Geological map of the Mt. Vettoretto–Capodacqua area (Central Apennines, Italy) and cross-cutting relationships between Mts. Sibillini Thrust and Mt. Vettore normal faults system
We present the results of a geological mapping project
performed in the southern portion of the Sibillini Mts., aimed
at defining the structural relationships between the Sibillini
Mts. Thrust front and the Mt. Vettore normal fault system,
reactivated during the 2016-2017 central Italy seismic sequence.
The Sibillini Mts. Thrust is characterised by a hanging wall
where the Meso-Cenozoic Umbria-Marche succession crops
out, while the footwall is represented by the Messinian Laga
foredeep unit. The Mt. Vettore extensional fault system is