Various origins and processes for turbidites are distinguished on the Calabrian Arc.
A palaeoearthquake calendar has been defined on the last 60 ka.
Co-seismic turbidites have a return time of 240 years in the abyssal plain and 450 to 1000 years in slope basins.
A co-tsunami turbidite has been linked with the Cape-Riva Santorini caldera collapse.
Volcaniclastic turbidites are linked to Etna flank collapses.