The Pretare-Piedilama Clastic Deposit: New Evidence of a Quaternary Rock Avalanche Event in Central Apennines (Italy)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Geological and Geomorphological Settings
4. Results
4.1. Local Geomorphology
4.2. Local Geology
4.3. The Pretare-Piedilama Rock Avalanche
4.3.1. General Features
4.3.2. Sedimentological and Textural Features
4.3.3. Morphometric Characterization of the Accumulation and Detachment Areas
5. Discussion and Conceptual Model
6. Final Remarks
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Volume Distribution | |||||||
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Total n. of blocks: 350 Minimum value: 0.03 m3 1st quartile (Q1): 1.08 m3 | 2nd quartile (Q2): 2.25 m3 3rd quartile (Q3): 5.34 m3 Maximum value: 960 m3 | ||||||
Station | n. blocks | Vmean (m3) | Vmax (m3) | Station | n. blocks | Vmean (m3) | Vmax (m3) |
1 | 5 | 2.1 | 7.2 | 35 | 1 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
2 | 5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 36 | 4 | 21.3 | 81.0 |
3 | 1 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 37 | 4 | 4.0 | 10.0 |
4 | 4 | 2.1 | 7.2 | 38 | 3 | 4.6 | 7.4 |
5 | 2 | 39.3 | 78.4 | 39 | 1 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
6 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 40 | 1 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
7 | 1 | 37.1 | 37.1 | 41 | 3 | 16.9 | 24.0 |
8 | 4 | 4.9 | 17.1 | 42 | 1 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
9 | 5 | 18.6 | 91.0 | 43 | 1 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
10 | 3 | 4.3 | 11.9 | 44 | 3 | 260.1 | 360.0 |
11 | 5 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 45 | 16 | 38.8 | 150.0 |
12 | 2 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 46 | 10 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
13 | 12 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 47 | 1 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
14 | 12 | 5.1 | 25.4 | 48 | 2 | 25.8 | 40.5 |
15 | 1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 49 | 21 | 39.0 | 560.0 |
16 | 3 | 33.2 | 99.0 | 50 | 12 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
17 | 1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 51 | 3 | 44.3 | 102.0 |
18 | 1 | 52.5 | 52.5 | 52 | 1 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
19 | 1 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 53 | 1 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
20 | 1 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 54 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
21 | 4 | 16.1 | 27.5 | 55 | 16 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
22 | 2 | 16.2 | 22.5 | 56 | 10 | 15.8 | 144.0 |
23 | 4 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 57 | 6 | 13.7 | 43.2 |
24 | 2 | 484.0 | 800.0 | 58 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
25 | 6 | 161.6 | 960.0 | 59 | 26 | 2.5 | 18 |
26 | 3 | 334.3 | 882.0 | 60 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
27 | 9 | 4.9 | 22.5 | 61 | 7 | 3.6 | 5.0 |
28 | 6 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 62 | 10 | 1.2 | 9.0 |
29 | 9 | 3.1 | 9.0 | 63 | 8 | 29.9 | 153.6 |
30 | 10 | 9.0 | 30.0 | 64 | 7 | 7.2 | 30.0 |
31 | 7 | 2.4 | 7.2 | 65 | 5 | 70.9 | 308.0 |
32 | 1 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 66 | 3 | 5.8 | 10.0 |
33 | 1 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 67 | 8 | 6.5 | 15.0 |
34 | 1 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 68 | 8 | 5.1 | 14.0 |
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Putignano, M.L.; Di Luzio, E.; Schilirò, L.; Pietrosante, A.; Giano, S.I. The Pretare-Piedilama Clastic Deposit: New Evidence of a Quaternary Rock Avalanche Event in Central Apennines (Italy). Water 2023, 15, 753. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15040753
Putignano ML, Di Luzio E, Schilirò L, Pietrosante A, Giano SI. The Pretare-Piedilama Clastic Deposit: New Evidence of a Quaternary Rock Avalanche Event in Central Apennines (Italy). Water. 2023; 15(4):753. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15040753
Chicago/Turabian StylePutignano, Maria Luisa, Emiliano Di Luzio, Luca Schilirò, Andrea Pietrosante, and Salvatore Ivo Giano. 2023. "The Pretare-Piedilama Clastic Deposit: New Evidence of a Quaternary Rock Avalanche Event in Central Apennines (Italy)" Water 15, no. 4: 753. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15040753