Evidence of surface faulting in the archaeological site of Santa Venera al Pozzo (Catania-Eastern Sicily): first results from geological and geophysical investigations |
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| Carla Bottari, Patrizia Capizzi, Danilo Cavallaro, Mauro Coltelli, Antonino D'Alessandro, Luigi Lodato, Raffaele Martorana, Antonino Pisciotta, Salvatore Scudero |
- Abstract:
- We present the first results of a preliminary geological and geophysical survey carried out in the archaeological site of Santa Venera al Pozzo (Catania, Italy). The site dates back to the Roman Age, (1st century BC). Geological surveys highlighted a set of remarkable fractures affecting some archeological remains, suggesting the occurrence of a capable fault zone through the area. Multidisciplinary geophysical surveys (seismic refraction and electrical resistivity tomographies, together with aerial photographic and thermographic survey) identified a main tectonic discontinuity ascribable to the fault zone, allowing us to infer that the fractures observed at surface could be the evidence of coseismic ruptures.
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- Event details
- IMEKO TC:
- TC4
- Event name:
- TC4 MetroArchaeo 2017
- Title:
IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
- Place:
- Lecce, ITALY
- Time:
- 23 October 2017 - 25 October 2017