An active margin across the Adriatic Sea (central Mediterranean Sea)

Abstract New seismological and structural data from the central Adriatic—Gargano promontory area demonstrate that the current models of an aseismic and slightly deformed Adriatic block have to be revised. A seismically active deformational belt is mapped along two main fault systems, the Tremiti Islands and Mattinata faults. Moreover, geologic and geophysical evidence suggests that a more extensive lithospheric boundary may cut across the central Italian peninsula to the Tyrrhenian basin.