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2. Pressure solution inhibition in a limestone–chert composite multilayer: Implications for the seismic cycle and fluid flow
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Petracchini, Lorenzo, Antonellini, Marco, Billi, Andrea, Scrocca, Davide, Trippetta, Fabio, and Mollo, Silvio
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- 2015
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3. First reported occurrence of deformation bands in a platform limestone, the Jurassic Calcare Massiccio Fm., northern Apennines, Italy
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Antonellini, Marco, Petracchini, Lorenzo, Billi, Andrea, and Scrocca, Davide
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- 2014
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4. Subduction kinematics and dynamic constraints
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Doglioni, Carlo, Carminati, Eugenio, Cuffaro, Marco, and Scrocca, Davide
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- 2007
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5. Data integration and conceptual modelling of the Larderello geothermal area, Italy.
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Gola, Gianluca, Bertini, Giovanni, Bonini, Marco, Botteghi, Serena, Brogi, Andrea, De Franco, Roberto, Dini, Andrea, Donato, Assunta, Gianelli, Giovanni, Liotta, Domenico, Manzella, Adele, Montanari, Domenico, Montegrossi, Giordano, Petracchini, Lorenzo, Ruggieri, Giovanni, Santilano, Alessandro, Scrocca, Davide, and Trumpy, Eugenio more...
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In the frame of the Integrated Method for Advanced Geothermal Exploration (IMAGE) Project, a reliable exploration and resource assessment workflow was implemented on the basis of an integrated and multidisciplinary approach. Our study addressed to a better understanding of the thermal structure of the deepest part of the Larderello geothermal field (Southern Tuscany, Italy) by integrating structural, geological, geochemical, geochronological, petrological and geophysical data. With the aim to characterize the reservoir located nearby an important seismic reflector (the K-horizon), we systematized the available data and, successively, we applied a numerical thermal modelling approach to test our hypotheses and concepts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2017
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6. Rift-enhanced foredeep and contractional tectonics interplay in the outer Albanides.
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Scrocca, Davide, Petracchini, Lorenzo, Arecco, Paola, Cannata, Domenico, Recanati, Riccardo, Bega, Zamir, Doglioni, Carlo, and Tari, Gabor
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THRUST belts (Geology) , *OROGENIC belts , *SEISMIC reflection method , *MIOCENE Epoch , *NEOGENE Period , *SEISMIC prospecting , *ANTICLINES - Abstract
The Albanides thrust belt is associated with the ENE-ward subduction of the Adriatic lithosphere facing the Peri-Adriatic Basin, a foredeep filled with a Neogene-Quaternary sedimentary sequence more than 6 km thick. This basin segment is anomalously deep, compared to the adjacent foredeeps, and dominated by Neogene strata deposited at a rate of circa 0.3–0.4 mm/yr. Moreover, the Upper Miocene deposits of the Peri-Adriatic Basin lie on deeply eroded anticlines composed of Meso-Cenozoic carbonate units. This observation is in contrast with the expected constant steady-state fold uplift trend generally observed in orogens related to E-NE directed subductions. These observations suggest that following a Late Oligocene to Early-Middle Miocene contractional tectonic phase associated with subaerial erosion, the northern portion of the frontal zone of the outer Albanides accretionary prism was affected by strong subsidence during the Late Miocene. Evidence from field mapping combined with the integration of exploration wells and seismic reflection profiles indicate that this unexpected subsidence may be related to a Miocene extensional/transtensional tectonic phase. The actual anomalously high heat flow (>80 mW/m2) in the offshore depocenter of the Peri-Adriatic Basin also supports this interpretation. This extensional tectonic phase was unrelated to the subduction process, suggested by the obliquely orientation of the new basin with respect to the strike of the Albanides thrust belt, also partially superimposed on it. This Miocene event and the associated thermal pulse could have played a crucial role for the generation of hydrocarbons in the Outer Albanides. The tectonic interplay between this rifting episode and the usual foredeep flexural evolution may explain the peculiar evolution of the Outer Albanides and the associated anomalous foredeep. This basin can be defined as a rift-enhanced foredeep generated by two spatially co-existing, but independent tectonic processes, i.e., by the flexural loading exerted by the orogenic fold-and-thrust system and the rifting in the foreland itself. • Evidences of a Late Miocene extensional tectonic phase in the outer Albanides • Tectonic interplay between the foredeep flexural evolution and the rifting phase • Peri-Adriatic Basin could be considered a rift-enhanced foredeep basin • Miocene thermal pulse may have played a key role in hydrocarbons generation [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2022
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7. The Ombrina-Rospo Plateau (Apulian Platform): Evolution of a Carbonate Platform and its Margins during the Jurassic and Cretaceous
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Santantonio, Massimo, Scrocca, Davide, and Lipparini, Lorenzo
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CARBONATES , *JURASSIC stratigraphic geology , *CRETACEOUS stratigraphic geology , *PETROLEUM geology , *RIFTS (Geology) , *MORPHOTECTONICS - Abstract
Abstract: In this paper we analyze the Jurassic and Cretaceous evolution of the buried northwards stretch of the Apulia Platform (Southern Italy) (Ombrina-Rospo Plateau – ORP), and adjacent Adriatic Basin. Exploration wells indicate that inner platform carbonate facies across the ORP in the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous are capped, along a subaerial exposure surface, by Oligocene/Miocene carbonates. A NW-trending intra-platform basin (“Casalbordino Corridor”) was infilled with shallow- to deeper-water sediments in the late Early to Late Cretaceous interval, while platform margins were experiencing tectonic reactivation. The ORP-to-basin transitional belt formed a corner, defining a NW and a NE margin. The NW margin was essentially stationary. A syn- and early post-rift platform-toe bypass wedge formed when late Hettangian–Sinemurian extension produced the platform/basin relief. Export of platform material, coupled with a halt of faulting, made the platform/slope profile continuous in the late Early or early Middle Jurassic (possibly across an ooidal rim). Late Jurassic Ellipsactinia/coral reefs passed downdip into bioclastics. The Maiolica Fm. displays two cycles (M1, M2), where M2 onlaps the slope built by M1. In the Aptian, with lithospheric arching, a high angle fault rejuvenated the margin. Off this margin, a narrow basin, locked between the ORP and a pelagic carbonate platform, was largely infilled with turbidites sourced by the ORP, but the high hampered the dispersal of the sand fraction. The NE margin displays prograding ooidal to bioclastic clinoforms (Middle and Upper Jurassic) downlapping onto the rift basin. In the Lower Cretaceous, the platform recovered after a slow-down of carbonate productivity (M1/2 boundary). The Marne a Fucoidi Fm. thickens at the toe of, and seals, a fault backstepping the margin. Further backstepping occurred ∼5 km platformwards along a (Cenomanian?) normal fault, producing room for a rudist factory. A retreating rocky shoreline sourced breccias, while downdip the shallow water facies graded into the Scaglia Fm. basin along a ramp-like profile with low angle clinoforms, merging with turbidites. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] more...
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- 2013
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8. Looking forward to a decarbonized era: Geothermal potential assessment for oil & gas fields in Italy.
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Alimonti, Claudio, Soldo, Elena, and Scrocca, Davide
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OIL fields , *PETROLEUM industry , *GEOTHERMAL resources , *GAS fields , *INDUSTRIAL capacity , *ECONOMIC development - Abstract
• The research is focused on the evaluation of the geothermal potential stored in the depleted oil & gas fields in Italy. • The volume method has been adopted as methodological approach in geothermal resource evaluation. • Five most promising oil & gas fields have been selected to assess their geothermal potential. • A probabilistic approach has been adopted to obtain a distribution of values of the geothermal technical potential. The target of this work is to produce a vision of the geothermal potential stored in the depleted oil & gas fields in Italy, by using the available information provided by the Ministry of Economic Development, the published data on hydrocarbon fields, and the estimated temperature at depth from the Italian National Geothermal Database. Five most promising fields have been selected and the volume method has been applied to assess their geothermal potential. Then a probabilistic approach has been adopted to obtain not a single value but a distribution of values of the technical potential TP. The results indicate that the available heat in hydrocarbons fields is encouraging and it is fundamental to analyze the production capacities of the existing wells to have a clearer idea of the possible uses of this existing and wasted heat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2021
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9. Environmental and social aspects of geothermal energy in Italy.
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Manzella, Adele, Bonciani, Roberto, Allansdottir, Agnes, Botteghi, Serena, Donato, Assunta, Giamberini, Silvia, Lenzi, Alessandro, Paci, Marco, Pellizzone, Anna, and Scrocca, Davide
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GEOTHERMAL power plants , *GEOTHERMAL resources , *POWER resources , *GEOTHERMAL ecology , *GEOTHERMAL engineering - Abstract
Geothermal plants have been producing power in Italy for more than a century. Since local opposition to geothermal development is often fuelled by incomplete and inaccurate environmental information, this paper provides a comprehensive description of the effect of geothermal development on the air, water and soil and investigates potential disturbance from noise, subsidence, and seismicity, as well as the visual impact on the local area. After discussing the risks associated with the geothermal development and the reference data, the paper describes the wide-reaching environmental monitoring and mitigation measures in Italy that have maintained impact values below the thresholds defined by European and Italian regulation. The social benefits for areas where geothermal energy is developed are also described, with the aid of case studies highlighting that citizens do not feel that they are sufficiently informed to have a voice in the innovation process. A regular and comprehensive review of the geothermal environmental and safety regime, as the one carried out in this paper, and a mutual exchange of knowledge between the different stakeholders should be strongly encouraged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2018
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10. Fault development through fractured pelagic carbonates of the Cingoli anticline, Italy: Possible analog for subsurface fluid-conductive fractures
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Petracchini, Lorenzo, Antonellini, Marco, Billi, Andrea, and Scrocca, Davide
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CARBONATES , *GEOLOGIC faults , *FLUIDS , *NUCLEATION , *LIMESTONE , *SURFACE defects - Abstract
Abstract: The Cingoli anticline is a late Messinian thrust-related fold that developed along the northern Apennines front (Italy). This exposed anticline represents a potential analog of hydrocarbon reservoirs located in the nearby Po Plain and Adriatic Sea areas. The folded rock multilayer of the Cingoli anticline includes a heterogeneous, Mesozoic–Cenozoic, marine succession, consisting of massive platform carbonates below, and layered pelagic carbonates on top. This article reports the results of analyses conducted on pelagic micrites cropping out in two exposures located in the anticline backlimb. There, the late Cretaceous–Eocene Scaglia Rossa Fm., which is characterized by thin beds of pelagic limestones and marly limestones, is crosscut by pervasive, closely-spaced, stratabound fractures mostly consisting of pressure solution seams (PSSs) and sheared PSSs. The fractured strata are, in places, crosscut by small-offset fault zones. Field and laboratory structural data are used to define the nature and type of the different fracture sets as well as their temporal evolution and interaction. Seven main sets of stratabound PSSs and sheared PSSs are identified and interpreted as an early background fabric crosscut by or involved in later through-going fault zones. We propose a conceptual model of fault nucleation and growth that envisions the studied faults as late-stage structures, which formed by incorporating and connecting segments of bedding surfaces and early developed PSSs. We discuss our conceptual model in terms of fault and fracture permeability, highlighting the possible role exerted by the documented structures on subsurface fluid flow. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] more...
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- 2012
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