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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1999; v. 162; p. 109-117;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.162.01.09
© 1999 Geological Society of London

Mainland Europe and Scandinavia

The application of palaeolandsurface analysis to the study of recent tectonics in central Italy

Roberto Basili1, Fabrizio Galadini2 & Paolo Messina2

1 University ‘La Sapienza’, c/o CNR — Istituto di Ricerca sulla Tettonica Recente, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Rome, Italy
2 CNR — Istituto di Ricerca sulla Tettonica Recente, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Rome, Italy

The analysis of remnant landsurfaces was carried out on the ranges surrounding three intermontane basins located in the central and southern Apennines. All three basins developed during the Pliocene and Quaternary, but each had a different geological, geomor-phological and structural setting. Landsurfaces taken into account were those which aided in the identification of strath terraces situated on the walls of the basins. Recognition and comparison of terrace sequences aided the evaluation of the tectonic behaviour of each area by identifying sectors with differential vertical movements and by assessing the activity of the faults that caused them. The analysis of individual cases also provided useful information on fault activity that could help in devising structural schemes related to active tectonics.