Abstract
AbstractDespite the high detection level of the Italian seismic network and the risk associated with its fault networks, Central‐Southern Italy has no unique geophysical model of the crust able to illuminate its complex tectonics. Here, we obtain seismic attenuation and scattering tomography models of this area; both reveal high attenuation and scattering anomalies characterizing the entire Apenninic Chain and related to its East‐ and West‐dipping extensional Quaternary tectonic alignments. Fault‐associated fractured zones become preferential ways for circulating and degassing high‐attenuation CO2‐bearing fluids. A previously undetected fluid source area is a high‐attenuation volume below the Matese complex, while a similar smaller anomaly supports a fluid source near L'Aquila. The most prominent low attenuation and scattering volumes reveal a locked aseismic zone corresponding to the Fucino‐Morrone‐Porrara fault systems, representing a zone of significant seismic hazard.
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