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Cristina Accotto

Bio: Cristina Accotto is an academic researcher from University of Turin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thrust fault & Geologic map. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 16 citations.

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TL;DR: The map of the Aventino River Valley, at 1:25,000 scale, provides original mapping of the outermost sector of Central Apennines in the Abruzzi region as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The Apenninic fold-and-thrust belt in Italy represents one of several interconnected circum-Mediterranean orogens developed after the Late Cretaceous – early Cenozoic closure of Tethys and convergence between the European and African plates. The Geological Map of the Aventino River Valley, at 1:25,000 scale, provides original mapping of the outermost sector of Central Apennines in the Abruzzi region. Focusing on detailed mapping of the crosscutting relationships between the main regional thrust faults and tectonically driven stratigraphic unconformities, the map describes the complex structural and stratigraphic relationships between the Outer Abruzzi units (i.e. Porrara Unit), Apulia – Adriatic deformed units (i.e. Majella and Casoli Units), and the allochthonous Molise and Sicilide units. These tectono-stratigraphic relationships result from four main tectonic stages that occurred sequentially over a short time interval from late Messinian to early Pliocene.

18 citations


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TL;DR: This work developed a new client–server web-mapping application, antmaps.org, to visualize and interact with the geographic distributions of all 15,050 ant species and aggregate patterns of their diversity and biogeography.

207 citations

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TL;DR: A comparative analysis of the occurrences and internal structures of these sedimentary melanges at a global scale with a focus on the Circum-Mediterranean, Appalachian and Circum Pacific regions is presented in this paper.

127 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comprehensive overview and synthesis of a diverse set of field-based stratigraphic and structural criteria to differentiate between various melange types, developed by disparate geological processes and mechanisms.

98 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated damage zones of different fault types in siliciclastics (Utah, USA), carbonates (Majella Mountain, Italy) and metamorphic rocks (western Norway).
Abstract: Abstract Damage zones of different fault types are investigated in siliciclastics (Utah, USA), carbonates (Majella Mountain, Italy) and metamorphic rocks (western Norway). The study was conducted taking measurements of deformation features such as fractures and deformation bands on multiple 1D scanlines along fault walls. The resulting datasets are used to plot the frequency distribution of deformation features and to constrain the geometrical width of the damage zone for the studied faults. The damage-zone width of a single fault is constrained by identifying the changes in the slope of cumulative plots made on the frequency data. The cumulative plot further shows high deformation frequency by a steep slope (inner damage zone) and less deformation as a gentle slope (outer damage zone). Statistical distributions of displacement and damage-zone width and their relationship are improved, and show two-slope power-law distributions with a break point at c. 100 m displacement. Bleached sandstones in the studied siliciclastic rocks of Utah are associated with a higher frequency of deformation bands and a wider damage zone compared to the unbleached zone of similar lithology. Fault damage zones in the carbonate rocks of Majella are often host to open fractures (karst), demonstrating that they can also be conductive to fluid flow.

46 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used distributed snowpack simulations that were corrected throughout the snow season using snow depth distributions measured using a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS), which enabled them to obtain a more realistic view of the small scale spatial evolution of the mass and depth of the snowpack.

38 citations