Patella, Domenico (2009) Imaging 2D structures by the CSAMT method. Application to the Pantano di S. Gregorio Magno faulted basin (Southern Italy). [Pubblicazione in rivista scientifica]

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Tipologia del documento: Pubblicazione in rivista scientifica
Lingua: English
Titolo: Imaging 2D structures by the CSAMT method. Application to the Pantano di S. Gregorio Magno faulted basin (Southern Italy)
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Patella, Domenico[non definito]
Autore/i: A. Troiano, M.G. Di Giuseppe, Z. Petrillo, D. Patella
Data: 2009
Numero di pagine: 11
Dipartimento: Scienze fisiche
Numero identificativo: 10.1088/1742-2132/6/2/003
Titolo del periodico: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICS AND ENGINEERING (PRINT)
Data: 2009
Volume: 6
Numero: 2
Intervallo di pagine: pp. 120-130
Numero di pagine: 11
Parole chiave: CSAMT method, 2D data processing and inversion, Southern Apennines chain, faulted depression
Numero identificativo: 10.1088/1742-2132/6/2/003
Depositato il: 21 Ott 2010 06:57
Ultima modifica: 30 Apr 2014 19:43
URI: http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/7520

Abstract

A controlled source audiofrequency magnetotelluric (CSAMT) survey has been undertaken in the Pantano di San Gregorio Magno faulted basin, an earthquake prone area of Southern Apennines in Italy. A dataset from 11 soundings, distributed along a nearly N-S 780 m long profile, was acquired in the basin’s easternmost area, where the fewest data are available as to the faulting shallow features. A preliminary skew analysis allowed a prevailing 2D nature of the dataset to be ascertained. Then, using a single-site multi-frequency approach, Dantzig’s simplex algorithm was introduced for the first time to estimate the CSAMT decomposition parameters. The simplex algorithm, freely available online, proved to be fast and efficient. By this approach, the TM and TE mode field diagrams were obtained and a N35◦ W ± 10◦ 2D strike mean direction was estimated along the profile, in substantial agreement with the fault traces within the basin. A 2D inversion of the apparent resistivity and phase curves at seven almost noise-free sites distributed along the central portion of the profile was finally elaborated, reinforced by a sensitivity analysis, which allowed the best resolved portion of the model to be imaged from the first few meters of depth down to a mean depth of 300 m b.g.l. From the inverted section, the following features have been outlined: (i) a cover layer with resistivity in the range 3–30 m ascribed to the Quaternary lacustrine clayey deposits filling the basin, down to an average depth of about 35 m b.g.l., underlain by a structure with resistivity over 50 m up to about 600 m, ascribed to the Mesozoic carbonate bedrock; (ii) a system of two normal faults within the carbonate basement, extending down to the maximum best resolved depth of the order of 300 m b.g.l.; (iii) two wedge-shaped domains separating the opposite blocks of the faults with resistivity ranging between 30 m and 50 m and horizontal extent of the order of some tens of metres, likely filled with lacustrine sediments and embedded fine gravels.

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