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Aaron Micallef is affiliated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

Among their recent publications are:

  • Offshore Freshened Groundwater in Continental Margins, 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • 3D characterisation and quantification of an offshore freshened groundwater system in the Canterbury Bight, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Groundwater erosion of coastal gullies along the Canterbury coast (New Zealand): a rapid and episodic process controlled by rainfall intensity and substrate variability, 2021, Earth Surface Dynamics

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

  • Joonas J. Virtasalo
  • Piero Bellanova
  • K. Jitsuno
  • Rui Bao
  • Michael Strasser

The scientist regularly publishes in the following venues:

  • Marine Geology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Hydrogeology Journal
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • A review of marine geomorphometry, the quantitative study of the seafloor

    Vincent Lecours;Margaret F. J. Dolan;Aaron Micallef;Vanessa L. Lucieer

  • A multi-method approach for benthic habitat mapping of shallow coastal areas with high-resolution multibeam data

    Aaron Micallef;Aaron Micallef;Timothy P. Le Bas;Veerle A.I. Huvenne;Philippe Blondel

  • Earthquakes drive large-scale submarine canyon development and sediment supply to deep-ocean basins.

    Joshu J. Mountjoy;Jamie D. Howarth;Alan R. Orpin;Philip M. Barnes

  • Tectonic expression of an active slab‐tear from high‐resolution seismic and bathymetric data offshore Sicily (Ionian Sea)

    Marc-André Gutscher;Stephane Dominguez;Bernard Mercier de Lepinay;Luis Pinheiro

  • The submerged paleolandscape of the Maltese Islands: Morphology, evolution and relation to Quaternary environmental change

    Aaron Micallef;Aaron Micallef;Federica Foglini;Timothy Le Bas;Lorenzo Angeletti

  • Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences

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  • A consistent global approach for the morphometric characterization of subaqueous landslides

    Michael Clare;Jason Chaytor;Oliver Dabson;Davide Gamboa

  • Construction of an oceanic island: Insights from the El Hierro (Canary Islands) 2011–2012 submarine volcanic eruption

    J. Rivera;G. Lastras;M. Canals;J. Acosta

  • A topographic signature of a hydrodynamic origin for submarine gullies

    Aaron Micallef;Joshu J. Mountjoy

  • Offshore freshened groundwater in continental margins

    Aaron Micallef;Mark Person;Christian Berndt;Claudia Bertoni

  • Morphology and mechanics of submarine spreading: a case study from the Storegga Slide

    Aaron Micallef;Douglas G. Masson;Christian Berndt;Dorrik A. V. Stow

  • A technique for the morphological characterization of submarine landscapes as exemplified by debris flows of the Storegga Slide

    Aaron Micallef;Christian Berndt;Douglas G. Masson;Dorrik A. V. Stow

  • 3D characterisation and quantification of an offshore freshened groundwater system in the Canterbury Bight

    Aaron Micallef;Mark Person;Amir Haroon;Bradley A. Weymer

  • Development and mass movement processes of the north-eastern Storegga Slide

    Aaron Micallef;Douglas G. Masson;Christian Berndt;Dorrik A.V. Stow

  • Geomorphic response of submarine canyons to tectonic activity: Insights from the Cook Strait canyon system, New Zealand

    Aaron Micallef;Aaron Micallef;Joshu J. Mountjoy;Philip M. Barnes;Miquel Canals

  • Evidence of the Zanclean megaflood in the eastern Mediterranean Basin

    Aaron Micallef;Angelo Camerlenghi;Daniel Garcia-Castellanos;Daniel Cunarro Otero

  • From gradual spreading to catastrophic collapse - Reconstruction of the 1888 Ritter Island volcanic sector collapse from high-resolution 3D seismic data

    Jens Karstens;Christian Berndt;Morelia Urlaub;Sebastian F.L. Watt

  • The Zanclean megaflood of the Mediterranean – Searching for independent evidence

    Daniel Garcia-Castellanos;Aaron Micallef;Ferran Estrada;Angelo Camerlenghi

  • Focused fluid seepage related to variations in accretionary wedge structure, Hikurangi margin, New Zealand

    Sally J. Watson;Joshu J. Mountjoy;Philip M. Barnes;Gareth J. Crutchley;Gareth J. Crutchley

  • Scale invariant characteristics of the Storegga Slide and implications for large-scale submarine mass movements

    Aaron Micallef;Christian Berndt;Douglas G. Masson;Dorrik A.V. Stow

  • The limits of seaward spreading and slope instability at the continental margin offshore Mt Etna, imaged by high-resolution 2D seismic data

    Felix Gross;Felix Gross;Sebastian Krastel;Jacob Geersen;Jan Hinrich Behrmann

  • Deep-Seated Bedrock Landslides and Submarine Canyon Evolution in an Active Tectonic Margin: Cook Strait, New Zealand

    Aaron Micallef;Aaron Micallef;Joshu J. Mountjoy;Miquel Canals;Miquel Canals;Galderic Lastras;Galderic Lastras

  • Spreading and slope instability at the continental margin offshore Mt Etna, imaged by high-resolution 2D seismic data

    Felix Gross;Sebastian Krastel;Jan Behrmann;Cord Papenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshu J. Mountjoy
Joshu J. Mountjoy National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Christian Berndt
Christian Berndt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Sebastian Krastel
Sebastian Krastel Kiel University
Galderic Lastras
Galderic Lastras University of Barcelona
Miquel Canals
Miquel Canals University of Barcelona
Angelo Camerlenghi
Angelo Camerlenghi National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
Marco Taviani
Marco Taviani Schmidt Ocean Institute
Dorrik A. V. Stow
Dorrik A. V. Stow Heriot-Watt University
Douglas G. Masson
Douglas G. Masson Seascape Consultants (United Kingdom)
Veerle A.I. Huvenne
Veerle A.I. Huvenne National Oceanography Centre

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