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Earthquake impact on fissure-ridge type travertine deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2014

ANDREA BROGI  and
ENRICO CAPEZZUOLI
ANDREA BROGI*
Affiliation:
University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Department of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences, Via Orabona, 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
ENRICO CAPEZZUOLI
Affiliation:
University of Siena, Department of Physics, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Via Laterina, 8, 53100 Siena, Italy
*
†Author for correspondence: andrea.brogi@uniba.it
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Abstract

The role of travertine fissure-ridges in reconstructing tectonics and related earthquakes is a challenging issue of recent debate directed at delineating historical/prehistorical seismic records. Indeed, direct measurements on a travertine fissure-ridge immediately after a seismic event have never been previously performed. We describe the co- and post-seismic effects of a M = 3.6 earthquake on fluid flow and travertine deposition in a geothermal area of Tuscany (Italy). Direct observation allows us to demonstrate that thermal spring (re)activation is directly influenced by transient seismic waves, therefore providing a basis for reconstructing seismic events in the past.

Keywords

travertine fissure-ridgetransient seismic waveshydrothermal circulationactive tectonicspalaeoseismicity
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Rapid Communication
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Geological Magazine , Volume 151 , Issue 6 , November 2014 , pp. 1135 - 1143
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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