A5022509867- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Geological formations and processes
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Drilling and Well Engineering
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Marine and environmental studies
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Geological Modeling and Analysis
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Geological Studies and Exploration
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Offshore Engineering and Technologies
- Landslides and related hazards
University of Catania
2014-2025
Terra
2012-2014
Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources
1995
Abstract. The accumulation of large boulders related to waves generated by either tsunamis or extreme storm events have been observed in different areas the Mediterranean Sea. Along eastern low-lying rocky coasts Malta, five sites with boulder deposits investigated, measured and mapped. These detached moved from nearshore lowest parts coast sea wave action. In Sicily–Malta channel, heavy storms are common originate NE NW winds. Conversely, few recorded historical documents reached Maltese...
A high-resolution stratigraphic model for the uppermost Messinian deposits of Mediterranean basin is here proposed. The provides new constraints calibrating time and space distribution palaeoenvironmental proxies final phase salinity crisis (MSC), characterized, after main massive evaporite precipitation, by progressive generalized establishment brackish to freshwater aquatic environments throughout (‘Lago Mare event’). corresponding unit, bounded intra-Messinian unconformity (MES) at base...
Mantle processes control plate tectonics and exert an influence on biogeochemical cycles. However, the proportion of mantle sampled in-situ is minimal, as it buried beneath igneous crust sediments. Here we report lithological characteristics two sections from embryonic ocean drilled by International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) in Tyrrhenian Sea. Contrary to at Mid Ridges (MORs) hyperextended passive margins, our findings reveal exceptionally heterogeneous fertile lithologies, ranging...
High-resolution quantitative and qualitative analyses of the planktonic foraminifer calcareous nannofossil content have been carried out on three Middle Miocene sections, from Mediterranean area. Such sections (Cretaccio section, Tremiti Islands, Southern Italy; Moria Marche Region, Central DSDP Site, 372 succession, Balearic Basin), all well known in literature, chosen because their high-quality biostratigraphic potential. Remarkable magnetostratigraphic data were provided by Site...
Baleen whales (Mysticeti) are major ecosystem engineers, thanks to their enormous size and bulk filter feeding strategy. Their signature gigantism is thought be a relatively recent phenomenon, resulting from Plio-Pleistocene mode shift in body evolution. Here, we report the largest whale fossil ever described: an Early Pleistocene (1.5–1.25 Ma) blue Italy with estimated length of up 26 m. Macroevolutionary modelling taking into account this specimen, as well additional material Miocene Peru,...
We report new paleomagnetic and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) results from upper Tortonian to middle Pleistocene sediments which were deposited upon adjacent active thrust structures in southwestern Sicily. The data show that the Plio‐Pleistocene Belice Menfi basins (covering Saccense shelf limestones) underwent any internal shortening after early (Santernian), as well net rotation. Sediments around this area (which overlie basinal Meso‐Cenozoic successions) record systematic...
The paleontologic data (calcareous nannofossils, foraminifers, ostracods, molluscs and pollen) of the Trave section (south Ancona, central Italy) are presented in order to describe fossil content pre-evaporitic post-evaporitc units evaluate paleoenvironmental evolution sedimentary deposits from Tortonian/Messinian boundary top Messinian. Several calcareous plankton bio-horizons astronomically calibrated, temporally constrain sequence between 7.44 Ma (FO Amaurolithus primus) 6.35 (sinistral...
The Miocene-Pliocene boundary in the Northern Apennine was object of several studies prior to definition GSSP Zanclean stage Eraclea Minoa section (Sicily, Italy). This came at end ’90s, after an accurate and Mediterranean wide high resolution biostratigraphic study basal Pliocene deposits. Since then calcareous plankton biostratigraphy allows correlate very base through occurrence two consecutive sinistrally coiled Neogloboquadrina acostaensis influxes, respectively placed within 1st/2nd...
Results of high-resolution integrated stratigraphic studies (calcareous plankton and magnetostratigraphy) three Mediterranean sections (La Vedova in Central Italy, Contrada Pesciarello Sicily St. Peter’s Pool Malta) one deep-sea core from the mid-latitude North Atlantic (DSDP Hole 608) are here synthesized. They compared with those previously studied deep marine including historical stratotype, aim to select most suitable section criterion define Langhian GSSP (Global Stratotype Section...
Marine outcrops of the Globigerina Limestone and Blue Clay formations on Maltese Islands in central Mediterranean document middle Miocene climate transition between ∼15 13.5 million years ago. Here high‐resolution benthic planktic oxygen isotope records have been constructed for this enigmatic interval Cenozoic evolution. Detailed biostratigraphic correlations to astronomically tuned La Vedova section northern Italy allow revision tuning Formation, constraining age sediments directly above...
The mid-Langhian ("Badenian") flooding fully reconnected the semi-isolated Central Paratethys realm with Mediterranean and, thereby, drastically changed middle Miocene paleogeography of Europe. Due to scattered stratigraphic record and scarcity independent age constraints in some areas, precise underlying mechanism are still debated. We present integrated chronostratigraphic data from five sections eastern part system reconstruct event distal strait Mediterranean. By applying modern...
The petroleum industry has always been pursuing highly exploitable gas fields, which are often hosted in carbonate rocks. However, carbonates heterogeneous and show different fabrics structures as the result of sedimentation various environments, subsequent diagenesis deformation. In this study, a multi-scale multidisciplinary approach performed on classical reservoir rocks from subsurface Hyblean Plateau (Sicily, Italy). We aim at unravelling important debated role tectonic diagenetic...