Multi-temporal mapping of the Caforchio earth flow, southern Italy

Luigi Guerriero (a), Paola Revellino (a), Alessandra Mottola (a), Gerardo Grelle (a), Giuseppe Sappa (b) & Francesco M. Guadagno (a)
(a) Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, Via dei Mulini, 59/a, 82100, Benevento, Italy. E-mail: luigi.guerriero@unisannio.it (b) Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

We used aerial photos and field observations to produce multi-temporal maps of the Caforchio earth flow from 1954 to 2013. The maps show the distribution of back-tilted surfaces, flank ridges, normal, thrust, and strike-slip faults and, springs, creeks, and ponds. The maps provide a basis for interpreting how geometric and hydrologic constraints influence earth-flow evolution.

Earth flow, structures, aerial image, field mapping.