Reply to comment on "A stratigraphic and geophysical approach to studying the deep-circulating groundwater and thermal springs, and their recharge areas, in Cimini Mountains-Viterbo area, central Italy": Paper published in Hydrogeology Journal (2010) 18:1319-1341, by Ugo Chiocchini, Fabio Castaldi, Maurizio Barbieri, Valeria Eulilli

The hydrogeological setting of Cimini Mountains–Viterbo area has been described previously by Piscopo et al.(2006) using a very weak stratigraphic and structuraldescription consisting of only one hydrogeological crosssection (Fig. 9 of Piscopo et al.2006). Furthermore, the keyformation, Tolfa Flysch, characterized by low permeabilitythroughout its entire rock mass and capping the carbonateaquifer hosting thermal waters, is considered at places anaquiclude (as defined in Piscopo et al.2006) and at places anaquitard, although it is proved that it cannot transfersignificant amounts of water. Thus, the hydrogeologicalmodel of Piscopo et al. (2006) is to be considered unrealistic. Reply to comment on "A stratigraphic and geophysical approach to studying the deep-circulating groundwater and thermal springs, and their recharge areas, in Cimini Mountains-Viterbo area, central Italy": Paper published in Hydrogeology Journal (2010) 18:1319-1341, by Ugo Chiocchini, Fabio Castaldi, Maurizio Barbieri, Valeria Eulilli. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226721343_Reply_to_comment_on_A_stratigraphic_and_geophysical_approach_to_studying_the_deep-circulating_groundwater_and_thermal_springs_and_their_recharge_areas_in_Cimini_Mountains-Viterbo_area_central_Italy_Pa [accessed Nov 10, 2016]

Geoarchaelogical study of the Roman Pietra Dell’Oglio bridge at the service of the Old Appian Way, Campania, Southern Italy

The Pietra dell’Oglio bridge is the only Roman infrastructure that crosses the Ofanto River between Mirabella Eclano (Aeclanum in Campania) and Venosa (Venusia in Basilicata), just near the border between Campania and Basilicata. The bridge was built on a substrate consisting of the stable middle Miocene Cerreta-Bosco di Pietra Palomba Sandstone (ACP) and where the Ofanto River valley is narrower. The current state of the bridge shows that 18 architectural and structural elements are original, 12 were restored, 1 was modified, 4 were reconstructed, and 4 were added in the last century. The original architectural and structural elements (ASEs) are built by the technique of opus quadratum and opus incertum using the pebbles of the Ofanto River and ashlars of phytoclastic travertine and ACP Sandstone cemented by very hard mortar. The opus incertum technique and its use for many bridges in Italy and France suggest that the Pietra dell’Oglio bridge was built between the II and I century BC at the service of a very important public road. The present research is allowed to identify the Pietra dell’Oglio bridge with the Pons Aufidi related to the old Appian Way layout between Mirabella Eclano and Venosa and contributes to improving the knowledge of Roman bridge engineering, particularly in Campania

Note Illustrative della Carta Geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:50.000 F. 345 Viterbo. Servizio Geologico d'Italia - ISPRA

Note illustrative redatte per il Foglio geologico n. 245 Viterbo della Carta Geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:50.000. 273 pp

Space/time tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Umbria-Romagna-Marche Miocene Basin (Northern Apennines, Italy): a foredeep model.

The space/time evolution of the Umbria-Romagna-Marche domains of the northern Apennine Miocene foredeep is proposed. In this period, the turbidite siliciclastic sedimentation is represented mainly by the Miocene Marnoso-Arenacea Formation, which generally ends with mainly marly deposits. From the internal Apennine sectors (Umbria-Romagna domain) to the external Adriatic Margin (Marche domain) the siliciclastic succession overlies hemipelagic marly deposits (Schlier Formation). The whole depositional area can be considered as a single wide basin with depocenter or main sedimentation areas progressively migrating eastwards. This basin is characterized by some morphological highs which did not constitute real dams for the sedimentary flow(turbidity currents). Multiple feeding (arkose, litharenites, calcarenites) from different sources is related to palaeogeographical and palaeotectonic reorganization of the most internal, previously deformed, Apennine areas. The activation of the foredeep stage is marked by the beginning of the siliciclastic sedimentation (Late Burdigalian in the most internal sector). This sedimentation ends in the most external sector in the Early Messinian, pointing to a depositional cycle of about 9–10 Ma. The diachronism of the base of the siliciclastic deposition proves to be almost 5 Ma. The syn-depositional compressional deformation, which shows a marked diachronism, affected the internal area of the foredeep in the Early-Middle Serravallian, and progressively migrated up to Late Miocene, involving more and more external sectors. The deformed siliciclastic sedimentary wedge constitutes an orogenic pile incorporated in the Apennine Chain, represented by different tectonic elements superimposed by means of NE-vergent thrusts. The main stratigraphic and tectonic events of the Toscana-Romagna-Marche Apennines are presented in a general framework,resulting also in a terminological revision