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Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformation in Urban Areas Matching Field and in-SAR Interferometry Surveys: The Case Study of the Episcopia Village, Southern Italy

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A limited sector of the left side Sinni River, including Episcopia village, has been investigated matching geological and geomorphological data to In-SAR Interferometry analysis. A large Deep-Seated Gravitational Slopes (DSGSD), affecting the Episcopia slope, has been documented for the first time. The DSGSD largely develops within phyllites belonging to the Liguride Units and, in the upper portion of the slope, within the sandy and conglomerate deposits of the Sant’Arcangelo Basin. Field survey has shown typical DSGSD features as well as trenches at the top and an evident bulge at the base corresponding to the Sinni River. These data allow us to hypothesize a listric geometry of the DSGSD plane reaching a depth of about 700 m.

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    Mario Bentivenga, Salvatore Ivo Giano & Giacomo Prosser

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Bentivenga, M. et al. (2017). Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformation in Urban Areas Matching Field and in-SAR Interferometry Surveys: The Case Study of the Episcopia Village, Southern Italy. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2017. ICCSA 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10407. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62401-3_48

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