Geomechanical analysis of the rock masses outcropping in the slope between Scilla and Bagnara Calabra (RC)

The paper shows the results of the geomechanical analysis performed on the rock masses which make up the slope between Scilla and Bagnara Calabra (RC) (upstream of the Favazzina village). In order to characterize mechanically the slope, geostructural and geomechanical surveys, data from geological surveys, geophysical prospecting and tests on rocks have been used. The obtained data have allowed to the reconstruction of the geomechanical model of the rock masses constituting the slope using the results of a borehole that has also reached depth equal to 410 m. The studied rock mass belongs to the metamorphiccrystalline basement of the Aspromonte, a sector of the Calabrian Peloritano Arc extremely complex geologically and geostructurally, made more complicated by the presence of some local tectonic structures still poorly defined. Moreover the article illustrates the main geomechanical problems of the slope investigated.