Active faulting and neotectonic deformation on the eastern flank of Mount Etna, Sicily

The eastern flank of Mount Etna is a complex deforming regime in which regional tectonism and volcanic-related ground movements are superimposed. The coastal flanks of the volcano are cut by an array of fault escarpments or "Timpe' which define a seismogenic zone of NNW-trending faults, the Timpe fault zone. The faults within it are characterised by both normal and dextral components of slip. The timing of fault activity is constrained by the "Chiancone', a large prehistoric debris-flow fan within which the streams are incised, yielding Holocene vertical and horizontal slip rates of 0.3-0.6 and 1.0-2.0 cm/yr, respectively, for individual faults. Localised fault movements along the Timpe fault zone, however, are set within a wider, actively uplifting domain. -from Authors