List of Figures
- 1. Topography-bathymetry and geological map of the Mediterranean area.
- 2. Lithospheric scale cross-section through the Central Mediterranean
- 3. Simplified structural map of Italy (modified from Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 1992; Scrocca, 2006).
- 4. Earthquake hypocentres and Centroid moment sensor solutions
- 5. Crustal and lithospheric thickness
- 6. Bouguer anomalies and heat flow density
- 7. Lithospheric scale cross sections through Alps and Apennines
- 8. Alps and Apennines subduction zones and orogens
- 9. Alps and Apennines water divide
- 10. Total Alkali vs. Silica (TAS) diagram (Le Bas et al., 1986) for the Cenozoic igneous rocks of Italy.
- 11. Magmatic activity of the Italian area at different time spans, from 65 Ma to Present (a-h).
- 12. Lateral migration of topography in the Apennines.
- 13. Relation between the regional monocline, the accretionary prism front, the divide and the highest topography.
- 14. Timing of thrusting at the front of the Apennines accretionary prism
- 15. Long term subsidence rates for the Po Plain.
- 16. Lithospheric scale cross-section from Corsica to the Adriatic (modified after Carminati et al., 2004) and present-day vertical motions.
- 17. Seismic cross sections through Alps and Apennines (modified after Doglioni et al., 2007).
- 18. Sr-Nd isotopic ratios of the Italian Cenozoic igneous rocks
- 19. Pb-Sr-Nd isotopic ratios of the Italian Cenozoic igneous rocks
- 20. Primitive mantle-normalized multielemental diagram of the most mafic Italian Cenozoic igneous rocks
- 21. The W-directed Apenninic subduction started in the western Mediterranean in the Eocene(?)-Early Miocene along the retrobel belt of the Alps-Betics orogen (in green).
- 22. Within the Cenozoic evolution of the Mediterranean, Italy was shaped by the Alpine and Apeninnes subduction zones.
- 23. The western Mediterranean shows large asymmetric scale boudinage of the lithosphere in the back-arc extensional setting which developed particularly in the last 30-40 Ma.
- 24. Seismic anisotropy in the central-western Mediterranean and P-wave mantle tomography at the depth of 150 km (after Lucente et al., 2006).