Pleistocene terraced fluvial succession, northern slope of Torino Hill

The succession is not linked either to the present hilly watercourses, or to the Po River now developed to the north of hilly relief, because during the Pleistocene the river flowed south of the Torino Hill. On the contrary, it is connected with modification by ancient Northern Piemonte Plain watercourses. This succession is the result of deformation of original plain sectors prior to the Po River shifting north of the relief. The comparison of chronological reference of fluvial morphological features and sediments with their altimetric distribution, suggests a mean uplift of the Torino Hill of about 1 mm/year. The present morphology connected with this evolution favours landslide phenomena.