LATE QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND MORPHOEVOLUTION OF THE VOLTURNO COASTAL PLAIN, SOUTHERN ITALY

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Published: May 21, 2018
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Well log correlation, Late Quaternary evolution, Volturno coastal plain, southern Italy

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Giuseppe Corrado
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Parthenope University, Naploli, Italy
Sabrina Amodio
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Parthenope University, Naploli, Italy
Pietro P.C. Aucelli
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Parthenope University, Naploli, Italy
Pietro Incontri
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Parthenope University, Naploli, Italy
Gerardo Pappone
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Parthenope University, Naploli, Italy
Marcello Schiattarella
Dipartimento delle Culture Europee e del Mediterraneo (DiCEM), Basilicata University, Matera, Italy

Abstract

The Volturno alluvial-coastal plain is a relevant feature of the Tyrrhenian side of southern Italy. Its plan-view squared shape is due to Pliocene-Quaternary block-faulting of the western flank of the chain. The Quaternary infill of the Volturno plain has been here studied by means of well data. An asymmetrical shape of its ancient morphology – with a steeper slope toward the north-west border – and the lack of coincidence between the present course of the Volturno River and the main buried bedrock incision are significant achievements of this study. Landforms analysis completed the frame of the recent evolution of the plain.

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Corrado, Giuseppe, Sabrina Amodio, Pietro P.C. Aucelli, Pietro Incontri, Gerardo Pappone, and Marcello Schiattarella , trans. 2018. “LATE QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND MORPHOEVOLUTION OF THE VOLTURNO COASTAL PLAIN, SOUTHERN ITALY”. Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 31 (May): 23-26. https://amq.aiqua.it/index.php/amq/article/view/180.
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Vol. 31 (2018): "Quaternary: Past, Present, Future - AIQUA Conference 2018"
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