Constraining the early stage of the post-orogenic extensional tectonics in central Italy: New evidence from a long sediment core from the tectonically active L’Aquila Basin

The central Apennines are among the most seismically active sectors of the central Mediterranean region, as testified by the recent sequence of Mw >6 earthquakes (L’Aquila Mw 6.3, 6 April 2009; Amatrice Mw 6.2, 24 August 2016), that struck the region. Although many recent studies have focused on