"Structure-controlled earth flows in Campania Appenines (Southern Italy)"

Slow-velocity landslides predominate in the area of the Province of Benevento, due to the prevalent clay nature of its outcropping deposits. An analysis of these instabilities, via detailed inventory mapping, has shown a pervasive diffusion of earth flows, characterized by a reactivation tendency. Their evolution, in terms of activity and kinematic mechanisms, is structurally-controlled and can be generally connected to three principal controls: i) bedding; ii) stratigraphic or tectonic contact between lithologically differentiated sequences; and iii) zones of intense fracturing linked to folds and faults. Differences in pattern and controlling factors led to their grouping into recurrent types characterised by a different style of evolution.