Multitemporal study of the San Martino sulla Marrucina landslide (Central Italy)

Abstract

In this study, we aim at achieving details on the San Martino Sulla Marrucina (SM) landslide failure mechanisms. The SM landslide represents one of the most complex and large-scale mass movements recently occurred in the Chieti province (Central Italy). We present the preliminary results of an integrated study based on a multidisciplinary approach. The investigated phenomenon represents a local reactivation of a wider quiescent landslide and that its morphological evolution is doubtless characterized by a retrogressive trend. Furthermore, we propose a geodynamic model based on deep kinematic conditioning. The data collected, integrated with those already existent, will permit further investigations of the landslide susceptibility in the municipality territory and in the surrounding areas. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.