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Attenuation and Anisotropy in the Northern Apennines, Italy<br />

J. Park (Yale University), D. Piccinini (INGV), I. Bianchi (INGV), M. Di Bona (INGV), F. P. Lucente (INGV), N. Piana<br />

Agostinetti (INGV), V. Levin (Rutgers University)<br />

The Northern Apennines of Italy is marked by continental convergence and a downgoing<br />

slab derived from the Adriatic microplate. Seismicity is sparse, shallow, and lacks<br />

historical M>7.5 shallow thrust events. Has subduction ceased? Geodesy indicates nearzero<br />

present-day convergence, and fission-track thermochronology suggests that vertical<br />

uplift has superseded fold-and-thrust tectonics since 5-10 Ma in a large segment of the<br />

orogen. The RETREAT project (REtreating-TRench Extension and Accretion Tectonics)<br />

explored this region with broadband seismometers from the <strong>IRIS</strong> PASSCAL program,<br />

the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Istituto Nazionale de Geofisica e Vulcanologia<br />

(INGV).<br />

Attenuation estimates from both S and P waves reveal high attenuation on the "backarc"<br />

side of the Apennines orogen (Figure 1), near coastal geothermal areas but extending<br />

inland. Pleistocene volcanism is found here, but there is no present-day subduction-arc<br />

activity. A crude inversion of t-star (Δt*) suggests comparable Q values (

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