In 1975, as a consultant with Woodward Clyde, I spent several days looking at youthful normal fault scarps bordering several mountain fronts near L’Aquila. The field work and air reconnaissance was part of a scoping study for the proposed Torrente-Saccione Nuclear power plant conducted for ENEL. I am very interested in knowing if any surface faulting accompanied the recent earthquake. As I recall several of the scarps appeared very fresh and were easily identified because the white limestone exposed in the scarps stood out predominately. At the time I thought these faults were good candidates for future displacement. I am very interested in what the field team finds regarding surface faulting. Please post any info from the EERI field team regarding surface rupture.
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In 1975, as a consultant with Woodward Clyde, I spent several days looking at youthful normal fault scarps bordering several mountain fronts near L’Aquila. The field work and air reconnaissance was part of a scoping study for the proposed Torrente-Saccione Nuclear power plant conducted for ENEL. I am very interested in knowing if any surface faulting accompanied the recent earthquake. As I recall several of the scarps appeared very fresh and were easily identified because the white limestone exposed in the scarps stood out predominately. At the time I thought these faults were good candidates for future displacement. I am very interested in what the field team finds regarding surface faulting. Please post any info from the EERI field team regarding surface rupture.