A few hours after the conclusion of the oceanographic campaign “Sirene” (Serpentinite/mud diapIRs along ExtensioNal faults in the Ionian sEa) conducted on the National Research Council oceanographic ship “Gaia Blu” some first, important results are already available. Using state-of-the-art geophysical technologies available on the ship, a field of underwater reliefs aligned along deep rifts in the southern Ionian seafloor has, in fact, been identified, where a fault system is progressively moving Calabria away from Sicily, causing the earth’s crust to slowly sink off the strait.Mud volcanoes in the depths of the Ionian. Inreview with coordinator Alina Polonia (CNR-Ismar) <…>
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