F. Calamita et al., STRUCTURAL STYLES, CHRONOLOGY RATES OF DEFORMATION, AND TIME-SPACE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE UMBRIA-MARCHE THRUST SYSTEM (CENTRAL APENNINES, ITALY), Tectonics, 13(4), 1994, pp. 873-881
Structural interpretation of geological and geophysical data available
for the central Apennines (Italy) allowed us to draw, balance, and re
store three geological profiles across the external zones of the Umbri
a-Marche thrust system and to evaluate the timing and rates of deforma
tion in a roughly 4 Ma time window (from late Messinian to late Pleist
ocene time). From this data set we established a general correlation b
etween spacing L and thickness D of the thrust sheets (which was used
as a depth correction factor for deriving local versus regional depths
to the sole thrust) and a time-space relationship between the closing
time of activity of each thrust and the distance X from a reference p
oint within the system.