Danilo Morelli
University of Trieste
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Tectonics | 2014
Luigi Ferranti; Pierfrancesco Burrato; Fabrizio Pepe; Enrico Santoro; Maria Enrica Mazzella; Danilo Morelli; Salvatore Passaro; Gianfranco Vannucci
High-resolution, single-channel seismic and multibeam bathymetry data collected at the Amendolara Ridge, a key submarine area marking the junction between the Apennine collision belt and the Calabrian subduction forearc, reveal active deformation in a supposedly stable crustal sector. New data, integrated with existing multichannel seismic profiles calibrated with oil-exploratory wells, show that middle to late Pleistocene sediments are deformed in growth folds above blind oblique-reverse faults that bound a regional pop-up. Data analysis indicates that ~10 to 20 km long banks that top the ~80 km long, NW-SE trending ridge are structural culminations above en echelon fault segments. Numeric modeling of bathymetry and stratigraphic markers suggests that three 45° dipping upper crustal (2–10 km) fault segments underlie the ridge, with slip rates up to ~0.5 mm/yr. Segments may be capable with M ~ 6.1–6.3 earthquakes, although an unknown fraction of aseismic slip undoubtedly contributes to deformation. The fault array that bounds the southern flank of the ridge (Amendolara Fault System) parallels a belt of Mw < 4.7 strike-slip and thrust earthquakes, which suggest current left-oblique reverse motion on the array. The eastern segment of the array shows apparent morphologic evidence of deformation and might be responsible for Mw ≤ 5.2 historic events. Late Pliocene-Quaternary growth of the oblique contractional belt is related to the combined effects of stalling of Adriatic slab retreat underneath the Apennines and subduction retreat of the Ionian slab underneath Calabria. Deformation localization was controlled by an inherited mechanical interface between the thick Apulian (Adriatic) platform crust and the attenuated Ionian Basin crust.
Tectonophysics | 2009
Luigi Ferranti; E. Santoro; Maria Enrica Mazzella; Carmelo Monaco; Danilo Morelli
Tectonophysics | 2008
Luigi Ferranti; Carmelo Monaco; Danilo Morelli; Fabrizio Antonioli; L. Maschio
Marine Geophysical Researches | 2011
Danilo Morelli; Angela Cuppari; Ester Colizza; Francesco Fanucci
Tectonics | 2014
Luigi Ferranti; Pierfrancesco Burrato; Fabrizio Pepe; Enrico Santoro; Maria Enrica Mazzella; Danilo Morelli; Salvatore Passaro; Gianfranco Vannucci
Meeting Marino 2012 | 2013
Francesco Fanucci; Danilo Morelli
Archive | 2015
Gianfranco Principi; Valerio Bortolotti; Enrico Pandeli; Fabrizio Innocenti; Sergio Rocchi; Andrea Dini; Sandro Moretti; Franco Fanucci; Danilo Morelli; Angela Cuppari; Maurizio D'Orefice; Roberto Graciotti
Archive | 2012
Luigi Ferranti; Fabrizio Pepe; Pierfrancesco Burrato; Enrico Santoro; Maria Enrica Mazzella; Danilo Morelli; Salvatore Passaro; Gianfranco Vannucci
Archive | 2012
Enrico Santoro; Luigi Ferranti; Salvatore Passaro; Pierfrancesco Burrato; Danilo Morelli
Archive | 2012
Giorgio Dallagiovanna; Francesco Fanucci; Luisa Pellegrini; Silvio Seno; Lorenzo Bonini; Alessandro Decarlis; Matteo Maino; Danilo Morelli; Giovanni Toscani