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Alessandro Maria Michetti

Alessandro Maria Michetti

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Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
4854
World Ranking
5940
National Ranking
176

Overview

Alessandro Maria Michetti is affiliated with the University of Insubria in Italy, with a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their contributions are concentrated in the subfields of Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, earthquake detection and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, landslides and related hazards, geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, and seismic performance and analysis.

Recent publications by Alessandro Maria Michetti include:

  • Use of UAV-based photogrammetry products for semi-automatic detection and classification of asphalt road damage in landslide-affected areas (2021), published in Engineering Geology
  • Surface faulting earthquake clustering controlled by fault and shear-zone interactions (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • Subsidence in Como historic centre (northern Italy): Assessment of building vulnerability combining hydrogeological and stratigraphic features, Cosmo-SkyMed InSAR and damage data (2021), published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • The 2017, MD = 4.0, Casamicciola Earthquake: ESI-07 Scale Evaluation and Implications for the Source Model (2021), published in Geosciences
  • Morphotectonics and late Quaternary seismic stratigraphy of Lake Garda (Northern Italy) (2020), published in Geomorphology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alessandro Maria Michetti include:

  • Maria Francesca Ferrario
  • Sabina Porfido
  • Franz Livio
  • Rosa Nappi
  • María Magdalena Velázquez-Bucio

Publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Quaternary International
  • Engineering Geology
  • Geosciences
  • Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Spatial and temporal variations in growth rates along active normal fault systems: an example from The Lazio–Abruzzo Apennines, central Italy

    Gerald P Roberts;Alessandro M Michetti

  • Trench investigations of the 1915 Fucino earthquake fault scarps (Abruzzo, central Italy): Geological evidence of large historical events

    Alessandro M. Michetti;Fabio Brunamonte;Leonello Serva;Eutizio Vittori

  • Fault scarps and deformation rates in Lazio–Abruzzo, Central Italy: Comparison between geological fault slip-rate and GPS data

    Ioannis D. Papanikolaou;Gerald P. Roberts;Alessandro M. Michetti

  • Future trends in paleoseismology: Integrated study of the seismic landscape as a vital tool in seismic hazard analyses

    Alessandro Maria Michetti;A M Franck Audemard;Shmuel Marco

  • Sintesi delle conoscenze sulle faglie attive in Italia Centrale: parametrizzazione ai fini della caratterizzazione della pericolosità sismica

    M. Barchi;F. Galadini;G. Lavecchia;P. Messina

  • Slip on a mapped normal fault for the 28th December 1908 Messina earthquake (Mw 7.1) in Italy

    M. Meschis;Gerald P. Roberts;Z.K. Mildon;Jennifer Robertson

  • Ground Effects during the 9 September 1998, Mw = 5.6 Lauria Earthquake and the Seismic Potential of the “Aseismic” Pollino Region in Southern Italy

    Alessandro M. Michetti;Luca Ferreli;Eliana Esposito;Sabina Porfido

  • Dual control of fault intersections on stop-start rupture in the 2016 Central Italy seismic sequence

    R. J. Walters;L. C. Gregory;L. N. J. Wedmore;T. J. Craig

  • A database of the coseismic effects following the 30 October 2016 Norcia earthquake in Central Italy.

    Fabio Villani;Riccardo Civico;Stefano Pucci;Luca Pizzimenti

  • Geological evidence for strong historical earthquakes in an “aseismic” region: The Pollino case (Southern Italy)

    Alessandro Maria Michetti;Luca Ferreli;Leonello Serva;Eutizio Vittori

  • Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults.

    P.A. Cowie;R.J. Phillips;Gerald P. Roberts;K. McCaffrey

  • Fault‐generated mountain fronts in the central apennines (Central Italy): Geomorphological features and seismotectonic implications

    Anna Maria Blumetti;Francesco Dramis;Alessandro Maria Michetti

  • Earthquake Hazard and the Environmental Seismic Intensity (ESI) Scale

    Leonello Serva;Eutizio Vittori;Valerio Comerci;Eliana Esposito

  • Palaeoseismology: historical and prehistorical records of earthquake ground effects for seismic hazard assessment

    K. Reicherter;A. M. Michetti;P. G. Silva Barroso

  • Fault scaling relationships, deformation rates and seismic hazards: an example from the Lazio-Abruzzo Apennines, central Italy

    Gerald P Roberts;Patience Cowie;Ioannis Papanikolaou;Alessandro M Michetti

  • EVIDENCE FOR SURFACE FAULTING DURING THE SEPTEMBER 26, 1997, COLFIORITO (CENTRAL ITALY) EARTHQUAKES

    Giuseppe Cello;Giovanni Deiana;Paolo Mangano;Stefano Mazzoli

  • AREAL DISTRIBUTION OF GROUND EFFECTS INDUCED BY STRONG EARTHQUAKES IN THE SOUTHERN APENNINES (ITALY)

    S. Porfido;E. Esposito;E. Vittori;G. Tranfaglia

  • 10Be exposure ages of a rock avalanche and a late glacial moraine in Alta Valtellina, Italian Alps

    Anne Hormes;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Peter W. Kubik;Luca Ferreli

  • Surface Faulting of the 6 April 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila Earthquake in Central Italy

    Eutizio Vittori;Pio Di Manna;Anna M. Blumetti;Valerio Comerci

  • Relationship between topography, rates of extension and mantle dynamics in the actively-extending Italian Apennines

    J.P. Faure Walker;Gerald P. Roberts;P.A. Cowie;Ioannis D. Papanikolaou

  • Slip distributions on active normal faults measured from LiDAR and field mapping of geomorphic offsets: an example from L'Aquila, Italy, and implications for modelling seismic moment release

    Maxwell Wilkinson;Gerald P. Roberts;Ken McCaffrey;Patience A. Cowie

  • Environmental Seismic Intensity Scale 2007 - ESI 2007.

    A.M. Michetti;F. Audemard;T. Azuma;J. Clague

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald P. Roberts
Gerald P. Roberts Birkbeck, University of London
Ken McCaffrey
Ken McCaffrey Durham University
Patience A. Cowie
Patience A. Cowie University of Bergen
Andrea Zerboni
Andrea Zerboni University of Milan
Emanuele Tondi
Emanuele Tondi University of Camerino
Klaus Reicherter
Klaus Reicherter RWTH Aachen University
Michael R. Rosen
Michael R. Rosen United States Geological Survey
Mauro Cremaschi
Mauro Cremaschi University of Milan
Christoph Spötl
Christoph Spötl University of Innsbruck
Peter Sammonds
Peter Sammonds University College London

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