Marine geohazards of the Bay of Naples (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy): a review integrated by morpho-bathymetric and seismo-stratigraphic analysis

Marine geohazards in the Bay of Naples, an eruptive region during the Late Quaternary, have been assessed based on both morpho-bathymetric and seismic data. Previously identified areas of high marine hazard with slide potential (northern Ischia slope, Naples canyons and Sorrento Peninsula-Capri slope) have been confirmed and integrated through seismo-stratigraphic analysis of selected seismic sections. We evaluated to the occurrence of important fossil submarine landslides in the stratigraphic record. Several kinds of submarine landslides have been individu-ated through morpho-bathymetric and seismic interpretation, including creeping, debris ava-lanches, debris flows, among others, often controlled by volcanic eruptions. Submarine landslides of the Naples Bay are primary geohazards in the marine and coastal areas, ascertained with sig-nificant volcanic and tsunami hazard involving the gulf. Despite previous studies on these topics, much work is still needed to compile a systematic database of the submarine landslides of the Bay of Naples, representing a future step of this research.