Abstract
The Italian Peninsula and Sicily along the Apenninic range form an oroclinal structure E-verging in the peninsular part, SE-verging in Calabria and S-verging in Sicily. Inside of this macrostructure, three major zones can be recognized:
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a foreland, located in the Adriatic Sea, Gargano, outer Apulian platform (Mostardini and Merlini, 1988), Sicily Channel area and the Trapanese—Saccense—Hyblean plateau,
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a range, characterized by two main arcs, the Northern Apenninic arc and the Southern Apenninic arc, separated by tectonic lines as the Ancona—Anzio and the Roccamonfina—Ortona, representing the surface evidence of crustal discontinuities (Locardi, 1982),
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a hinterland, dominated by the extensional structures generated by the Tyrrhenian Sea opening.
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Merlini, S., Cippitelli, G. (2001). Structural styles inferred by seismic profiles. In: Vai, G.B., Martini, I.P. (eds) Anatomy of an Orogen: the Apennines and Adjacent Mediterranean Basins. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9829-3_24
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