"The present paper illustrates the results of an integrated. study of a large landslide located on the southern slope of Mount la Civita (Molise, Southern Apennine), an E–W elongated, SSE dipping and 890-m-high monocline arbonate ridge. The upper part of the. slope affected by the landslide is largely ontrolled by strata attitude. while its basal part ismarked by a strike–slip fault causing the tectonic juxtaposition of the carbonate successions against predominantly clayey flysch units. An integrated study, including geological, geomorphological and geotechnical investigations, was carried out to determine. the features of the landslide and to plan further investigation and monitoring. In particular, from 2002 to 2004, Differential Global. Positioning System monitoring and core drillings, coupled with inclinometermeasurements,. were carried out to determine the landslide’s kinematics, extent, depth to the surface of rupture and rates of movement. Inclinometer data revealed the presence of the rupture surface at a depth of about 20m. DGPS monitoring allowed rates of movement up to several tens of centimetres per year to be recorded. The nearby village of Civitanova del Sannio can still be considered at risk due to the landslide, as recent remedial works, onsisting mainly of very shallow re-shaping of the slope by blasting and partial filling of trenches, did not succeed in stopping its movement."
A deep, stratigraphically and structurally controlled landslide: the case of Mount la Civita (Molise, Italy).
ROSSKOPF, Carmen Maria
2013-01-01
Abstract
"The present paper illustrates the results of an integrated. study of a large landslide located on the southern slope of Mount la Civita (Molise, Southern Apennine), an E–W elongated, SSE dipping and 890-m-high monocline arbonate ridge. The upper part of the. slope affected by the landslide is largely ontrolled by strata attitude. while its basal part ismarked by a strike–slip fault causing the tectonic juxtaposition of the carbonate successions against predominantly clayey flysch units. An integrated study, including geological, geomorphological and geotechnical investigations, was carried out to determine. the features of the landslide and to plan further investigation and monitoring. In particular, from 2002 to 2004, Differential Global. Positioning System monitoring and core drillings, coupled with inclinometermeasurements,. were carried out to determine the landslide’s kinematics, extent, depth to the surface of rupture and rates of movement. Inclinometer data revealed the presence of the rupture surface at a depth of about 20m. DGPS monitoring allowed rates of movement up to several tens of centimetres per year to be recorded. The nearby village of Civitanova del Sannio can still be considered at risk due to the landslide, as recent remedial works, onsisting mainly of very shallow re-shaping of the slope by blasting and partial filling of trenches, did not succeed in stopping its movement."I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
