New seismo-stratigraphic data of the Volturno Basin (northern Campania, Tyrrhenian margin, southern Italy): implications for tectono-stratigraphy of the Campania and Latium sedimentary basins

Aiello, Gemma and Cicchella, Anna Giuseppa and Di Fiore, Vincenzo and Marsella, Ennio (2011) New seismo-stratigraphic data of the Volturno Basin (northern Campania, Tyrrhenian margin, southern Italy): implications for tectono-stratigraphy of the Campania and Latium sedimentary basins. Annals of geophysics, 54 (3). pp. 265-283. ISSN 2037-416X

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Abstract

A geological section of the Volturno Basin (northern Campania, continental margin, Italy) has been constructed based on new multichannel seismic data, to show the stratigraphic relationships between the filling in the Quaternary basin and the Meso-Cenozoic acoustic basement. The new seismic sections presented here outline the underlying structures of the basin and their relationships to the filling in the Quaternary basin. Deep exploration wells in Campania and Latium on the Tyrrhenian margin have gathered litho-stratigraphic and commercial multi-channel seismic data that can be used for better integration of the geological data for the area under study. The trending of the seismic units is controlled by the Massico Structural High, which forms the boundary of the Volturno Basin towards the north-west. This produces a geometry that is characteristic of a fan complex, with NE-SW trending. This qualitative calibration of the seismic sequences that fill the sedimentary basin was carried out through the litho-stratigraphic data of the «Castelvolturno 2» well, which highlights the pyroclastic layers and conglomeratic strata of the lagoon and delta environments as they evolve upwards towards marine sediments. Seismo-stratigraphic analysis shows the complex depositional geometries of the filling in the Volturno Basin, which overlie the Meso-Cenozoic carbonatic basement and the related flysch deposits. Coupled with regional geological evidence, the data interpretation here suggests that the Volturno Basin represents a half-graben structure that is characterized by down-thrown blocks along normal faults.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Northern Campania continental margin, Volturno Basin, Seismic stratigraphy, Multi-channel seismics, Depositional geometries.
Subjects:	500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 550 Scienze della Terra > 551 Geologia, Idrologia, Meteorologia > 551.2 Vulcani, terremoti, acque termali e gas > 551.22 Terremoti (Classificare qui la Sismologia) (Classificare le onde di maremoto in 551.463) 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 550 Scienze della Terra > 551 Geologia, Idrologia, Meteorologia > 551.7 Geologia storica (Classificare qui la Paleogeografia, la Stratigrafia)
Depositing User:	Tania Marcelli
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2012 14:29
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2012 14:29
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/3836

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