Main physiographic domains of the Abruzzo region
Tectonic-geomorphological map of the middle Aterno River valley (Abruzzo, Central Italy)
Normalized steepness index (Ksn) of the Aterno drainage network
Orography of the Aterno drainage basin and surrounding basins
Drainage network ordering and azimuth distribution
Study area
a
Study area A
L’AQUILA
PAGANICA o
Study area
R no
Scale 1:40,000
S. DEMETRIO CASTELNUOVO
Study area
e
CIVITARETENGA
B
Antonio Santo(1), Alessandra Ascione(2), Giuseppe Di Crescenzo(1), Enrico Miccadei(3), Tommaso Piacentini(3), Ettore Valente(2)
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kilometers
675
A
20
Aterno River long profile (in the study area)
B
elevation (m)
650
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kilometers
40
0
(1)Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering - DICEA University of Naples Federico II - Piazzale Tecchio a Fuorigrotta, 80125 Napoli, Italy - email:
[email protected] (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Georesources - DiSTAR University of Naples Federico II - Largo S. Marcellino 10, 80138 Napoli, Italy - email:
[email protected] (3) Laboratory of Tectonic Geomorphology and GIS – Department of Engineering and Geology - INGEO “G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara - Via dei Vestini 30, 66100 Chieti, Italy - email:
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kilometers
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distance (km)
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kilometers kilometers
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36
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B’ A Coppito
Paganica C’
L’Aquila Mt. Bazzano
S. Stefano di Sessanio Bazzano
Scheme of surface and subsurface geological and geophysical data Roio Piano
Ate
rno
S. Gregorio
Onna
R. Monticchio
B
L’Aquila
Paganica Bazzano
Ate
rno
R.
Barisciano
Onna
Castelnuovo Fossa
S. Demetrio
Legend San Demetrio nè Vestini Lithology
III order
Quaternary continental deposits
Civitaretenga
Karst landforms
Fluvial landforms II order
I order
Tectono-karst plain:
Fluvial terrace:
(Postorogenic succession)
Arenaceous-pelitic bedrock
III generation II generation
I generation
Dissected tectono-karst plain:
(Synorogenic succession)
Alluvial fan:
Calcareous bedrock (Preorogenic succession)
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kilometers
10
Structural landforms
Alluvial scarp:
Knickpoint:
Hanging valley:
recent or historical alluvial Sinkhole: affecting the Quaternary
Saddle:
Gorge:
Rectilinear scarp:
Beheaded valley:
Doline field:
Windgap:
Doline:
affecting the bedrock
Quaternary continental deposits thickness from geophysical data A’
Fault scarp: Fault escarpment:
B’
Complex landforms
River bend:
Cutting the bedrock
Alluvial plain:
A
700 m
Dip slope:
Paganica
L’Aquila
C’ Triangular facets:
Bazzano Ate
rno
Onna
Subsequent valley:
Barisciano
R.
B
Lacustrine landforms
800 m
Paleo-lacustrine depositional surface:
900 m
700 m
C
Paleosurface:
860 m
1000 m
A
Cross-section:
1100 m
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1200 m
Contour line:
100
5
kilometers
equidistance 100 m
1300 m
Drainage network:
UTM Projection, Zone 33N, WGS 1984
>1400 m
Main roads:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Topographic data are provided by Struttura Speciale di Supporto Sistema Informativo Regionale of Abruzzo Region (http://www.regione.abruzzo.it/xcartografia/)
Castelnuovo S. Demetrio
Civitaretenga
800 m
Other symbols
Back tilted valley:
Erosional-depositional associated with Quaternary deposits
A
A’
SSW
NNE
B
B’ C
SW
NE
Tectonic geomorphological profiles
C’
300 - 350 350 - 400
1.600
1.600
50 - 100
400 - 450
100 - 150
450 - 500
150 - 200
500 - 550
200 - 250
550 - 600
250 - 300
600 - 650
Aterno River
1.400
Civitaretenga C 0
kilometers
10
Mt. Pettino
Mt. Pago Martino
Formaliscia Valley
SW
Altopiano delle Rocche
1.600
Pianola
1.400
L’Aquila
Aterno River
Aterno River
Grotte di Stiffe
[San Demetrio ne' Vestini]
Colle Cicogna
Colle Sinizzo
[Barisciano] [M.Camarda]
Selva di S.Stefano
Mt. Cofanello
NE
Mt. Cappellone
1.600
1.400
1.400
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
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m a.s.l.
m a.s.l.
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Legend
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Talus deposits, calcareous breccias, colluvial deposits and soils (Holocene)
3000
4000
5000
Alluvial fan gravel deposits (Upper Pleistocene - Holocene)
6000
0
Fluvial silt and clay with calcareous gravel layers (Upper Pleistocene - Holocene)
1000
2000
Calcareous gravel and breccia with sandy matrix (Upper Pleistocene - Holocene)
3000
4000
5000
Alluvial sand and silt deposits (Upper Pleistocene)
6000
0
0
Calcareous breccia (Upper Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene)
1000
2000
Silt with calcareous gravel (Upper Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene)
3000
4000
Lacustrine silt and clay (Upper Pliocene - Lower Pleistocene)
5000
6000
7000
Lacustrine silty-clay deposits with sand and lignite (Upper Pliocene)
8000 Calcareous breccia (Upper Pliocene)
9000
10.000
11.000
Pelitic-arenaceous bedrock (Upper Miocene - Lower Pliocene)
12.000 Calcareous bedrock (Jurassic - Miocene)
13.000
14.000 Top of the calcareous bedrock (from geophisical investigation)
15.000
16.000 Fault (dashed if inferred)
17.000
0
Borehole
