Publication Date:
2022-04-29
Description:
Moulin and Benedetti (2018), https://doi.org/10.1029/2018tc00495810.1029/2018tc004958
present a new interpretation of the Neogene-Quaternary tectonic evolution of the Eastern Southern Alps
(ESA) in Friuli. After the reinterpretation of literature field data by means of remote sensing analysis
(Digital Elevation Model interpretation), they calculated deformation rates of the tectonic structures
through age interpretation of geomorphological surfaces of the Veneto-Friuli piedmont plain. The authors
linked the result of surface analysis to the thrust and fold architecture of the ESA basing on the Castellarin
et al. (2006), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2005.10.013 interpretation of TRANSALP project and the
Friuli geological map at the scale 1:150,000 (Carulli, 2006). Discussing their new architecture of the ESA,
the Authors finally yielded rates of Europe-Adria plates convergence and suggest fragmentation of Adria
over the last 1–2 Ma. The present comment is aimed at discussing several critical points concerning: the
use of the geomorphological and chronological data; the misinterpretation of the Digital Terrain Model;
the reconstruction of the balanced geological cross section. Moreover, the application of a structural
model defined in a certain area to another without considering peculiar structural complexities available
in the literature results is geologically and methodologically questionable.
Description:
Published
Description:
e2019TC005696
Description:
2T. Deformazione crostale attiva
Description:
JCR Journal
Keywords:
Comment
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active tectonics
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NE Italy
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Eastern Southern Alps
;
Geodynamics
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04.07. Tectonophysics
;
04.04. Geology
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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