ADGEO Advances in Geosciences ADGEO Adv. Geosci. 1680-7359 Copernicus Publications Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/adgeo-14-155-2008 Characterization of a rock avalanche deposit for risk assessment in the town of Celano (Fucino Basin, Central Italy) Rinaldini A. 1 Marino A. 1 Ciucci M. 1 Institute for Health and Safety at Work, Rome, Italy 02 01 2008 14 155 158 Copyright: © 2008 A. Rinaldini et al. 2008 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ This article is available from https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/14/155/2008/adgeo-14-155-2008.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/14/155/2008/adgeo-14-155-2008.pdf

This paper describes multidisciplinary investigations carried out in the urban centre of Celano, a small town located at the northern edge of the Fucino Basin (Central Italy). The town lies upon a wide debris body that was recognized in this study as a rock avalanche deposit estimated to date to the Holocene. Geomorphologic studies and geophysical investigations led to a detailed characterization of the landslide deposit and the surrounding units. The information obtained was used to assess the vulnerability of the Celano municipal area, by evaluating the stability of the landslide body and the behaviour of its lithologies under seismic loads.

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