Most relevant Project Papers

Akimbekova A, Monaco C, Barchi MR et al. (2023) Gravity modelling of the Tyrrhenian-Calabrian-Ionian subduction system. Front. Earth Sci. 11:1259831. doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1259831.

 

Akimbekova A., Barchi M.R. et al. (2021) Forward modelling of Bouguer anomalies along a transect of the Southern Apennines and the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea (Italy). It J. Geosc., 140 (3): 411–421. https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2021.03

 

Akimbekova A., Barchi M.R. et al. (2024) Deriving Vp velocity and density properties of complex litho-structural units from the analysis of geophysical log data: A study from the Southern Apennines of Italy. Mar. and Petr. Geology, 160, 106634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106634

 

Andrenacci C., Lavecchia G. et al. 2023. Reappraisal and analysis of macroseismic data for seismotectonic purposes: the strong earthquakes of southern Calabria (Italy)” Geosciences, 13, 212. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13070212

 

Antonioli F., Monaco C., et al. (2021) New Evidence of MIS 3 Relative Sea Level Changes from the Messina Strait, Calabria (Italy). Water, 13, 2647, https://doi.org/10.3390/w13192647 .

 

Barchi M.R., et al. (2021) The influence of subsurface geology on the distribution of earthquakes during the 2016‐–2017 Central Italy seismic sequence, Tectonophysics, 807, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228797 .

 

Barreca G., Monaco C., et al. (2021) The Strait of Messina: seismotectonics and the source of the 1908 earthquake. Earth-Science Reviews, 218, 103685, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103685 .

 

Barreca G., Monaco C., et al. (2020) Slab detachment, mantle flow, and crustal collision in Eastern Sicily (southern Italy): implications on Mt. Etna volcanism. Tectonics; 39, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006188.

 

Barreca G., Monaco C., et al. (2021) Reply to Comment “The Strait of Messina: Seismotectonics and the source of the 1908 earthquake”.Earth-Science Reviews 218. Earth-Science Reviews, 223, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103866.

 

Barreca G., Monaco C., et al. (2022) - Reply to Comment “The Strait of Messina: Seismotectonics and the source of the 1908 earthquake”. Earth-Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.103962.

 

Bello S., Lavecchia G., et al 2021: Fault Pattern and Seismotectonic Style of the Campania – Lucania 1980 Earthquake (Mw 6.9, Southern Italy): New Multidisciplinary Constraints. Front. Earth Sci. 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.608063

 

Bello S., Lavecchia G., et al. 2023. “Coupling rare earth elements analyses and high-resolution topography along fault scarps to investigate past earthquakes: a case study from southern Apennines (Italy)” Geosphere, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02627.1

 

Bello, S., Lavecchia G., Barchi M.R., et al. (2022) - Complex trans-ridge normal faults controlling large earthquakes. Sci Rep 12, 10676. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14406-4.

 

Carboni F., Barchi M.R., et al. (2022b) Modelling the 4D kinematics of extensional structures developed above discontinuous inclined ductile basal detachments, Journal of Structural Geology, Volume 157, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104570.

 

Carboni, F., Barchi M.R., et al. (2022a) Surface ruptures and off-fault deformation of the October 2016 central Italy earthquakes from DInSAR data. Sci Rep 12, 3172. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07068-9.

 

Cirillo D., Lavecchia G., et al 2021: Structural complexities and tectonic barriers controlling recent seismic activity of the Pollino area (Calabria-Lucania, Southern Italy) – constraints from stress inversion and 3D fault model building, Solid Earth. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2021-76.

 

Corradino M., Monaco C., et al.(2020) 3D Architecture and Plio-Quaternary evolution of the Paola Basin: Insights into the Forearc of the Tyrrhenian-Ionian Subduction System. Tectonics, 39. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005898.

 

Corradino M., Monaco C., et al. (2021) An integrated multiscale method for the characterization of active faults in offshore areas. The case of Sant’Eufemia Gulf (Offshore Calabria, Italy). Frontiers in Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.670557.

 

Corradino M., Monaco C., et al. (2023) Late Miocene to Recent structural evolution of the Squillace Gulf (offshore eastern Calabria): insights on the active tectonics of the Calabrian Arc. Tectonophysics, 851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229772.

 

Diaferia G., Valoroso L., et al. A new high-resolution seismic catalog for the Southern Apennines (Italy) built through template-matching. ESS Open Archive. 2023.

https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.169111378.88427772/v1

 

Ercoli M, Barchi M.R., et al. (2023) Evidencing subtle faults in deep seismic reflection profiles: Data pre-conditioning and seismic attribute analysis of the legacy CROP-04 profile. Front. Earth Sci. 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1119554

 

Ercoli, M., et al 2021: GPR signature of Quaternary faulting: a study from the Mt. 778 Pollino region, southern Apennines, Italy, Solid Earth, 2573-2596, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-2573-2021.

 

Ferranti L.*, et al. “Structural architecture and tectonic evolution of the Campania-Lucania arc (Southern Apennines, Italy): constraints from seismic reflection profiles, well data and structural-geologic analysis” Tectonophysics, Volume 879, 2024, 230313, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230313

 

Gambino S., Monaco C., et al. (2021) Deformation pattern of the northern sector of the Malta Escarpment (offshore SE-Sicily, Italy); fault dimension, slip prediction and seismotectonic implications. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 8. doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.594176.

 

Gambino S., Monaco C., et al. (2022) Assessing the rate of crustal extension by 2D sequential restoration analysis: a case study from the active portion of the Malta Escarpment. Basin Research, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12621.

 

Gambino S., Monaco C., et al. (2022) Response: Commentary: Deformation Pattern of the Northern Sector of the Malta Escarpment (Offshore SE Sicily, Italy): Fault Dimension, Slip Prediction and Seismotectonic Implications. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.886439.

 

Gambino S., Monaco C., et al. (2022) Transtension at the northern termination of the Alfeo-Etna Fault System (Western Ionian Sea, Italy): seismotectonics implications and relation with Mt. Etna volcanism. Geosciences, 12, 128. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12030128.

 

Giuffrida S., Monaco C., et al. (2023) Multidisciplinary analysis for a 3D seismotectonic modelling: the case study of Serre and Cittanova Faults in Southern Calabria (Italy). Front.in Earth Sciences, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1240051.

 

Henriquet M., Monaco C., et al. (2022) Present-day surface deformation of Sicily derived from Sentinel-1 InSAR time-series. J.Geoph. Res. – Solid Earth, 127. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023071.

 

Lavecchia G., Bello S., Andrenacci C., Cirillo D., Ferrarini F., Vicentini N., de Nardis R., Roberts G., Brozzetti F. “QUaternary fault strain INdicators database - QUIN 1.0 - first release from the Apennines of central Italy,” Scientific Data 9, 204. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01311-8

 

Lavecchia G., Bello S., Andrenacci A., Cirillo D., Pietrolungo F., Talone D., Ferrarini F., de Nardis R., Galli P., Faure Walker J., Sgambato C., Menichetti M., Monaco C., Gambino S., De Guidi G., Barreca G., Carnemolla F., Brighenti F., Giuffrida F., Pirrotta C., Carboni F., Ferranti L., Valoroso L., Toscani G., Barchi M.R., Roberts G., Brozzetti F. “QUIN 2.0 - new release of the Quaternary fault strain INdicators database from the Southern Apennines of Italy” Sci. Data, 11:189. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03008-6

 

Martorelli E., Monaco C., et al. (2023) Basin-scale interaction between post-LGM faulting and morpho-sedimentary processes in the S. Eufemia Gulf (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea). Geomorph., 436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108775.

 

Neri G., Orecchio B., et al. (2023) Recent seismicity in the Messina area, southern Italy, and comparison to the local geology and tectonics. Ann. Geophys., 66. https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8974

 

Neri G., Orecchio B., et al. (2021) Recent seismicity in the Messina Straits, south Italy, and inferences on the major 1908 earthquake. Front. Earth Sci 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.667501.

 

Neri G., Orecchio B., et al. Major Earthquakes of Southern Calabria, Italy, Into the Regional Geodynamic Context, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science, section Solid Earth Geophysics, vol.8. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.579846

 

Orecchio B., et al. (2021) New results for the 1968 Belice, south Italy, Seismic Sequence: Solving the long-lasting ambiguity on causative source. Seism. Res. Let., https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200277

 

Orecchio B., et al. (2021) Seismic deformation styles in the upper and lower plate domains of the Calabrian subduction zone, south Italy. Journal of Geodynamics, 145, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2021.101847.

 

Palano M., Orecchio B., et al. (2023) The intra-orogenic normal Lakes Fault (Sila, Calabria, southern Italy): new insights from geodetic and seismological data. Ital. J. Geosci., 142(3). https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2023.18.

 

Pino P., et al. (2023) Geophysical and geological signatures of an unknown fault in the historic center of Messina (Sicily, south Italy). Ann. Geophys., 66. https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8950

 

Pirrotta C., Monaco C., et al. (2021) Recent activity and kinematics of the bounding faults of the Catanzaro Trough (Central Calabria, Italy): new morphotectonic, geodetic and seismological data. Geosciences, 11, 405. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11100405.

 

Pirrotta C., Monaco C., et al. (2022) Geomorphological and morphometric analyses of the Catanzaro Trough (central Calabrian Arc, southern Italy): seismotectonic implications. Geosciences, 12, 324, https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12090324.

 

Presti D. Orecchio B., et al. Seismicity supports the theory of incipient rifting in the western Ionian sea, central Mediterranean (2020). Annals of Geoph., [S.l.], v. 63, n. 2. https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8360.

 

Scicchitano G., Monaco C., et al. (2022) The enigmatic 1693 AD tsunami in the eastern Mediterranean Sea: new insights on the triggering mechanisms and propagation dynamics. Sc. Rep. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13538-x.

 

Silvia Scolaro, Josep Batlló, Barbara Orecchio, Debora Presti, Daniel Stich, Cristina Totaro; Modern Approaches for Historical Seismograms: Moment Tensor Inversion of the 1947 Squillace Basin, South Italy, Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters 2024;; 95 (4): 2337–2351. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220230423

 

Valoroso, L., et al. (2023) Characterizing seismogenic fault structures of the Lake Pertusillo reservoir induced seismicity (Southern Italy) using a relocated template-matching catalog. J. Geoph. Research: Solid Earth, 128. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025879