Imposa, S. and Barone, F. and Chiavetta, F. and Coco, G. and Corrao, M. and Chisari, D. (2007) A preliminary study of the subsoil of the Roman Amphitheatre of Catania (Sicily) through integrated geophysical and stratigraphic data. Il nuovo cimento C, 30 (6). pp. 577-586. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
To reconstruct the stratigraphy of the subsoil and the geometry of the lava deposits beneath the Roman Amphitheatre located within the city of Catania (Sicily) we performed non-invasive geophysical prospections (seismic and electric tomography). In urbanized contexts this kind of surveys represents the best support to following more specific studies aimed at the conservation of monuments. Seismic tomography allowed us to reconstruct seismostratigraphic sections by imaging the distribution of seismic waves velocity in the internal ambulatory wall and its substrate and outside the Amphitheatre. Electric tomography allowed us to image the resistivity distribution outside the Amphitheatre and to locate anomalies related to the possible presence of cavities, water table and waste waters. The stratigraphic data obtained from mechanical drillings carried out in the study area were used to calibrate the information obtained from the geophysical surveys.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Europe ; Computational methods and data processing, data acquisition and storage ; Seismic methods |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 550 Scienze della Terra > 551 Geologia, Idrologia, Meteorologia |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2020 19:36 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2020 19:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16312 |
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