Applying geophysical techniques to investigate a segment of a creeping fault in the urban area of San Gregorio di Catania, southern flank of Mt. Etna (Sicily - Italy)

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作者
Imposa, S. [1 ]
De Guidi, G. [1 ]
Grassi, S. [1 ]
Scudero, S. [1 ]
Barreca, G. [1 ]
Patti, G. [1 ]
Boso, D. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Catania, Dept Biol Geol & Environm Sci, Earth Sci Sect, I-95129 Catania, Italy
[2] Geoexpert, I-95024 Catania, Italy
关键词
Fault creep; Fault zone; GPR; Seismic tomography; ReMi; Mt; Etna; GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; MOUNT-ETNA; ACTIVE FAULTS; NEAR-SURFACE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; 2002-2003; ERUPTION; CAPABLE FAULTS; VOLCANO; DEFORMATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.10.008
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
In an especially built-up area, such as the lower slopes of Etna volcano, the effects of surface faulting, caused by coseismic ruptures and aseismic creep, contribute significantly to increase the risk to towns and villages and their related infrastructure. This study aims to couple the geophysical and structural characteristics of an active fault zone, joining surficial and deep information, in the area of San Gregorio di Catania (Sicily - Italy). The occurrence of this structure and its associated fracture field were related to variations in the physical and mechanical properties of the hosting rocks. Surface structural survey detected a fracture zone with maximum width of 40 m, characterized with fractures oriented consistently with the kinematics of the fault. The geophysical surveys (ground penetrating radar, seismic tomography, and refraction microtremor), enabled to detect highly fractured rock volumes at variable depth whose occurrence has been linked to the presence of the fault at surface. The integration of various techniques, with different spatial resolution and depth range, allowed to fully reconstruct the 3D geological structure of the site down to about 15 m. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:153 / 163
页数:11
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