We provide a database of the coseismic geological surface effects following the Mw 6.5 Norcia ear... more We provide a database of the coseismic geological surface effects following the Mw 6.5 Norcia earthquake that hit central Italy on 30 October 2016. This was one of the strongest seismic events to occur in Europe in the past thirty years, causing complex surface ruptures over an area of >400 km. The database originated from the collaboration of several European teams (Open EMERGEO Working Group; about 130 researchers) coordinated by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia. The observations were collected by performing detailed field surveys in the epicentral region in order to describe the geometry and kinematics of surface faulting, and subsequently of landslides and other secondary coseismic effects. The resulting database consists of homogeneous georeferenced records identifying 7323 observation points, each of which contains 18 numeric and string fields of relevant information. This database will impact future earthquake studies focused on modelling of the seismic p...
Lakes play a key role in both natural ecosystems and human activities, being rare hotspots of bio... more Lakes play a key role in both natural ecosystems and human activities, being rare hotspots of biodiversity and providing essential ecosystem services. In recent decades, lake systems around the world have been affected by multiple stressors related to climate and human activity. The environmental crisis makes the implementation of simple and low-cost, easily applicable and reliable methodologies for the sustainable management of water resources an urgent and necessary need. In this paper, a simulation model based on the System Dynamics method and supported by a GIS-based spatial analysis is presented. Using hydro-meteorological and socio-economic public data from 1970 to 2019 and following the multi-step path of trial, error and redoing, the study provides an application of the water balance of a significative lake-aquifer system. The water resource of Lake Bracciano (Lazio, Italy) is an emblematic example of the current critical issues, playing a strategic role both in the survival...
Abstract A system for capturing thermal energy is planned for installation at the ENEA-Casaccia c... more Abstract A system for capturing thermal energy is planned for installation at the ENEA-Casaccia centre (Italy). Costs, primary energy requirements, pollutant emissions and seasonal electricity consumption were estimated. The configuration based on four boreholes of different depths and the sizing of the vertical loop (double-U) were performed according to the ASHRAE method. This pilot plant, the first under construction within an Italian research centre, is part of a long-term research project funded by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. The results of this research could be applied throughout the Italian Tyrrhenian Apennine margin, which is geologically characterised by highly conductive lithotypes.
In the original version of the Data Descriptor the surname of author Anne Socquet was misspelled.... more In the original version of the Data Descriptor the surname of author Anne Socquet was misspelled. This has now been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the Data Descriptor. Some authors were also not appropriately associated with their affiliations in the HTML version, due to formatting errors made by the publisher. This has now been corrected in the HTML version of the Data Descriptor, the affiliations in the PDF were correct from the time of publication.
Abstract The Geology of Machu Picchu area is characterised by granitoid bodies that had been empl... more Abstract The Geology of Machu Picchu area is characterised by granitoid bodies that had been emplaced in the axial zones of the main rift system. Deformation of the granite, caused by cooling and tectonic phases, originated 4 main joint sets, regularly spaced (few decimetres to metres). Several slope instability phenomena have been identified and classified according to mechanism, material involved and state of activity. They are mainly related to rock falls, debris flows, rock slides and debris slides. Origin of phenomena is ...
Since the Roman Age and until the last century, an intense quarry activity took place at Favignan... more Since the Roman Age and until the last century, an intense quarry activity took place at Favignana Island (Sicily, Italy) that significantly changed the morphology of the eastern part of the Island that is characterized by sea cliffs. This mining activity produced an extensive network of open air quarries, underground quarries and tunnels, locally named “Pirrere”, that are hosted into Pleistocene calcarenites. The sea cliffs of the eastern coast of Favignana Island were also influenced by the past mining activity and they are currently affected by diffused instabilities as proved by the wide block-size talus distributed all along the coast. A more detailed slope stability analysis was performed on a sea cliff located in the western sector of Cala Rossa Bay. To constrain such an analysis, engineering-geological field and remote surveys were carried out to reconstruct the geological setting as well as to characterize the mechanical properties of the rock mass. Finally a 3D model of th...
Favignana Island (Sicily, Italy) is a historical and environmental attraction site frequented by ... more Favignana Island (Sicily, Italy) is a historical and environmental attraction site frequented by tourists especially during the long warm season of the year. Over several centuries the sea cliffs constituted by calcareous sandstone cropping out in the east side of the island have been exploited for the production of building stone. Currently, the quarries used for the rock extraction as well as the natural cliffs are undergoing extensive erosional and gravitational processes. Besides putting at risk the safety of the people attending the area, the widespread rock falls are likely to threaten sites of great historical and anthropological value that, once destroyed, can no longer be reconstructed. The rock mass quality assessment and slope displacement monitoring of cliffs were carried on to identify the most unstable areas providing a support to the local authorities in the implementation of effective and sustainable mitigation measures. If adequate measures will be taken in future, ...
We provide a database of the coseismic geological surface effects following the Mw 6.5 Norcia ear... more We provide a database of the coseismic geological surface effects following the Mw 6.5 Norcia earthquake that hit central Italy on 30 October 2016. This was one of the strongest seismic events to occur in Europe in the past thirty years, causing complex surface ruptures over an area of >400 km. The database originated from the collaboration of several European teams (Open EMERGEO Working Group; about 130 researchers) coordinated by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia. The observations were collected by performing detailed field surveys in the epicentral region in order to describe the geometry and kinematics of surface faulting, and subsequently of landslides and other secondary coseismic effects. The resulting database consists of homogeneous georeferenced records identifying 7323 observation points, each of which contains 18 numeric and string fields of relevant information. This database will impact future earthquake studies focused on modelling of the seismic p...
Lakes play a key role in both natural ecosystems and human activities, being rare hotspots of bio... more Lakes play a key role in both natural ecosystems and human activities, being rare hotspots of biodiversity and providing essential ecosystem services. In recent decades, lake systems around the world have been affected by multiple stressors related to climate and human activity. The environmental crisis makes the implementation of simple and low-cost, easily applicable and reliable methodologies for the sustainable management of water resources an urgent and necessary need. In this paper, a simulation model based on the System Dynamics method and supported by a GIS-based spatial analysis is presented. Using hydro-meteorological and socio-economic public data from 1970 to 2019 and following the multi-step path of trial, error and redoing, the study provides an application of the water balance of a significative lake-aquifer system. The water resource of Lake Bracciano (Lazio, Italy) is an emblematic example of the current critical issues, playing a strategic role both in the survival...
Abstract A system for capturing thermal energy is planned for installation at the ENEA-Casaccia c... more Abstract A system for capturing thermal energy is planned for installation at the ENEA-Casaccia centre (Italy). Costs, primary energy requirements, pollutant emissions and seasonal electricity consumption were estimated. The configuration based on four boreholes of different depths and the sizing of the vertical loop (double-U) were performed according to the ASHRAE method. This pilot plant, the first under construction within an Italian research centre, is part of a long-term research project funded by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. The results of this research could be applied throughout the Italian Tyrrhenian Apennine margin, which is geologically characterised by highly conductive lithotypes.
In the original version of the Data Descriptor the surname of author Anne Socquet was misspelled.... more In the original version of the Data Descriptor the surname of author Anne Socquet was misspelled. This has now been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the Data Descriptor. Some authors were also not appropriately associated with their affiliations in the HTML version, due to formatting errors made by the publisher. This has now been corrected in the HTML version of the Data Descriptor, the affiliations in the PDF were correct from the time of publication.
Abstract The Geology of Machu Picchu area is characterised by granitoid bodies that had been empl... more Abstract The Geology of Machu Picchu area is characterised by granitoid bodies that had been emplaced in the axial zones of the main rift system. Deformation of the granite, caused by cooling and tectonic phases, originated 4 main joint sets, regularly spaced (few decimetres to metres). Several slope instability phenomena have been identified and classified according to mechanism, material involved and state of activity. They are mainly related to rock falls, debris flows, rock slides and debris slides. Origin of phenomena is ...
Since the Roman Age and until the last century, an intense quarry activity took place at Favignan... more Since the Roman Age and until the last century, an intense quarry activity took place at Favignana Island (Sicily, Italy) that significantly changed the morphology of the eastern part of the Island that is characterized by sea cliffs. This mining activity produced an extensive network of open air quarries, underground quarries and tunnels, locally named “Pirrere”, that are hosted into Pleistocene calcarenites. The sea cliffs of the eastern coast of Favignana Island were also influenced by the past mining activity and they are currently affected by diffused instabilities as proved by the wide block-size talus distributed all along the coast. A more detailed slope stability analysis was performed on a sea cliff located in the western sector of Cala Rossa Bay. To constrain such an analysis, engineering-geological field and remote surveys were carried out to reconstruct the geological setting as well as to characterize the mechanical properties of the rock mass. Finally a 3D model of th...
Favignana Island (Sicily, Italy) is a historical and environmental attraction site frequented by ... more Favignana Island (Sicily, Italy) is a historical and environmental attraction site frequented by tourists especially during the long warm season of the year. Over several centuries the sea cliffs constituted by calcareous sandstone cropping out in the east side of the island have been exploited for the production of building stone. Currently, the quarries used for the rock extraction as well as the natural cliffs are undergoing extensive erosional and gravitational processes. Besides putting at risk the safety of the people attending the area, the widespread rock falls are likely to threaten sites of great historical and anthropological value that, once destroyed, can no longer be reconstructed. The rock mass quality assessment and slope displacement monitoring of cliffs were carried on to identify the most unstable areas providing a support to the local authorities in the implementation of effective and sustainable mitigation measures. If adequate measures will be taken in future, ...
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