The Apennines: Tectonics, Sedimentation, and Magmatism from the Palaeozoic to the Present

• Other Authors: Liotta, Domenico (Editor), Molli, Giancarlo (Editor), Cipriani, Angelo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning; southern Apennines; out-of-sequence thrust; wedge-top basin; electrical resistivity tomography; strain partitioning; shear zone; quartzo-feldspathic rocks; serpentinite; Elba Island; tectonic window; seep-carbonates; cold seepage; Miocene; northern Apennines; accretionary wedge; geochronology; karst; magnetostratigraphy; Corchia Cave; Alpi Apuane; Risanguigno Formation; Carboniferous; southern Tuscany; Monticiano-Roccastrada Unit; Tuscan Palaeozoic; palynology; Umbria pre-Apennines; foreland basin systems evolution; timing of contractional tectonics; biostratigraphic constraints to foredeep deposition; magmatism; extensional tectonics; contact metamorphism; Gavorrano pluton; palynomorphs; Albidona Formation; biostratigraphy; liguride units; Agri Valley; Apennines; fold-and-thrust belt; burial and tectonic history; fractures; stylolites; fluid flow; clumped isotope thermometry; paleopiezometry; active faults; earthquakes; inner northwest Apennines; current deformation; satellite geodesy; fluvial sedimentology; incised valley; palaeodrainage; Southern Tuscany; Central Apennines; passive margin inversion; mélange; pelagic deposits; thrust sheets; backthrust; cretaceous; nannoplankton; Tyrrhenian-Apennine system; non-rigid plate kinematics; rotation models; Plio-Quaternary evolution; outer Marche Apennines; seismic reflection profiles; tectonic inversion; Coastal Structure; extensional and contractional deformation; tectonics; sedimentation; exhumation; Western Alps
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The Apennine orogenic system is a natural laboratory for multidisciplinary and integrated studies. The evolution of the Apennines is framed by the fragmentation of Pangea and the development of the Tyrrhenian Basin. Thus, the Apennines have carried this memory from the Permian and Triassic-Early Jurassic rifting, to the Oligocene-Miocene collision, and finally to the Miocene-Present, during which extension and compression have progressively migrated eastwards. Magmatism, hydrothermalism, and sedimentation in the Apennines have accordingly evolved in time and space. In this Special Issue, multidisciplinary and integrated studies have been published improving our knowledge of the Apennines and discussing: (a) the development of deformation and metamorphism in different tectonic environments, from the rifting stage to the subduction, exhumation, and late-orogenic stages; (b) the Meso-Cenozoic tectono-stratigraphic evolution of sedimentary basins, and their role in the Apennine orogeny; (c) the thermochronological evolution of sedimentary units and the dating of deformation episodes through geochemical techniques; (d) the magmatism and its connection to geodynamic evolution, from the mountain chain to the Tyrrhenian Basin; (e) recent tectonics, as reconstructed through seismological and paleo-seismological studies; and (f) the crustal structure, as derived by geophysical methods and their interpretation.