"Dighe di pece e di asfalto": bitumen exploitation history in the Abruzzo region (Central Italy) across the 20th century

Abstract. A seven-month collection of testimonials about the 6 April 2009 earthquake in Aquila, Abruzzo region, Italy, was compiled into a catalogue of non-seismic phenomena. Luminous phenomena were often reported starting about nine months before the strong shock and continued until about five months after the shock. A summary and list of the characteristics of these sightings was made according to 20th century classifications and a comparison was made with the Galli outcomes. These sightings were distributed over a large area around the city of Aquila, with a major extension to the north, up to 50 km. Various earthquake lights were correlated with several landscape characteristics and the source and dynamic of the earthquake. Some preliminary considerations on the location of the sightings suggest a correlation between electrical discharges and asperities, while flames were mostly seen along the Aterno Valley.

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"Sgorga il Petrolio dalla Terra d'Abruzzo": oil exploration and production history in the Abruzzo region (Central Italy) across the 20th century

Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana ◽

10.3301/rol.2018.08 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 44 ◽

pp. 51-57

Author(s):

Lorenzo Lipparini ◽

Roberto Bencini ◽

Francesco Gerali

Keyword(s):

20Th Century ◽

Central Italy ◽

Oil Exploration ◽

Abruzzo Region ◽

Production History ◽

Exploration And Production

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Multipronged dental analyses reveal dietary differences in last foragers and first farmers at Grotta Continenza, central Italy (15,500–7000 BP)

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-82401-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Alessia Nava ◽

Elena Fiorin ◽

Andrea Zupancich ◽

Marialetizia Carra ◽

Claudio Ottoni ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dental Plaque ◽

Central Italy ◽

Abruzzo Region ◽

Nuanced Understanding ◽

Fucino Basin ◽

Changes Over Time ◽

Diachronic Changes ◽

Dental Conditions ◽

Over Time ◽

Late Palaeolithic

AbstractThis paper provides results from a suite of analyses made on human dental material from the Late Palaeolithic to Neolithic strata of the cave site of Grotta Continenza situated in the Fucino Basin of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. The available human remains from this site provide a unique possibility to study ways in which forager versus farmer lifeways affected human odonto-skeletal remains. The main aim of our study is to understand palaeodietary patterns and their changes over time as reflected in teeth. These analyses involve a review of metrics and oral pathologies, micro-fossils preserved in the mineralized dental plaque, macrowear, and buccal microwear. Our results suggest that these complementary approaches support the assumption about a critical change in dental conditions and status with the introduction of Neolithic foodstuff and habits. However, we warn that different methodologies applied here provide data at different scales of resolution for detecting such changes and a multipronged approach to the study of dental collections is needed for a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of diachronic changes.

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River basin planning: from qualitative to quantitative flood risk assessment: the case of Abruzzo Region (central Italy)

Natural Hazards ◽

10.1007/s11069-017-2857-8 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 88 (1) ◽

pp. 71-93 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Anna Rita Scorzini ◽

Maurizio Leopardi

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

River Basin ◽

Flood Risk ◽

Central Italy ◽

Flood Risk Assessment ◽

Abruzzo Region ◽

River Basin Planning

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The 2017 Rigopiano Avalanche—Dynamics Inferred from Field Observations

Geosciences ◽

10.3390/geosciences10110466 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 466

Author(s):

Dieter Issler

Keyword(s):

Snow Cover ◽

Central Italy ◽

Snow Avalanche ◽

Field Observations ◽

Flow Front ◽

Moderate Amount ◽

Vulnerability Curve ◽

Abruzzo Region ◽

Avalanche Dynamics ◽

Different Parts

Data on the disastrous snow avalanche that occurred on 18 January 2017 at the spa hotel Rigopiano, municipality of Farindola in the Abruzzo region of central Italy, are analyzed in different ways. The main results are the following. (i) The 2017 Rigopiano avalanche went beyond the run-out point predicted by the topographic-statistical α-β model with standard Norwegian calibration, while avalanches in neighboring paths appear to have run no farther than the β-point of their respective paths during the same period. (ii) The curvature and super-elevation of the trimline between 1500 and 1300 m a.s.l. indicate that the velocity of the front was around 40 m s−1. In contrast, the tail velocity of the avalanche can hardly have exceeded 25 m s−1 in the same segment. (iii) The deposits observed along all of the lower track and in the run-out zone suggest that the avalanche eroded essentially the entire snow cover, but fully entrained only a moderate amount of snow (and debris). The entrainment appears to have had a considerable decelerating effect on the flow front. (iv) Estimates of the degree to which different parts of the building were damaged is combined with information about the location of the persons in the building and their fates. This allows to refine a preliminary vulnerability curve for persons in buildings obtained from the 2015 Longyearbyen avalanche, Svalbard.

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An annotated checklist of the vascular flora of Majella National Park (Central Italy)

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.412.1.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 412 (1) ◽

pp. 1-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

FABIO CONTI ◽

GIAMPIERO CIASCHETTI ◽

LUCIANO DI MARTINO ◽

FABRIZIO BARTOLUCCI

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Central Italy ◽

Herbarium Specimens ◽

Native Flora ◽

Extensive Field ◽

Northern Border ◽

Abruzzo Region ◽

Annotated Checklist ◽

First Time

The Majella National Park is located in Abruzzo region (Central Italy) and covers an area of 740 Km2. An updated checklist of the vascular plants growing in the park is here presented on the basis of extensive field surveys carried out from 1982 to 2018, analysis of relevant literature and review of herbarium specimens kept in APP, FI, NAP, RO, and Herb. Magellense. The park’s flora amounts to 2,286 specific and subspecific taxa (including 11 hybrids), belonging to 118 families and 694 genera. According to our results, 201 taxa are endemic to Italy; 136 taxa are reported for the first time in the park, of which two taxa are new for Abruzzo region; 73 taxa have not been confirmed in recent times and 42 are doubtfully occurring taxa. The Park represents the southern or northern border of their Italian distribution of 137 taxa. Moreover, Poa ligulata is confirmed for the flora of Italy. The non-native flora amounts to 110 taxa. The number of taxa recorded in the Majella National Park is one of the highest in a protected area within the Mediterranean Basin.

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A meteorological–hydrological regional ensemble forecast for an early-warning system over small Apennine catchments in Central Italy

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ◽

10.5194/hess-24-3135-2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (6) ◽

pp. 3135-3156

Author(s):

Rossella Ferretti ◽

Annalina Lombardi ◽

Barbara Tomassetti ◽

Lorenzo Sangelantoni ◽

Valentina Colaiuda ◽

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Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

Regional Scale ◽

Central Italy ◽

Warning System ◽

Radar Data ◽

Rain Gauge ◽

Ensemble Forecast ◽

Precipitation Forecast ◽

Statistical Indicator ◽

Abruzzo Region

Abstract. The weather forecasts for precipitation have considerably improved in recent years thanks to the increase of computational power. This allows for the use of both a higher spatial resolution and the parameterization schemes specifically developed for representing sub-grid scale physical processes at high resolution. However, precipitation estimation is still affected by errors that can impact the response of hydrological models. To the aim of improving the hydrological forecast and the characterization of related uncertainties, a regional-scale meteorological–hydrological ensemble is presented. The uncertainties in the precipitation forecast and how they propagate in the hydrological model are also investigated. A meteorological–hydrological offline coupled ensemble is built to forecast events in a complex-orography terrain where catchments of different sizes are present. The Best Discharge-based Drainage (BDD; both deterministic and probabilistic) index, is defined with the aim of forecasting hydrological-stress conditions and related uncertainty. In this context, the meteorological–hydrological ensemble forecast is implemented and tested for a severe hydrological event which occurred over Central Italy on 15 November 2017, when a flood hit the Abruzzo region with precipitation reaching 200 mm (24 h)−1 and producing damages with a high impact on social and economic activities. The newly developed meteorological–hydrological ensemble is compared with a high-resolution deterministic forecast and with the observations (rain gauges and radar data) over the same area. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) statistical indicator shows how skilful the ensemble precipitation forecast is with respect to both rain-gauge- and radar-retrieved precipitation. Moreover, both the deterministic and probabilistic configurations of the BDD index are compared with the alert map issued by Civil Protection Department for the event showing a very good agreement. Finally, the meteorological–hydrological ensemble allows for an estimation of both the predictability of the event a few days in advance and the uncertainty of the flood. Although the modelling framework is implemented on the basins of the Abruzzo region, it is portable and applicable to other areas.

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Paleopathological studies in the inner Abruzzo Region (Central Italy)

Antropologia Portuguesa ◽

10.14195/2182-7982_19_12 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 19 ◽

pp. 145-149

Author(s):

Luca Ventura ◽

Pietro Leocata ◽

Domenico Mancinelli ◽

Gaetano Miranda ◽

Terenzio Ventura

Keyword(s):

Central Italy ◽

Abruzzo Region

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Predicted Maps for Soil Organic Matter Evaluation: The Case of Abruzzo Region (Italy)

Land ◽

10.3390/land9100349 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (10) ◽

pp. 349

Author(s):

Chiara Piccini ◽

Rosa Francaviglia ◽

Alessandro Marchetti

Keyword(s):

Organic Matter ◽

Soil Organic Matter ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Central Italy ◽

Soil Management ◽

United States Department ◽

Landsat Images ◽

Abruzzo Region ◽

Environmental Measures ◽

Soc Stocks

Organic matter, an important component of healthy soils, may be used as an indicator in sustainability assessments. Managing soil carbon storage can foster agricultural productivity and environmental quality, reducing the severity and costs of natural phenomena. Thus, accurately estimating the spatial variability of soil organic matter (SOM) is crucial for sustainable soil management when planning agro-environmental measures at the regional level. SOM variability is very large in Italy, and soil organic carbon (SOC) surveys considering such variability are difficult and onerous. The study concerns the Abruzzo Region (about 10,800 km2), in Central Italy, where data from 1753 soil profiles were available, together with a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and Landsat images. Some morphometric parameters and spectral indices with a significant degree of correlation with measured data were used as predictors for regression-kriging (RK) application. Estimated map of SOC stocks, and of SOM related to USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) texture—an additional indicator of soil quality—were produced with a satisfactory level of accuracy. Results showed that SOC stocks and SOM concentrations in relation to texture were lower in the hilly area along the shoreline, pointing out the need to improve soil management to guarantee agricultural land sustainability.

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