Late Pleistocene depositional cycles of the Lapis Tiburtinus travertine (Tivoli, Central Italy): Possible influence of climate and fault activity

Faccenna, Claudio; Soligo, Michele; Billi, Andrea; Filippis, Luigi De; Funiciello, R.; Rossetti, C. O.; Tuccimei, Paola

doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.06.006

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“…2;Capelli et al 1987;Faccenna 1994;Gasparini et al 2002;Florindo et al 2004;Faccenna et al 2008;Carucci et al 2009;Petitta et al 2010b). This tectonic pattern heavily influenced the upward movement of deep hydrothermal fluids causing the deposition of an endogenic travertine sequence (Faccenna et al 2008).…”

Section: Geological and Hydrogeological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Groundwater flow in the basin primarily occurs within the travertine aquifer, which is composed of massive and highly porous travertine units and covers an area of approximately 32.5 km 2 (Fig. 2;Faccenna et al 2008;Prestininzi 2008). The aquifer is unconfined in most of the basin, but it is locally semi-confined due to the presence of low hydraulic conductivity near surface sediments in some regions.…”

Section: Geological and Hydrogeological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessing the impact of large-scale dewatering on fault-controlled aquifer systems: a case study in the Acque Albule basin (Tivoli, central Italy)

Brunetti¹,

Jones

Petitta

et al. 2012

Hydrogeol J

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The development of large-scale bedrock quarry operations often requires high-volume and long-term groundwater extraction to maintain a sustainable working environment. These dewatering activities often influence groundwater levels and flow patterns regionally. In the present study, the influence of the dewatering of the travertine quarry operations near the city of Tivoli, Italy, are quantitatively investigated through an integrated analysis of field data and numerical modeling. Lowering of regional groundwater levels in the vicinity of the quarry has led to destructive land subsidence and alterations to the flow system sustaining a hot-spring area. The study employs a finite element numerical model (FEFLOW) to evaluate and quantify the impact of the extensive dewatering on fault-controlled regional groundwater flow in the Acque Albule basin. By incorporating the physical field data and historical hydrologic information, the numerical model was calibrated against three groundwater scenarios, reproducing the effects of different exploitation activities, coupled with natural changes over the course of the quarry operation. The results indicate that groundwater withdrawals by the mining industry and by "Terme di Roma" spa resulted in the cessation of flow from the primary thermal spring and a drop in the phreatic level in the area consequently affected by land subsidence

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Section: Geological and Hydrogeological Settingmentioning

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Section: Geological and Hydrogeological Settingmentioning

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Assessing the impact of large-scale dewatering on fault-controlled aquifer systems: a case study in the Acque Albule basin (Tivoli, central Italy)

Brunetti¹,

Jones

Petitta

et al. 2012

Hydrogeol J

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“…3), farther away from the southern faults and the supposed location of the vent. This increase in δ 13 C might be attributed to the progressive degassing of CO 2 at increasing distances from the vent (Fouke et al, 2000;Kele et al, 2008;Faccenna et al, 2008;Della Porta, 2015).…”

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“…In arid climates, despite the reduced recharge of the aquifers, travertine precipitation may be favoured by higher evaporation rates and warmer waters (Guodie et al, 1993;Ford and Pedley, 1996;Evans, 1999;Jones and Renaut, 2010). At temperate latitudes such as Central Italy, alternating phases of thermogene travertine accretion/erosion have been linked to Pleistocene palaeoclimatic oscillations (Faccenna et al, 2008;De Filippis et al, 2013). Palynological data collected on Messinian deposits in the Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna regions (Bertini, 2006;Bertini and Martinetto, 2011) (Jones and Peng, 2012).…”

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Depositional architecture of a mixed travertine-terrigenous system in a fault-controlled continental extensional basin (Messinian, Southern Tuscany, Central Italy)

Croci

Porta

Capezzuoli

2016

Sedimentary Geology

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Highlights• Α facies analysis of continental carbonates and terrigenous deposits was conducted.• The interplay between hydrothermal travertines and alluvial/colluvial deposits was demonstrated.• The basin fill and depositional architecture of a continental extensional basin were studied.• Extrinsic factors controlling the evolution of the sedimentary succession were determined. ABSTRACTThe extensional Neogene Albegna Basin (Southern Tuscany, Italy) includes several thermogene travertine units dating from the Miocene to Holocene time. During the late Miocene (Messinian), a continental fault-controlled basin (of nearly 500-km 2 width) was filled by precipitated travertine and detrital terrigenous strata, characterized by a wedge-shaped geometry that thinned northward, with a maximum thickness of nearly 70 m. This mixed travertineterrigenous succession was investigated in terms of lithofacies types, depositional environment and architecture and the variety of precipitated travertine fabrics. The studied continental succession in an extensional basin provides valuable information about the interplay between thermogene travertine and alluvial/colluvial deposition, which in turn might improve the understanding of similar fault-controlled continental depositional systems in outcrops and the subsurface.

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“…8 & 10) has been observed. Rate of sealing is indeed proportional to a large number of parameters, such as the flow rate and velocity, the supersaturation, the temperature gradient (Faccenna et al, 2008;Hilgers and Urai, 2002;Lee and Morse, 1999;Lee et al, 1996;Mullin, 1993;Rimstidt and Barnes, 1980). Thus, a change in one of these parameters can totally affect the growth rate of the veins.…”

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Evolution of fault permeability during episodic fluid circulation: Evidence for the effects of fluid–rock interactions from travertine studies (Utah–USA)

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Late Pleistocene depositional cycles of the Lapis Tiburtinus travertine (Tivoli, Central Italy): Possible influence of climate and fault activity

Cited by 137 publications

References 63 publications

Assessing the impact of large-scale dewatering on fault-controlled aquifer systems: a case study in the Acque Albule basin (Tivoli, central Italy)

Assessing the impact of large-scale dewatering on fault-controlled aquifer systems: a case study in the Acque Albule basin (Tivoli, central Italy)

Depositional architecture of a mixed travertine-terrigenous system in a fault-controlled continental extensional basin (Messinian, Southern Tuscany, Central Italy)

Evolution of fault permeability during episodic fluid circulation: Evidence for the effects of fluid–rock interactions from travertine studies (Utah–USA)

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