Anatomy of an Orogen

Preface. List of contributors. 1. Geomorphologic setting G.B. Vai, I.P. Martini. 2. Summaries of the contributions and few considerations; G.B. Vai, I.P. Martini. 3. Structure and stratigraphy: an overview; G.B. Vai. 4. Deep structure from seismic tomography; A. Amato, G.B. Cimini. 5. Deep seismic transects; R. Nicolich. 6. Magnetic and gravity analysis of Italy; E. Cassano, et al. 7. Deep temperatures and surface heat flow distribution; B.D. Vedova, et al. 8. Magmatism from Mesozoic to Present: petrogenesis, time-space distribution and geodynamic implications; G. Serri, et al. 9. Volcanism in the Southern Apennines and Sicily; B. Behncke. 10. Basement and early (pre-Alpine) history; G.B. Vai. 11. Ophiolites, Ligurides and the tectonic evolution from spreading to convergence of a Mesozoic Western Tethys segment; V. Bortolotti, et al. 12. Disrupted and chaotic rock units; D.S. Cowan, A. Pini. 13. Alps - Apennines and Po Plain - frontal Apennines relationships; A. Castellarin. 14. Inner Northern Apennines; L. Carmignani, et al. 15. Outer Northern Apennines; M. Barchi, et al. 16. The Apenninic-Maghrebian orogen in southern Italy, Sicily and adjacent areas; M. Grasso. 17. Calabria-Peloritani terrane and northern Ionian Sea; G. Bonardi, et al. 18. Mesozoic-Tertiary carbonate platforms, slopes and basins of the external Apennines and Sicily; D. Bernoulli. 19. Tertiary silicoclastic turbidite systems of the Northern Apennines; A. Argnani, F.R. Lucchi. 20. Fluid venting and associated processes; M. Taviani. 21. Corsica-Sardinia block and the Tyrrhenian Sea; R. Sartori. 22. Neogene-Quaternary basins of the inner Apennines and Calabrian arc, Italy; I.P. Martini, et al. 23. Late thrust propagation and sedimentary response in the thrust belt-foredeep system of the Southern Apennines (Pliocene-Pleistocene); E. Patacca, P. Scandone. 24. Structural styles inferred by seismic profiles; S. Merlini, G. Cippitelli. 25. Late-Pleistocene and Holocene deposition along the coasts and continental shelves of the Italian peninsula; P. Tortora, et al. 26. Volcanic hazard; F. Barberi, M.L. Carapezza. 27. Seismogenic faulting, moment release patterns and seismic hazard along the central and southern Apennines and the Calabrian arc; G. Valensise, D. Pantosti. 28. Geo-hydrological hazard; P. Canuti, et al. 29. Italian petroleum geology; M. Pieri. References. General Index. List of Color maps.