Dr. Daniele Cirillo, Ph.D. - Structural Geology

PERSONAL DATA

Nationality-Italian

Place and date of birth-Cosenza, 22 February 1983

Marital status-engaged

Affiliation-DiSPUTer, Ud’A University, Chieti Scalo

Languages-Italian and English

Telephone-0039 393 7226035 mobile, 0039 0871 3556389 work

Email-d.cirillo@unich.it

Orcid-orcid.org/0000-0002-0879-4920

Scopus-https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55441165700

ResearchGate-https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cirillo_Daniele

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND HOLD OFFICES

2006    Bechelor Degree in Geological Science at the University of Calabria, Italy

2009    Master Degree cum laude in Geological Science at the University of Calabria, Italy

2009    Winner of a Ph.D research scholarship at the University of Chieti, Italy

2010    Period of study at the Glasgow University

2014    Achievement of a doctoral degree In Structural Geology at the University of Chieti, Italy

2016-2017      Member of CRUST  “Centro inteRUniversitario per l’analisi Sismotettonica Tridimensionale”

 

 

SPECIALIZATION

Structural geology, tectonics, earthquake geology, seismotectonics, seismogenesis, 3D geomodelling, aerofotogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and GIS.

Computer skills: Good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, Corel DRAW graphics suites, and ArcGIS-ESRI software, optimal knowledge

of the MOVE-Petex suite, Agisoft Metashape, CloudCompare.

 

TEACHING ACTIVITY

Courses in : Structural Geology, Advanced field mapping, Digital Mapping and 3D Geomodelling, Advanced GIS. In the course of her carrier he has supervised various of graduate students.

 

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

T1 - Analysis of the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Alpine-Apennine units in the northern Calabrian arc;

T2 - Geological and geological-structural survey aimed at the recognition and description of the main tectonic structures in the southern Apennines;

T3 - Geometric and kinematic analysis of extensional fault systems in the southern Apennines (Calabria, Basilicata);

T4 - Seismotectonic analysis of extensional areas in the southern Apennines;

T5 - Seismotectonic analysis of compressional areas in the northern Apennines;

T6 - Seismogenic Zoning of the southern Apennines;

T7 - Seismogenic Zoning of the northern Apennines;

T8 - Geometries and times of deformation in the northern Calabria area;

T9 - Interpretation, depth conversion, back deformation, and validation of seismic lines;

T10 - Interpretations and analysis of stratigraphic correlation through Well Log data;

T11 - Interpretation of active seismic data;

T12 - Creation of 2D & 3D geological models using dedicated software;

T13 - Development of territorial information systems in GIS environment with a particular focus on ESRI Arcview and Arcmap software;

T14 - Generation of DEM-DTM-DSM using drones and dedicated software, along with morphotectonic interpretations;

T15 - Interpretation of aerophotogrammetric images and satellite images.

 

 

SELECTED PAPERS

  1. Cirillo D, Zappa M, Tangari AC, Brozzetti F, Ietto F. (2024). “Rockfall Analysis from UAV-Based Photogrammetry and 3D Models of a Cliff Area”. Drones. 2024; 8(1):31. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8010031                                
  2. Bello S., Perna M.G., Consalvo A., Brozzetti F., Galli P., Cirillo D., Andrenacci C.,  Tangari A., Carducci A., Menichetti M., Lavecchia G., Stoppa G., Rosatelli G. (2023). “Coupling rare earth element analyses and high-resolution topography along fault scarps to investigate past earthquakes: A case study from the Southern Apennines (Italy)”. Geosphere; 19 (5): 1348–1371. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02627.1                                                            
  3. Cirillo D., Cerritelli F., Agostini S., Bello S., Lavecchia G., Brozzetti F. (2022). “Integrating Post-Processing Kinematic (PPK)–Structure-from-Motion (SfM) with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Photogrammetry and Digital Field Mapping for Structural Geological Analysis”. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 11(8):437. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11080437

 

  1. Cirillo D., Totaro C., Lavecchia G., Orecchio B., de Nardis R., Presti D., Ferrarini F., Bello S., Brozzetti F. (2022). “Structural complexities and tectonic barriers controlling recent seismic activity in the Pollino area (Calabria-Lucania, southern Italy)-constraints from stress inversion and 3D fault model building”. Solid Earth Volume 13(1), pp 205-228. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-205-2022

 

  1. de Nardis, R., Pandolfi, C., Cattaneo, M., Monachesi G., Cirillo D., Ferrarini F., Bello S., Brozzetti F., Lavecchia G. (2022) “Lithospheric double shear zone unveiled by microseismicity in a region of slow deformation”. Scientific Reports 12, 21066. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24903-1

 

  1. Vichi, G., Perna, M.G., Ambrosio, F., Rosatelli G., Cirillo D., Broom-Fendley S., Vladykin N.V., Zaccaria D., Stoppa F., (2022). “La Queglia carbonatitic melnöite: a notable example of an ultra-alkaline rock variant in Italy”. Mineralogy and Petrology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-022-00792-0

 

  1. Lavecchia G., Bello S., Andrenacci C., Cirillo D., Ferrarini F., Vicentini N., de Nardis R., Roberts G., Brozzetti F., (2022). “QUaternary fault strain INdicators database - QUIN 1.0 - first release from the Apennines of central Italy” Scientific Data volume 9, Article number: 204.

 

  1. Bello S., Lavecchia G., Andrenacci C., Ercoli M., Cirillo D., Carboni F., Barchi M.R., Brozzetti F., (2022). “Complex trans‑ridge normal faults controlling large earthquakes” Scientific Reports volume 12, Article number: 10676.

 

  1. Bello S.; Andrenacci C.; Cirillo D.; Scott C.P.; Brozzetti F.; Arrowsmith JR; Lavecchia G. (2022). “High-Detail Fault Segmentation: Deep Insight into the Anatomy of the 1983 Borah Peak Earthquake Rupture Zone (⁠Mw 6.9, Idaho, USA)” Lithosphere 2022 (1): 8100224.

 

  1. Ercoli M., Cirillo D., Pauselli C., Harry M.J., Brozzetti F. (2021). “Ground-penetrating radar signature of Quaternary faulting: A study from the Mt. Pollino region, southern Apennines, Italy”. Solid Earth Volume 12(11), pp 2573-2596. IF2020=3.337 QR=1 https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-2573-2021

 

  1. Ferrarini F., Arrowsmith J.R, Brozzetti F., de Nardis R., Cirillo D., K.X. Whipple, Lavecchia G. (2021). “Late Quaternary Tectonics along the Peri-Adriatic Sector of the Apenninic Chain (Central-Southern Italy): Inspecting Active Shortening through Topographic Relief and Fluvial Network Analyses”. Lithosphere Volume 1, pp 1-28. IF2020=3.18 QR=1 https://doi.org/10.2113/2021/7866617

 

  1. Ferrarini F., de Nardis R., Brozzetti F., Cirillo D., Arrowsmith J.R., Lavecchia G. (2021). “Multiple Lines of Evidence for a Potentially Seismogenic Fault Along the Central-Apennine (Italy) Active Extensional Belt–An Unexpected Outcome of the MW6.5 Norcia 2016 Earthquake”. Frontiers in Earth Science Volume 9 Article number 642243. IF2020=3.498 QR=2 https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.642243

 

  1. Brozzetti F., Cirillo D. & Luchetti L. (2021). “Timing of Contractional Tectonics in the Miocene Foreland Basin System of the Umbria Pre-Apennines (Italy): An Updated Overview”. Geosciences 11(2), pp. 1–24, 97. IF2020=3.4 QR=1. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11020097

 

  1. Bello S., Scott C.P., Ferrarini F., Brozzetti F., Scott T., Cirillo D., de Nardis R., Arrowsmith J.R., Lavecchia G. (2021). “High-resolution surface faulting from the 1983 Idaho Lost River Fault Mw 6.9 earthquake and previous events”. Scientific Data – Nature, Volume 8, Issue 1 article number 68. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-021-00838-6

 

  1. Bello S., de Nardis R., Scarpa R., Brozzetti F., Cirillo D., Ferrarini F., di Lieto B., Arrowsmith R. J., Lavecchia G. (2021). “Fault Pattern and Seismotectonic Style of the Campania – Lucania 1980 Earthquake (Mw 6.9, Southern Italy): New Multidisciplinary Constraints”. Frontiers in Earth Science, volume 8, pages 29, article 608063. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.608063.

 

  1. Lavecchia, G., de Nardis, R., Ferrarini, F., Cirillo, D., Bello, S., Brozzetti, F. (2021). “Regional seismotectonic zonation of hydrocarbon fields in active thrust belts: A case study from italy”. Book Chapter in NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security 2021, Pages 89-128.

 

  1. Cirillo, D. (2020). “Digital Field Mapping and Drone-Aided Survey for Structural Geological Data Collection and Seismic Hazard Assessment: Case of the 2016 Central Italy Earthquakes”. Applied Sciences. 2020, 10, 5233. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10155233

 

  1. Brozzetti F., Mondini A.C., Pauselli C., Mancinelli P., Cirillo D., Guzzetti F. & Lavecchia G. (2020). “Mainshock Anticipated by Intra-Sequence Ground Deformations: Insights from Multiscale Field and SAR Interferometric Measurements” Geosciences 2020, 10(5), 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10050186

 

  1. Brozzetti F., Cerritelli F., Cirillo D., Agostini S. & Lavecchia G. (2020). “The Roccacaramanico Conglomerate (Maiella Tectonic Unit) in the frame of the Abruzzo early Pliocene Foreland Basin System: stratigraphic and structural implications” Italian Journal of Geosciences, Volume: 139 (2020) f.2, Pages: 252-265. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2020.04

 

  1. Brozzetti, F., Boncio, P., Cirillo, D., Ferrarini, F., de Nardis, R., Testa, A., Liberi, F., & Lavecchia, G. (2019). “High resolution field mapping and analysis of the August – October 2016 coseismic surface faulting (Central Italy Earthquakes): slip distribution, parameterization and comparison with global earthquakes”. Tectonics, 38. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005305 

 

  1. Testa A., Boncio P., Di Donato M., Mataloni G., Brozzetti F. & Cirillo D. (2019) - “Mapping the geology of the 2016 Central Italy earthquake fault (Mt. Vettore – Mt. Bove fault, Sibillini Mts.): geological details on the Cupi – Ussita and Mt. Bove – Mt. Porche segments and overall pattern of coseismic surface faulting”. Geological Field Trips and Maps DOI: https://doi.org/10.3301/GFT.2019.03 

 

  1. Open EMERGEO Working Group: Villani F., Civico R., Pucci S., Pizzimenti L., Nappi R., De Martini P.M., Agosta F., Alessio G., Alfonsi L., Amanti M., Amoroso S., Aringoli D., Auciello E., Azzaro R., Baize S. , Bello S., Benedetti L. , Bertagnini A., Binda G., Bisson M., Blumetti A.M., Bonadeo L., Boncio P., Bornemann P., Branca S., Braun T., Brozzetti F., Brunori C.A., Burrato P., Caciagli M., Campobasso C., Carafa M., Cinti F.R., Cirillo D., Comerci V., Cucci L., De Ritis R., Deiana G., Del Carlo P., Del Rio L., Delorme A., Di Manna P., Di Naccio D., Falconi L., Falcucci E., Farabollini P., Faure Walker J.P., Ferrarini F., Ferrario M.F., Ferry M., Feuillet N., Fleury J. , Fracassi U., Frigerio C., Galluzzo F., Gambillara R., Gaudiosi G., Goodall H., Gori S., Gregory L.C., Guerrieri L., Hailemikael S., Hollingsworth J., Iezzi F., Invernizzi C., Jablonská D., Jacques E., Jomard H., Kastelic V., Klinger Y., Lavecchia G., Leclerc F., Liberi F., Lisi A., Livio F., Lo Sardo L., Malet J.P., Mariucci M.T., Materazzi M., Maubant L.,Mazzarini F., McCaffrey K.J.W., Michetti A. M., Mildon Z.K., Montone P., Moro M., Nave R., Odin M., Pace B., Paggi S., Pagliuca N., Pambianchi G., Pantosti D., Patera A., Pérouse E., Pezzo G., Piccardi L., Pierantoni P.P. Pignone M., Pinzi S., Pistolesi E., Point J., Pousse L., Pozzi A., Proposito M., Puglisi C., Puliti I., Ricci T., Ripamonti L., Rizza M., Roberts G.P., Roncoroni M., Sapia V., Saroli M., Sciarra A., Scotti O., Skupinski G., Smedile A., Soquet, A., Tarabusi G., Tarquini S., Terrana S., Tesson J., Tondi E., Valentini A., Vallone R., Van der Woerd J., Vannoli P., Venuti A., Vittori E., Volatili T., Wedmore L.N.J., Wilkinson M., Zambrano M. (2018) - « A database of the coseismic effects following the 30 October 2016 Norcia earthquake in Central Italy». Scientific   Data         - Nature     - volume         5,          Article            number:                 180049    (2018). doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.49. 

 

  1. Open EMERGEO Working Group: Civico R., Pucci S., Villani F., Pizzimenti L., De Martini P.M., Nappi R., Agosta F., Alessio G., Alfonsi L., Amanti M., Amoroso S., Aringoli D., Auciello E., Azzaro R., Baize S., Bello S., Benedetti L., Bertagnini A., Binda G., Bisson M., Blumetti A.M., Bonadeo L., Boncio P., Bornemann P., Branca S., Braun T., Brozzetti F., Brunori C.A., Buttinelli M., Caciagli M., Campobasso C., Carafa M., Cinti F.R., Cirillo D., Comerci V., Cucci L., De Ritis R., Deiana G., Del Carlo P., Burrato P., Del Rio L., Delorme A., Di Manna P., Di Naccio D., Falconi L., Falcucci E., Farabollini P., Faure Walker J., Ferrarini F., Ferrario M.F., Ferry M., Feuillet N., Fleury J., Fracassi U., Frigerio C., Galluzzo F., Gambillara R., Gaudiosi G., Goodall H., Gori S., Gregory L., Guerrieri L., Hailemikael S., Iezzi F., Invernizzi C., Jablonská D., Jacques E., Jomard H., Kastelic V., Klinger Y., Lavecchia G., Leclerc F., Liberi F., Lisi A., Livio F., Lo Sardo L., Malet J.P., Mariucci M.T., Materazzi M., Mazzarini F., McCaffrey K., Michetti A., Mildon Z., Montone P., Moro M., Nave R., Odin M., Pace B., Paggi S., Pagliuca N., Pambianchi G., Pantosti D., Patera A., Pérouse E., Pezzo G., Piccardi L., Pierantoni P.P., Pignone M., Pinzi S., Pistolesi E., Point J., Pozzi A., Proposito M., Puglisi C., Puliti I., Ricci T., Ripamonti L., Rizza M., Roberts G., Roncoroni M., Sapia V., Saroli M., Sciarra A., Scotti O., Skupinski G., Smedile A., Tarabusi G., Tarquini S., Terrana S., Tesson J., Tiberti M.M., Tondi E., Valentini A., Vallone R., Van der Woerd J., Vannoli P., Venuti A., Vittori E., Volatili T., Wedmore L., Wilkinson M., Zambrano M. (2018) - «Surface ruptures following the 30 October 2016 Mw 6.5 Norcia earthquake, central Italy». Journal of Maps. Volume 14, 2018 - Issue 2, 151-160, DOI:10.1080/17445647.2018.1441756. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1441756

 

  1. Brozzetti F., Cirillo D., Liberi F., Piluso E., Faraca E., De Nardis R. & Lavecchia G. (2017)- «Structural Style of Quaternary Extension in the Crati Valley (Calabrian Arc): Evidence in support of an East-Dipping Detachment Fault». Ital. J. Geosci., Vol. 136, No. 3 (2017), pp. 434-453, 12 figs. (doi: 10.3301/IJG.2017.11) 

 

  1. Brozzetti F., Cirillo D., de Nardis R., Cardinali M., Lavecchia G., Orecchio B., Presti D. & Totaro C. (2017) - «Newly identified active faults in the Pollino seismic gap, southern Italy, and their seismotectonic significance». http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2016.10.005 Journal Structural Geology Volume 94, January 2017, Pages 13–31. Read/download article:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191814116301730

 

  1. Lavecchia G., Adinolfi G.M., de Nardis R., Ferrarini F., Cirillo D., Brozzetti F., De Matteis R., Festa G. & Zollo A. (2017) - «Multidisciplinary inferences on a newly recognized active east-dipping extensional system in Central Italy». Terra Nova, 29: 77-89, DOI:10.1111/ter.12251.Read/download article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ter.12251/epdf

 

  1. Lavecchia G., Castaldo R., de Nardis R., De Novellis V., Ferrarini F., Pepe S., Brozzetti F., Solaro G., Cirillo D., Bonano M., Boncio P., Casu F., De Luca C., Lanari R., Manunta M., Manzo M., Pepe A., Zinno I., Tizzani P. (2016) - «Ground deformation and source geometry of the August 24, 2016 Amatrice earthquake (Central Italy) investigated through analytical and numerical modeling of DInSAR measurements and structural-geological data». DOI:10.1002/2016GL071723 Geophysical Research Letters  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL071723/epdf

 

  1. Lavecchia G., de Nardis R., Costa G., Tiberi L., Ferrarini F., Cirillo D., Brozzetti F. & and Suhadolc P. (2015) - «Was Mirandola  thrust  really  involved  in  the  Emilia  2012  seismic sequence (northern Italy)? Implications on the likelihood of triggered seismicity effects». B.G.T.A., Vol. 56 pp. 461-488. http://www3.ogs.trieste.it/bgta/pdf/bgta0162_LAVECCHIA.pdf

 

  1. Filice F., Liberi F., Cirillo D., Pandolfi L., Marroni M. and Piluso E., (2015) - «Geological map of the central area of Catena Costiera: insights into the tectono-metamorphic evolution of alpine belt in Northern Calabria». Journal of Maps - DOI 10.1080/17445647.2014.944877. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/suppl/10.1080/17445647.2014.944877

 

  1. Lavecchia G., de Nardis R., Cirillo D., Brozzetti F. & Boncio P., 2012: «The May-June 2012 Ferrara Arc earthquakes (northern Italy): structural control of the spatial evolution of the seismic sequence and of the surface pattern of coseismic fractures». Annals of Geophysics, 55, 4, 2012; doi: 10.4401/ag-6173. https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/6173