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Alessandro Amorosi

Alessandro Amorosi

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Earth Science

D-Index
46
Citations
7888
World Ranking
4222
National Ranking
100

Overview

Alessandro Amorosi is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans various specialized subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Archeology, Geophysics, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, with a strong emphasis on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology. In addition, Amorosi has addressed Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, earthquake and tectonic studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and broader Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Recent publications include:

  • Provenance and sediment dispersal in the Po-Adriatic source-to-sink system unraveled by bulk-sediment geochemistry and its linkage to catchment geology (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Basin-scale stratigraphic correlation of late Pleistocene-Holocene (MIS 5e-MIS 1) strata across the rapidly subsiding Po Basin (northern Italy) (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Delta sustainability from the Holocene to the Anthropocene and envisioning the future (2024, Nature Sustainability)
  • River avulsions and sedimentary evolution of the Luanhe fan-delta system (North China) since the late Pleistocene (2020, Marine Geology)
  • 3D geological modelling of the Bologna urban area (Italy) (2023, Engineering Geology)

Amorosi frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Bruno Campo
  • Luigi Bruno
  • Verónica Rossi
  • Irene Sammartino
  • Stefano Claudio Vaiani

Their work is published frequently in several venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Marine Geology
  • Sedimentology
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Best Publications

  • Markers of the last interglacial sea-level high stand along the coast of Italy: Tectonic implications

    Luigi Ferranti;Fabrizio Antonioli;Barbara Mauz;Alessandro Amorosi

  • Glaucony and Sequence Stratigraphy: A Conceptual Framework of Distribution in Siliciclastic Sequences

    Alessandro Amorosi

  • Holocene relative sea-level changes and vertical movements along the Italian and Istrian coastlines

    Fabrizio Antonioli;Luigi Ferranti;Alessandro Fontana;Alessandro Amorosi

  • Detecting compositional, spatial, and temporal attributes of glaucony: a tool for provenance research

    Alessandro Amorosi

  • Diagenesis and reservoir quality evolution of palaeocene deep-water, marine sandstones, the Shetland-Faroes Basin, British continental shelf

    H. Mansurbeg;S. Morad;S. Morad;A. Salem;R. Marfil

  • Sea-level rise and potential drowning of the Italian coastal plains: Flooding risk scenarios for 2100

    F Antonioli;M. Anzidei;A. Amorosi;V. Lo Presti

  • Geochemical and mineralogical variations as indicators of provenance changes in Late Quaternary deposits of SE Po Plain

    A Amorosi;M.C Centineo;E Dinelli;F Lucchini

  • Palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic evolution of the Po Plain from 150-ky core records

    Alessandro Amorosi;Maria Luisa Colalongo;Flavia Fiorini;Fabio Fusco

  • Late Quaternary depositional architecture of Po and Tevere river deltas (Italy) and worldwide comparison with coeval deltaic successions

    Alessandro Amorosi;Salvatore Milli

  • Sedimentary response to Late Quaternary sea‐level changes in the Romagna coastal plain (northern Italy)

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  • Predictive Diagenetic Clay‐Mineral Distribution in Siliciclastic Rocks within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework

    J. M. Ketzer;S. Morad;A. Amorosi

  • Millennial-scale depositional cycles from the Holocene of the Po Plain, Italy

    A. Amorosi;M.C. Centineo;M.L. Colalongo;F. Fiorini

  • Glacio-eustatic Control of Continental-Shallow Marine Cyclicity from Late Quaternary Deposits of the Southeastern Po Plain, Northern Italy

    Alessandro Amorosi;Maria Luisa Colalongo;Fabio Fusco;Giancarlo Pasini

  • Global sea-level control on local parasequence architecture from the Holocene record of the Po Plain, Italy

    Alessandro Amorosi;Luigi Bruno;Bruno Campo;Agnese Morelli

  • Facies Architecture and Latest Pleistocene-Holocene Depositional History of the Po Delta (Comacchio Area), Italy

    A. Amorosi;M. C. Centineo;M. L. Colalongo;G. Pasini

  • Onshore to offshore anatomy of a late Quaternary source-to-sink system (Po Plain–Adriatic Sea, Italy)

    Alessandro Amorosi;Vittorio Maselli;Fabio Trincardi

  • Holocene slip rate of the North Anatolian Fault beneath the Sea of Marmara

    A. Polonia;L. Gasperini;Alessandro Amorosi;E. Bonatti

  • Genetically related alluvial deposits across active fault zones: an example of alluvial fan-terrace correlation from the upper Quaternary of the southern Po Basin, Italy

    A. Amorosi;M. Farina;P. Severi;D. Preti

  • Sequence stratigraphy and the resolution of the fossil record

    Daniele Scarponi;Darrell Kaufman;Alessandro Amorosi;Michał Kowalewski

  • Climatic signature of cyclic fluvial architecture from the Quaternary of the central Po Plain, Italy

    Alessandro Amorosi;Marta Pavesi;Marianna Ricci Lucchi;Giovanni Sarti

  • Evolution patterns of glaucony maturity: A mineralogical and geochemical approach

    Alessandro Amorosi;Irene Sammartino;Fabio Tateo

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio Antonioli
Fabrizio Antonioli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Sadoon Morad
Sadoon Morad Khalifa University
Michał Kowalewski
Michał Kowalewski Florida Museum of Natural History
Giuseppe Mastronuzzi
Giuseppe Mastronuzzi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Enrico Dinelli
Enrico Dinelli University of Bologna
Alessandra Negri
Alessandra Negri Marche Polytechnic University
Luigi Ferranti
Luigi Ferranti University of Naples Federico II
Adele Bertini
Adele Bertini University of Florence
Giovanni Zanchetta
Giovanni Zanchetta University of Pisa
Marco Taviani
Marco Taviani Schmidt Ocean Institute

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