The 1998-1999 Pollino (Southern Apennines, Italy) seismic crisis: tomography of a sequence

In 1998-1999 a seismic sequence occurred in the Southern Apennines, after the moderate size (mb=5.0) 9th September 1998 Pollino earthquake. It lasted about 14 months and was clearly localized to the sole north-west area of the main shock epicenter. Its peculiarity consisted in sudden changes of activity from a series of normal faults with Apenninic (NW-SE) trend and transfer, presumably strike slip, faults with Antiapenninic (NE-SW) and E-W trend. The complexity of the behavior and the different orientations of the activated systems suggest that the area acts as a hinge between the NW-SE trending Southern Apennines and the locally N-S trending Calabrian Arc

Scattering and absorption imaging of a highly fractured fluid-filled seismogenetic volume in a region of slow deformation

Regions of slow strain often produce swarm-like sequences, characterized by the lack of a clear mainshock-aftershock pattern. The comprehension of their underlying physical mechanisms is challenging and still debated. We used seismic recordings from the last Pollino swarm (2010–2014) and nearby to separate and map seismic scattering (from P peak-delays) and absorption (from late-time coda-wave attenuation) at different frequencies in the Pollino range and surroundings. High-scattering and high-absorption anomalies are markers of a fluid-filled fracture volume extending from SE to NW (1.5–6 Hz) across the range. With increasing frequency, these anomalies approximately cover the area where the strongest earthquakes occurred from the sixteenth century until 1998. In our interpretation, the NW fracture propagation ends where carbonates of the Lucanian Apennines begin, as marked by a high-scattering and low-absorption area. At the highest frequency (12 Hz) the anomalies widen southward in the middle of the range, consistently marking the faults active during the recent Pollino swarm. Our results suggest that fracture healing has closed small-scale fractures across the SE faults that were active in the past centuries, and that the propagation of fluids may have played a crucial role in triggering the 2010–2014 Pollino swarm. Assuming that the fluid propagation ended at the carbonates barrier in the NW direction, fractures opened new paths to the South, favoring the nucleation of the last Pollino swarm. Indeed, the recently active faults in the middle of the seismogenic volume are marked by a high-scattering and high-absorption footprints. Our work provides evidence that attenuation parameters may track shape and dynamics of fluid-filled fracture networks in fault areas. Keywords: Pollino, Seismic attenuation, Scattering, Fluids, Fractures, Healin

The MASSIMO system for the safeguarding of historic buildings in a seismic area: operationally-oriented platforms

In this paper, the non-invasive system MASSIMO is presented for the monitoring and the seismic vulnerability mitigation of the cultural heritage. It integrates ground-based, airborne and space-borne remote sensing tools with geophysical and in situ surveys to provide the multi-spatial (regional, urban and building scales) and multi-temporal (long-term, short-term, near-real-time and real-time scales) monitoring of test areas and buildings. The measurements are integrated through web-based GIS and 3D visual platforms to support decision-making stakeholders involved in urban planning and structural requalification. An application of this system is presented over the Calabria region for the town of Cosenza and a test historical complex

The Monitoring of Urban Environments and Built-Up Structures in a Seismic Area: Web-Based GIS Mapping and 3D Visualization Tools for the Assessment of the Urban Resources

In this paper, a non-invasive infrastructural system called MASSIMO is presented for the monitoring and the seismic vulnerability mitigation of cultural heritages. It integrates ground-based, airborne and space-borne remote sensing tools with geophysical and in situ surveys to provide a multi-spatial (regional, urban and building scales) and multi-temporal (longterm, short-term and near-real-time scales) monitoring of test areas and buildings. The measurements are integrated through web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) and 3-dimensional visual platforms to support decision-making stakeholders involved in urban and structural requalification planning. An application of this system is presented over the Calabria region for the town of Cosenza and a test historical complex.The present work is supported and funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) under the research project PON01-02710 "MASSIMO" - "Monitoraggio in Area Sismica di SIstemi MOnumentali".Published9-134T. Sismologia, geofisica e geologia per l'ingegneria sismicaN/A or not JC

Sea level changes and vertical motion of the land in the mediterranean at different time scales

Doctorate School of Science and Technique "Bernardino Telesio", Fisica dei Sistemi Complessi, Ciclo XXV, a.a. 2011-2012Università della Calabri

Remediaciòn de unsitio contaminado (Pertusola):modelaciòn del transporte subterraneo Y anàlisis de riesgo sanitario

Departamento de Física, Doctorado de Investigación en Física, Ciclo XXI a.a. 2008-2009This work applies deterministic and probabilistic methodology to the analysis of health risk of a contaminated site. The risks we have calculated are both cancerogenous and no-cancerogenous. The area we studied was formerly used for chemical industry, and is called “Pertusola South Crotone”. Due to its high concentrations of heavy metals it has been declared “area of national interest”. The receptors we have considered are adults, children and workers. As point where the target is exposed to the contamination we have taken the coast line. The contaminants that were considered are As, Cd y Zn. A mathematical model is utilized for the simulation of destination and transportation of contaminants from the point of origin of the contamination to that of exposition. The methodology of risk analysis is applied in direct and inverse way. The direct calculation allows the estimate of health risk to which the target is exposed in presence of a strong contamination. The inverse calculation makes possible to determine the maximum acceptable contamination of the target, compatible with an acceptable level of risk. The deterministic methodology has been used to calculate the RME and MLE values. The probabilistic one (based on Monte Carlo method) has been used to calculate the estimated average value, UCL 95%, UCL 99%. If the exposition rate RME is considered and deterministic and probabilistic results are compared, one obtains an overestimate of the risk in the case of the deterministic values. The probabilistic calculation allows to fulfil less conservative remediation objectives. This leads to a lower cost of the remediation work. From the uncertainty and sensitivity analysis one finds that toxicological factors contribute to the risk equation more than hydrogeological factors.Università della Calabri