Magnetostratigraphy and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility can constrain the time and evolution of active tectonic. I am studying the Fucino Basin, an intramontane half-graben (Central Apennines, Italy) characterized by active seismicity (Avezzano earthquake, 1915, Ms= 7.0), that caused ca. 30.000 fatalities.

I am just one of the scientists part of a much bigger project: the MEME drilling project in the Fucino basin. A workshop has recently been funded by the International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP) in 2023: “Fucino Basin Drilling: The Fucino sedimentary succession- the longest and continuous terrestrial archive in the MEditerranean area recording the last five Million years the Earth system history (MEME)”.

After a first failed attempt at studying the fault that generated the Avezzano earthquake in 1915 through the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility, I am back at it thanks to a research group that involves scientists from different parts of the world.