Despite the high detection level of the Italian seismic network and the risk associated with its fault networks, Central-Southern Italy has no unique geophysical model of the crust able to illuminate its complex tectonics. Here, we obtain seismic attenuation and scattering tomography models of this area; both reveal high attenuation and scattering anomalies characterizing the entire Apenninic Chain and related to its East- and West-dipping extensional Quaternary tectonic alignments. Fault-associated fractured zones become preferential ways for circulating and degassing high-attenuation CO2-bearing fluids. A previously undetected fluid source area is a high-attenuation volume below the Matese complex, while a similar smaller anomaly supports a fluid source near L'Aquila. The most prominent low attenuation and scattering volumes reveal a locked aseismic zone corresponding to the Fucino-Morrone-Porrara fault systems, representing a zone of significant seismic hazard.
The Attenuation and Scattering Signature of Fluid Reservoirs and Tectonic Interactions in the Central‐Southern Apennines (Italy) / D. Talone; L. De Siena; G. Lavecchia; R. de Nardis. - In: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS. - ISSN 0094-8276. - STAMPA. - 50:22(2023), pp. e2023GL106074.1-e2023GL106074.11. [10.1029/2023GL106074]
The Attenuation and Scattering Signature of Fluid Reservoirs and Tectonic Interactions in the Central‐Southern Apennines (Italy)
L. De Siena;
2023
Abstract
Despite the high detection level of the Italian seismic network and the risk associated with its fault networks, Central-Southern Italy has no unique geophysical model of the crust able to illuminate its complex tectonics. Here, we obtain seismic attenuation and scattering tomography models of this area; both reveal high attenuation and scattering anomalies characterizing the entire Apenninic Chain and related to its East- and West-dipping extensional Quaternary tectonic alignments. Fault-associated fractured zones become preferential ways for circulating and degassing high-attenuation CO2-bearing fluids. A previously undetected fluid source area is a high-attenuation volume below the Matese complex, while a similar smaller anomaly supports a fluid source near L'Aquila. The most prominent low attenuation and scattering volumes reveal a locked aseismic zone corresponding to the Fucino-Morrone-Porrara fault systems, representing a zone of significant seismic hazard.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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