CANDONI , Oliviero

The Ionian Calabrian margin, offshore southern Italy, is a tectonically active area, located above a subduction zone dominated by rollback of the African plate. A variety of mass wasting features are known to occur along the inner continental slope, based on seafloor mapping during the Italian project MaGIC (Marine Geohazards Along the Italian...

The Ionian Calabrian margin is a tectonically active area, and is part of the Calabrian Arc, that is the SE tip of the arcuate Appeninc-Maghrebide fold and thrust belt, generated through the Neogene northwest-oriented subduction of the Nubia plate below the Eurasian plate. Based on seabed mapping carried out during the national Project MaGIC...

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