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Natural SciencesEarth SciencesGeophysicsSeismologyStructural GeologyTectonicsActive TectonicsBasin EvolutionFault Zone SeismologyFault Zone StructureRegional TectonicsSeismicity PatternsActive Fault IdentificationActive Fault ImagingEarthquake TectonicsExtensional TectonicsInterseismic DeformationLocal Earthquake Focal MechanismsNormal-fault Radiation PatternsRegional Geology
This paper presents the interpretation of a set of seismic reflection profiles, crossing the Auletta, Diano and Agri basins, in the axial zone of the Southern Apennines. Seismic data reveal that the genesis and evolution of the investigated basins have been controlled possibly since Late Pliocene by a system of NW-SE trending, normal faults, bordering the basins, related to SW-NE extension, still active in this region, as indicated by seismological (earthquake focal mechanisms), geological (stress indicators, active fault patterns) and geodetic data.