging due to insufficient information about deep structures. In this study, we characterized the subsurface structure of the STDS on the eastern side of the Tethys Himalayas and analyze the relationship between STDS tectonic activity and the formation of the NHGD. We conducted a deep seismic reflection survey with a line length of over 135 km and performed geological field investigations in the eastern Tethys Himalayas (92° E) from 2017 to 2018. Our findings indicate that the STDS presents as a roof thrust fault of duplex structures in the eastern Tethys Himalayas and displays characteristics of two-phase denudation (STDS-1 and STDS-2) from the Miocene, corresponding to the two-phase Tethys tectonic uplift. The first phase of denudation (STDS-1) led to the exposure of its structure around the Yarlhashampo dome. Both STDS-1 and STDS-2 denudation activities play crucial roles in promoting the partial melting of middle crust metasediments, which subsequently migrated upward to form leucogranite through diapirism in the core of the Yarlhashampo dome.","PeriodicalId":21912,"journal":{"name":"Solid Earth","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142187688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stress state at faults: the influence of rock stiffness contrast, stress orientation, and ratio","authors":"Moritz O. Ziegler, Robin Seithel, Thomas Niederhuber, Oliver Heidbach, Thomas Kohl, Birgit Müller, Mojtaba Rajabi, Karsten Reiter, Luisa Röckel","doi":"10.5194/se-15-1047-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1047-2024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The contemporary crustal stress state is primarily driven by gravitational volume forces and plate tectonics. However, there are various smaller-scale sources such as geological structures and stiffness contrast that perturb stresses and deviate them from the regional pattern. For example, borehole stress analysis in numerous cases has revealed abrupt rotations of horizontal stress orientation of up to 90° when faults are crossed. Herein, we investigate the rotation of principal stress axes at a fault by means of a 2D generic numerical model. We focus on the near field of the fault and the damage zone with a fault parameterized as a rock stiffness contrast. A substantial influence of the far-field stress field in terms of the differential stress and in terms of the stress ratio RS=S1/S_3 is shown. Furthermore, the contrast in material properties is the basis for any stress rotation, and in particular the stiffness is demonstrated to have a significant influence. Eventually, the impact of the angle between the fault strike and the orientation of SHmax is demonstrated. Our results show that the stress rotation is negatively correlated with the ratio of principal far-field stresses. A small angle between the far-field stress orientation and the fault facilitates stress rotation. A high contrast in rock stiffness further increases the stress rotation angle. Faults striking perpendicular to the maximum principal stress orientation experience no rotation at all. However, faults oriented parallel to the maximum principal stress orientation experience either no rotation or a 90° rotation, dependent on the ratio of principal stresses and the rock stiffness contrast. A comparison with observations from various boreholes worldwide shows that in general the findings are in agreement, even though the dip angle proves to have an influence on the stress rotation, in particular for shallow-dipping faults.","PeriodicalId":21912,"journal":{"name":"Solid Earth","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142187689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigation of Seismic Anisotropy in the Undisturbed Rotondo Granite","authors":"Kathrin Behnen, Marian Hertrich, Hansruedi Maurer, Alexis Shakas, Kai Bröker, Claire Epiney, María Blanch Jover, Domenico Giardini","doi":"10.5194/egusphere-2024-1919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1919","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Abstract.</strong> The hypothesis of stress-induced seismic anisotropy was tested in the Bedretto Lab, a deep underground rock laboratory in the Swiss alps. Several comprehensive crosshole seismic surveys were acquired to analyze the directional dependency of seismic wave velocities in the undisturbed host rock. This required precise knowledge on the source and receiver positions as well as a good data quality that allow the determination of traveltimes for different wave types. A tilted transverse isotropic (TTI) model could be established that explains the measured data to a first order. All relevant model parameters could be well constrained using P- and S-wave arrival times. However, a systematic misfit distribution indicates that a more complex anisotropy model might be required to fully explain the measurements. This is consistent with our hypothesis that seismic anisotropy has a significant stress-induced component. More controlled laboratory experiments on the centimeter to decimeter scale were performed to validate our field measurements. These measurements show a comparable order of P- and S-wave anisotropy in the rock volume. The knowledge on the driving mechanism for anisotropy in igneous rocks can potentially help to enhance the monitoring of stress field variations during geothermal operations, thereby improving hazard assessment protocols.","PeriodicalId":21912,"journal":{"name":"Solid Earth","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142187690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Post-Caledonian tectonic evolution of the Precambrian and Paleozoic platform boundary zone offshore Poland based on the new and vintage multi-channel reflection seismic data","authors":"Quang Nguyen, Michal Malinowski, Stanisław Mazur, Sergiy Stovba, Małgorzata Ponikowska, Christian Hübscher","doi":"10.5194/se-15-1029-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1029-2024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The structure of the post-Caledonian sedimentary cover in the transition from the Precambrian to the Paleozoic platforms in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea is a matter of ongoing debate due to the sparsity of quality seismic data and insufficient well data. The new high-resolution BalTec seismic data acquired in 2016 contributed greatly to deciphering the regional geology of the area. Here we show an optimal seismic data-processing workflow for the selected new BalTec seismic profiles offshore Poland, as well as legacy PGI97 regional seismic data. Due to the acquisition in a shallow-water environment, the processing strategy focused on suppressing multiple reflections and guided waves through a cascaded application of modern multiple elimination approaches. We illustrate the potential of the new and re-processed data for focusing seismic interpretation on the area of the Koszalin Fault. In light of the available data, the Koszalin Fault was the main structure controlling Mesozoic subsidence and Late Cretaceous–Paleocene inversion of the eastern portion of the Mid-Polish Trough offshore Poland. The inversion changed its character from thin- to thick-skinned towards the north, away from the Polish coast. The Koszalin Fault reactivated older structural grain inherited from the time of Devonian continental rifting at the margin of Laurussia. The fault runs obliquely to the Caledonian Deformation Front, the feature that remained inactive since its formation at the Silurian–Devonian transition.","PeriodicalId":21912,"journal":{"name":"Solid Earth","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142187712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"(D)rifting in the 21st century: key processes, natural hazards, and geo-resources","authors":"Frank Zwaan, Tiago M. Alves, Patricia Cadenas, Mohamed Gouiza, Jordan J. J. Phethean, Sascha Brune, Anne C. Glerum","doi":"10.5194/se-15-989-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-989-2024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Rifting and continental break-up are major research topics within geosciences, and a thorough understanding of the processes involved as well as of the associated natural hazards and natural resources is of great importance to both science and society. As a result, a large body of knowledge is available in the literature, with most of this previous research being focused on tectonic and geodynamic processes and their links to the evolution of rift systems. We believe that the key task for researchers is to make our knowledge of rift systems available and applicable to face current and future societal challenges. In particular, we should embrace a system analysis approach and aim to apply our knowledge to better understand the links between rift processes, natural hazards, and the geo-resources that are of critical importance to realise the energy transition and a sustainable future. The aim of this paper is therefore to provide a first-order framework for such an approach by providing an up-to-date summary of rifting processes, hazards, and geo-resources, followed by an assessment of future challenges and opportunities for research. We address the varied terminology used to characterise rifting in the scientific literature, followed by a description of rifting processes with a focus on the impact of (1) rheology and stain rates, (2) inheritance in three dimensions, (3) magmatism, and (4) surface processes. Subsequently, we describe the considerable natural hazards that occur in rift settings, which are linked to (1) seismicity, (2) magmatism, and (3) mass wasting, and provide some insights into how the impacts of these hazards can be mitigated. Moreover, we classify and describe the geo-resources occurring in rift environments as (1) non-energy resources, (2) geo-energy resources, (3) water and soils, and (4) opportunities for geological storage. Finally, we discuss the main challenges for the future linked to the aforementioned themes and identify numerous opportunities for follow-up research and knowledge application. In particular, we see great potential in systematic knowledge transfer and collaboration between researchers, industry partners, and government bodies, which may be the key to future successes and advancements.","PeriodicalId":21912,"journal":{"name":"Solid Earth","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142187713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quaternary surface ruptures of the inherited mature Yangsan fault: implications for intraplate earthquakes in Southeastern Korea","authors":"Sangmin Ha, Hee-Cheol Kang, Seongjun Lee, Yeong Bae Seong, Jeong-Heon Choi, Seok-Jin Kim, Moon Son","doi":"10.5194/egusphere-2024-1696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1696","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Abstract.</strong> Earthquake prediction in intraplate regions, such as South Korea, is challenging due to the complexity of fault zones. This study employed diverse methods and data sources to detect Quaternary surface rupturing along the Yangsan Fault to improve seismic hazard assessment. Paleoseismic data were analyzed to reveal insights into seismic activity, displacement, and structural patterns. Observations from five trench sites indicate at least three faulting events during the Quaternary, with the most recent surface rupturing occurring approximately 3,000 years ago. These events resulted in a cumulative displacement of 3.1–94.0 m and maximum estimated magnitude of 6.7–7.2. The average slip rate of 0.14 mm/yr suggests a quasi-periodic model with possible recurrence intervals exceeding 10,000 years. The structural patterns imply the reactivation of a pre-existing fault core with top-to-the west geometry, causing a dextral strike-slip with a minor reverse component. This study underscores the continuous faulting along the inherited mature fault, the Yangsan Fault, since at least the Early Pleistocene, contributing valuable insights for seismic hazard assessment in the region and offering a broader understanding of intraplate earthquake dynamics for earthquake prediction.","PeriodicalId":21912,"journal":{"name":"Solid Earth","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141945358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Geodynamic controls on clastic-dominated base metal deposits","authors":"Anne C. Glerum, Sascha Brune, Joseph M. Magnall, Philipp Weis, Sarah A. Gleeson","doi":"10.5194/se-15-921-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-921-2024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. To meet the growing global demand for metal resources, new ore deposit discoveries are required. However, finding new high-grade deposits, particularly those not exposed at the Earth's surface, is very challenging. Therefore, understanding the geodynamic controls on the mineralizing processes can help identify new areas for exploration. Here we focus on clastic-dominated Zn–Pb deposits, the largest global resource of zinc and lead, which formed in sedimentary basins of extensional systems. Using numerical modelling of lithospheric extension coupled with surface erosion and sedimentation, we determine the geodynamic conditions required to generate the rare spatiotemporal window where potential metal source rocks, transport pathways, and host sequences are present. We show that the largest potential metal endowment can be expected in narrow asymmetric rifts, where the mineralization window spans about 1–3 Myr in the upper ∼ 4 km of the sedimentary infill close to shore. The narrow asymmetric rift type is characterized by rift migration, a process that successively generates hyper-extended crust through sequential faulting, resulting in one wide and one narrow conjugate margin. Rift migration also leads to (1) a sufficient life span of the migration-side border fault to accommodate a thick submarine package of sediments, including coarse (permeable) continental sediments that can act as source rock; (2) rising asthenosphere beneath the thinned lithosphere and crust, resulting in elevated temperatures in these overlying sediments that are favourable for leaching metals from the source rock; (3) the deposition of organic-rich sediments that form the host rock at shallower burial depths and lower temperatures; and (4) the generation of smaller faults that cut the major basin created by the border fault and provide additional pathways for focused fluid flow from source to host rock. Wide rifts with rift migration can have similarly favourable configurations, but these occur less frequently and less potential source rock is produced, thereby limiting potential metal endowment. In simulations of narrow symmetric rifts, the conditions to form ore deposits are rarely fulfilled. Based on these insights, exploration programmes should prioritize the narrow margins formed in asymmetric rift systems, in particular regions within several tens of kilometres from the paleo-shoreline, where we predict the highest-value deposits to have formed.","PeriodicalId":21912,"journal":{"name":"Solid Earth","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141945359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reconciling post-orogenic faulting, paleostress evolution and structural inheritance in the seismogenic Northern Apennines (Italy): Insights from the Monti Martani Fault System","authors":"Riccardo Asti, Selina Bonini, Giulio Viola, Gianluca Vignaroli","doi":"10.5194/egusphere-2024-2319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2319","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Abstract.</strong> Structural inheritance plays a significant role upon the evolution of fault systems in different tectonic settings. Both positive reactivation of pre-orogenic extensional faults and negative reactivation of syn-orogenic reverse faults during orogenic cycles have been extensively studied and documented. By contrast, only few studies have addressed the impact of structural inheritance in regions undergoing polyphase tectonic histories. Here, we present the Monti Martani Fault System (MMFS) case study (Northern Apennines, Italy) as an example of a seismically active region where it is possible to investigate the role of inherited pre-orogenic structural features upon the post-orogenic tectonic evolution. Based on new field structural data from extensional faults that controlled the Plio-Quaternary evolution of the system, we propose that the MMFS does not consist of a kilometer-long L-shaped single normal fault, as previously proposed in the literature, but is instead a set of several NW-SE trending shorter extensional faults arranged in an en-echelon style. Paleostress analysis yielded three distinct extension directions during the Plio-Quaternary post-orogenic extension, which are NE-SW, NNE-SSW and NW-SE. We relate the first two directions to local orientation fluctuations of the regional stress field interacting with moderately oblique inherited structural features, and the latter direction to a short-live orogen-parallel extensional event whose geodynamic causes remain unclear. We suggest that the NE-SW regional post-orogenic extension direction controls the strike of most of the NW-SE Apenninic-trending extensional faults, while the morphostructural trend of the Monti Martani Ridge and of its boundaries with the surrounding Plio-Quaternary Medio Tiberino and Terni basins is controlled by the strike of the ~N-S and ~E-W pre-orogenic (Jurassic) inherited structural features. We also discuss the implications of these observations upon the seismotectonics of the MMFS. Our findings suggest that, in contrast to previous suggestions, the fault system cannot be classified as an active and capable structural feature.","PeriodicalId":21912,"journal":{"name":"Solid Earth","volume":"229 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141869069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}