ReWARD Project
Refraction/Wide-Angle Reflections Database		 INGV-Italy
Unit of Milano 		 INGV - Rome
R/WAR italian deep seismic data
AUXILIARY DATA and MAPS
    • maps, shooting and recording points data
  ALPINE surveys (1956-1969): see ref. (1), (2) and (3).             MARINE OGS seismics (1969-'72):  ref. (4)             CROP Project (1986-'99):  ref. (5 a, 5b)
Main Deep Seismic Soundings (R/WAR data) carried out in Italy: 1966-1997
We apologize for possible lack of data (mostly old data)
Years		  Region Project
 method
 source
 Coordinates
 Project
Coordinator
shots rec.
points
1966
 Gargano-Apulia DSS-66
 DSS
 TNT
 [sh_66]
E.S.C.  and
Italian Expl. Seismol. Group(6)
1968
 Sicily Sicily-68
 "
 " [sh_68]
 [sta_68]
"        "          "        "
1970
 Calabria Calabria-70
 " " [sh_70]
 [sta_70]
"        "          "        "
1971
 Gargano-Agropoli-Sicily-Pantelleria
Apulia 		Tyrrhene-71
Apulia-71
 " " [sh_71a]
[sh_71b]
 [sta_71a]
 		"        "          "        "
1972
 Apulia-Calabria-Aeolian Islands-Sicily DSS-72
 " " [sh_72]
 [sta_72]
 "        "          "        "
1973
 Central and Southern Apennines
(Long-range 'Tuscany-Apulia' profile)		 Long-73
 " " [sh_73]
 [sta_73]
  C.N.R. (I),  D.F.G. (D)
1974
 Northern Apennines DSS-74
 " " [sh_74]
 [sta_74]
E.S.C.  and
Italian Expl. Seismol. Group
1975
 Central Alps ALP-75
 " " [sh_75]
 [sta_75]
 "        "          "        "
1977
 Southern Alps
Sicily 		SUD-ALP-77
ETNA-77
 " " [sh_77a]
[sh_77b]
 [sta_77a]
[sta_77b]
 "        "          "        "
1978
 Eastern Alps and Central Apennines DSS-78
 " " [sh_78]
 [sta_78a]
[sta_78b] 		"        "          "        "
1979
 Tyrrheanian and Ionian Sea
 DSS-79
 " " [sh_79]
 [sta_79a]
[sta_79b]
[sta_79c] 		"        "          "        "
1980
 South Italy
 SOUTH-80
 " " [sh_80] [sta_80]
 "        "          "        "
1982
 Sardinia
 EGT-82(7)
 " " [sh_82]
 [sta_82]
E.S.F. / EGT SCC
1983
 North Italy, Lig. Sea, Corsica, Sardinia
 EGT-83
 " " [sh_83]
 [sta_83a]
[sta_83b]
 		"           "
1984
 Sicily  (Sicily, global)
 EGT-84
 " " [sh_84]
 [sta_84]
 "           "
1985
Tunisia                                    [global]
 EGT-85 "
 "
 [sh_85] [sta_85a]
[sta_85b]		 "           "
1986
 European Central Segment
Italian additional program    
(N.Apennines & West. Alps)   [global]
 EGT-86
 " " [sh_86a]
  
[sh_86b] 		[sta_86a]
   
[sta_86b]
 "           "
  E.S.F./EGT, C.N.R.(IGL), OGS
1987
 Northern Apennines
(Genoa-Piacenza transept)		 APP-87
 " " [sh_87]
 [sta_87]
AGIP / Uni-MI / C.N.R.(IGL)
1991
 Northern Apennines / Po Plain BTP-91
 " " [sh_91]
 [sta_91]
C.N.R.(IRRS)
1992
 Campania Apennines
 Benevento-92
 " " [sh_92]
 [sta_92]
 C.N.R.(IRRS) / Uni-NA
Special Projects in Volcanic Areas
Year
 Region
Project
method
source
shots
 rec.
points
Project
Coordinator
1985
 		Campania Pozzuoli-85 DSS TNT [sh_85v] [sta_85v] Uni-NA (Ocean. Institute)
1986
 		Eolie Islands and Sicily Eolie-86 "
 "
 [sh_86v] [sta_86v] O.V. (NA)
1986/'87 Vulsini Hills Bolsena I-II
 "
 "
 [sh_8687] [sta_8687] C.N.R. (IGL)
1987 Campania  [map '85-'87]
 Vesuvius-87 "
 "
 [sh_87v] [sta_87v] O.V. (NA)
1990
 		Vulsini Hills Bolsena III "
 "
 [sh_90v] [sta_90v] C.N.R. (IGL)
1994
 		Vesuvius TomoVes-94(8) "
 "
 [sh_94v] [sta_94v] C.N.R. (GNV)/Uni+O.V. (NA)
1996
 		Campania TomoVes-96 DSS +
WAR(9)
 TNT +
Air guns
 [sh_96v] [sta_96v] "                  "
1997
 		Gulf of Neaples MareVes-97 WAR
 "    "
 [sh_97v] [sta_97v] "                  "
Seismic surveys in support of CROP Project(5)
Year
 Region
Project
method
source
shots
 rec.
points
Project
Coordinator
 1985 
 Western Alps
Crop-Ecors/85
DSS
TNT
[sh_85c]
 [sta_85c]
 ECORS-CROP DSS Group(10)
1987
 Western Alps
Crop-Ecors/87
"
"
 [sh_87c] [sta_87c]
"           "           "
1993/'94
 North. & Central  Apennines
TOS-93/94
(supp. CROP-03)
"
"
[sh_93c]
 [sta_93c]
C.N.R. (IRRS)
1994
 Tyrrheanian and Adriatic Seas
CROP-Mare-II-'94
(Sea-Land conf.)
WAR
Air-guns
[sh_94sl]
 		[sta_94sl]
Sea-Land W.G.(11)
1995
 Ligurian-Tyrrhenian Seas
LISA-'95
(Sea-Land conf.)
WAR
"     "
[sh_95sl]
 		[sta_95sl]
"         "        "   
     
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Notes and References

[ 1] Behnke C., Giese P., 1969. Bericht über refraktionsseismiche Untersuchungen 1956-1969 zur Erforshung der Erdkruste in den Alpen.  ASFA / FKPE Bericht n.4 (Forshungsskollegiums Physik des Erkörpers), 1968; 29 pp. + 40 tables.
This is the original document with all the detailed information. The total data for the observed perdiod are: N. of shots: 193; N. of TONs of explosive fired: 931 (!), N. of in-line profiles and fans: 55; total length: ca. 10500 km; N. of recordings: ca. 1700. 
ALPS SHOOTING POINTS 1959-1969:   general info [ 9 html sheets ]    TNT data [ with graph ]   location [ Google Map ]
[ 2] Choudhury M., Giese P., de Visentini G., 1971. Crustal structure of the Alps: some general features from explosion Seismology.
B.G.T.A., XIII, (51-52), 211-240. [ raw map (shots+profiles) ]  [ list of all profiles ]  [ list of available section-films ]
[ 3] Buness H.  1990. A compilation of data from the 1983 European Geotraverse Experiment from the Ligurian Sea to the Southern Alps.
FU-Berlin, open file Report, June 1990. [ list of Northern Italy 1962-'70 profiles ].
[ 4]
 Morelli C., 2003. Alcuni esempi nelle geodiscipline di risultati notevoli tramite collaborazioni interdisciplinari nazionali ed internazionali.  
Proceedings of 22nd GNGTS meeting (Rome, CNR, 18-20/11/ 2003).   See also our summary-page.
[ 5]
 a) Scrocca D., 2004. Presentation of CROP Atlas; 32nd IGC, Florence (I), August 20-28, 2004.
b) Scrocca D., Doglioni C., Innocenti F., Manetti P., Mazzoti A., Bertelli L., Burbi L., D'Offizi S. Eds. , 2003. CROP Atlas: seismic reflection profiles of the italian Crust.  Mem. Descr. Carta Geol. d'Italia, 62; 194 pp + 71 annexed plates.
[ 6] under the European Seismological Commission (E.S.C.), sub Commission 'D' (D.S.S.), the Italian Explosion Seismology Group has been:
        -  Milan: CNR - (Italian National Research Council):  IGL(until 1991), IRRS (after),
        -  Neaples: OV - (Vesuvian Observatory),
        -  Trieste: OGS  - (Experimental Geophysical Observatory),
        -  Italian Universities -  Geophysical Institutes of: Milan, Trieste, Genoa, Neaples, Lecce, Cosenza, Palermo, Catania.
[ 7] E.G.T. (European GeoTraverse, 1983-1990): the biggest program of crustal studies ever carried out in Europe.
( see: Italian '82-'87 DSS  map  or our short brochure )
[ 8]
 Gasparini P. & Tomoves w.g., 1979. Looking inside Mt. Vesuvius. EOS (AGU) 79, n. 19, 229-232.
[ 9]
 WAR data (air-guns shooting, sea-land configuration) need some extra 'navigation'-file data [see info ]
[10] Hirn A., Nadir S. (F IPG-Paris), Thouvenot F. (F IRIGM-Grenoble), Nicolich R., Pellis G. (I U Trieste), Scarascia S. (I MI IGL), Tabacco I. (I U MI), Castellano M. (I NA OV), Merlanti F. (I U GE)
[11] Cassinis R.,  Gualtieri L. (I U MI); Biella G., Caielli G., Corsi A., de Franco R. (I MI IRRS); Gaudiosi G. (I NA OV); Guerra I., Moretti A., Bruno G., Gervasi A. (I U CS);Chironi C., Colletti G., Luzio D., Vitale M. (I U PA).
   
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