Inversion tectonics

From tectonic rotations in the Apennines to inversion tectonics, the step is short. 

In fact, minor arcuate shapes are mostly inherited features in a context of inversion tectonics that influenced thrusts and normal faults. 

Products of this research:

• Calamita F., Satolli S., Scisciani V., Esestime P., Pace P. (2011), Contrasting styles of fault reactivation in curved orogenic belts: Examples from the Central Apennines (Italy), Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi:10.1130/B30276.1

• Satolli S., Calamita F. (2012), Influence of Inversion Tectonics in the Bending of a Foreland Fold-and-Thrust Belt: The Case of the Northern Apennines (Italy), Journal of The Virtual Explorer 43, doi:10.3809/jvirtex.2012.00302

• Calamita F., Pace P., Satolli S. (2012), Coexistence of fault-propagation and fault-bend folding in curve-shaped foreland fold-and-thrust belts: examples from the Northern Apennines (Italy), Terra Nova 24, 396–405, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2012.01079.x

• Di Domenica A., Turtù A., Satolli S., Calamita F. (2012), Relationships between thrusts and normal faults in curved belts: New insight in the inversion tectonics of the Central-Northern Apennines (Italy), Journal of Structural Geology 42, 104-117, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2012.06.008.

• Calamita F., Satolli S., Turtù A. (2012), Analysis of thrust shear zones in curved-shaped belts: Deformation mode and timing of the Olevano-Antrodoco-Sibillini thrust (Central/Northern Apennines of Italy), Journal of Structural Geology 44, 179–187, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2012.07.007

• Satolli S., Pace P., Viandante M.G., Calamita F. (2014), Lateral variations in tectonic style across cross-strike discontinuities: An example from the Central Apennines belt (Italy), International Journal of Earth Science 103(8), 2301–2313,doi:10.1007/s00531-014-1052-3