Comment on the article “Engineering-geological insights into the gypsum-bearing deposits of Punta delle pietre nere (puglia region, italy)”

[IJEGE, Special Issue 1 (2024): 39-45, DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2024-01.S-05]

Abstract

The present comment article discusses the recent paper by Calcaterra et alii (2024), in which they present the results of site-specific investigations in the Punta delle Pietre Nere area, enabling to better understand the buried limits of the chalky deposits, their depth, the geological characteristics of the covering soils and the groundwater flow conditions. According to these Authors, the distribution of gypsum-bearing deposits in the subsoil of the area is now better defined than in the past, when the uncertainty of the data represented a factor strongly limiting the local possibilities of settlements’ development. The present comment highlights as, unfortunately, the paper by Calcaterra et alii (2024) does not at all reduce the uncertainties of the literature data, many of which neglected and not discussed by these Authors.