GNGTS 2016 - Atti del 35° Convegno Nazionale

208 GNGTS 2016 S essione 1.2 to North ward in the southern part and roughly NE-ward in the northern part. This pattern confirms the major features of the kinematics tentatively deduced by Quaternary deformations and detailed discussed in some previous works (e.g., Mantovani et al., 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 Cenni et al., 2012, 2013). The vertical velocity field (Fig. 3) is characterized by a very heterogeneous pattern, with uplift in most orogenic zones (Alps and Apennines) and subsidence in the Po and Venetian plains. In the Alps, uplift rates are of the order of a few mm/yr, confirms the pattern estimated by other authors (e.g Serpelloni et al., 2013, Devoti et al., 2014). The permanent stations located in the Apennine chain are characterized by a moderate uplift (or stability) with rates lower than 1-2 mm/yr. This evidence is fairly compatible with the velocity pattern recognized Fig. 3 – Present vertical kinematic pattern in the Italian peninsula. The colours of circles indicate the velocity amplitudes in mm/year following the chromatic scale on the left.