Journal of Maps (Dec 2024)
Geohazard features of the north-western Sicily and Pantelleria
- Attilio Sulli,
- Marilena Calarco,
- Mauro Agate,
- Ludovico Albano,
- Alessandro Bosman,
- Giuseppe Di Grigoli,
- Francesco Gargano,
- Valeria Lo Presti,
- Eleonora Martorelli,
- Valentina Pennino,
- Andrea Sposato,
- Elisabetta Zizzo,
- Giusy Anzelmo,
- Alessandro Bonfardeci,
- Daniele Casalbore,
- Gaspare Ciaccio,
- Aida Maria Conte,
- Michela Ingrassia,
- Sara Innangi,
- Francesco Interbartolo,
- Erika Lai,
- Claudio Lo Iacono,
- Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli,
- Carlo Luzzu,
- Paolo Emanuele Orrù,
- Fabrizio Pepe,
- Martina Pierdomenico,
- Claudia Romagnoli,
- Daniele Spatola,
- Francesco Latino Chiocci
Affiliations
- Attilio Sulli
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Marilena Calarco
- RINA Consulting S.p.A., Genova, Italy
- Mauro Agate
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Ludovico Albano
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Alessandro Bosman
- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geo-Engineering, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- Giuseppe Di Grigoli
- GBT Offshore, Palermo, Italy
- Francesco Gargano
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Valeria Lo Presti
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Eleonora Martorelli
- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geo-Engineering, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- Valentina Pennino
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Andrea Sposato
- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geo-Engineering, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- Elisabetta Zizzo
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Giusy Anzelmo
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Alessandro Bonfardeci
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Daniele Casalbore
- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geo-Engineering, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- Gaspare Ciaccio
- GBT Offshore, Palermo, Italy
- Aida Maria Conte
- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geo-Engineering, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- Michela Ingrassia
- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geo-Engineering, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- Sara Innangi
- Istituto di Scienze Marine, ISMAR, National Research Council, Calata Porta di Massa, Napoli, Italy
- Francesco Interbartolo
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Erika Lai
- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geo-Engineering, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- Claudio Lo Iacono
- Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Carlo Luzzu
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Paolo Emanuele Orrù
- Department of Earth Sciences, Cagliari University, Rome, Italy
- Fabrizio Pepe
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Martina Pierdomenico
- Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impact and Sustainability in the Marine Environment, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- Claudia Romagnoli
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Daniele Spatola
- Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
- Francesco Latino Chiocci
- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geo-Engineering, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2342931
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 20,
no. 1
Abstract
ABSTRACTWe present maps of geohazard features identified across north-western Sicily and Pantelleria in the framework of the Magic project (MArine Geohazard along Italian Coasts), which involved Italian marine geological researchers in 2007-2013. These seafloor features were recognized using high-resolution bathymetry data and rely on the morphological expression of the seafloor and shallow sub-surface processes. The north-western Sicily is a complex continental margin, affected by morphodynamic, depositional, and tectonic processes. The Egadi offshore is controlled by fault escarpments and alternating retreating and progradational processes. Ustica and Pantelleria submerged edifices show the effect of volcanic activity. The Ustica seafloor is interested in volcanic, tectonic, and gravitational instability processes, while the Pantelleria offshore underwent erosive-depositional processes and the effect of bottom currents. Two levels of interpretation are represented: the physiographic domain at a scale of 1:250.000 and the morphological units and morpho-bathymetric elements at a 1:100.000 scale.
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