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Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2355-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2355-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
Research article
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12 Sep 2018
Research article |  | 12 Sep 2018

Growth of a sinkhole in a seismic zone of the northern Apennines (Italy)

Alessandro La Rosa, Carolina Pagli, Giancarlo Molli, Francesco Casu, Claudio De Luca, Amerino Pieroni, and Giacomo D'Amato Avanzi

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We use a multi-disciplinary dataset to show that the Prà di Lama sinkhole was created through several episodic events of unrest. We suggest that fluid circulation along an active fault zone, accompanied by localized seismic creep, control the growth of the Prà di Lama deep-sited sinkhole. Conversely, a connection between events of unrest and the largest earthquakes in northern Tuscany is not identified. This paper provides new insights into the evolution of sinkholes in active fault zones.
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