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Andrea Zerboni

Andrea Zerboni

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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
3604
World Ranking
8958
National Ranking
370

Overview

Andrea Zerboni is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research output comprises 89 publications within this field, with a significant focus on the subfields of archeology, atmospheric science, anthropology, ecology, and paleontology.

Their work covers multiple topics relevant to historical and environmental sciences. These include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Archaeological Research and Protection
  • Landslides and related hazards

Andrea Zerboni has contributed to several recent papers, with notable examples such as:

  • Loess landscapes of Europe - Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation (2020) published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Dynamics of Ecological Communities Following Current Retreat of Glaciers (2021) published in Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Hunter-gatherers across the great Adriatic-Po region during the Last Glacial Maximum: Environmental and cultural dynamics (2020) published in Quaternary International
  • The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat (2024) published in Nature
  • Field-based sciences must transform in response to COVID-19 (2020) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Luca Forti
  • Mauro Cremaschi
  • Guido S. Mariani
  • Marina Gallinaro
  • Stefano Costanzo

Andrea Zerboni has published extensively in certain scientific venues, indicating a pattern of recurring contributions. These venues include:

  • Quaternary International
  • Journal of Maps
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geoheritage
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use

    Lucas Stephens;Dorian Fuller;Nicole Boivin;Torben Rick

  • Loess landscapes of Europe-Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation

    Frank Lehmkuhl;Janina J. Nett;Stephan Pötter;Philipp Schulte

  • Climatic changes and social transformations in the Near East and North Africa during the 'long 4th millennium BC: A comparative study of environmental and archaeological evidence

    Joanne Clarke;Nick Brooks;Edward B. Banning;Miryam Bar-Matthews

  • Climate change versus land management in the Po Plain (Northern Italy) during the Bronze Age: New insights from the VP/VG sequence of the Terramara Santa Rosa di Poviglio

    Mauro Cremaschi;Anna Maria Mercuri;Paola Torri;Assunta Florenzano

  • Dynamics of Ecological Communities Following Current Retreat of Glaciers

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Silvio Marta;Alessia Guerrieri;Mauro Gobbi

  • Inside the "African Cattle Complex": Animal Burials in the Holocene Central Sahara

    Savino di Lernia;Savino di Lernia;Mary Anne Tafuri;Mary Anne Tafuri;Marina Gallinaro;Francesca Alhaique;Francesca Alhaique

  • Holocene Critical Zone dynamics in an Alpine catchment inferred from a speleothem multiproxy record: disentangling climate and human influences.

    Eleonora Regattieri;Giovanni Zanchetta;Giovanni Zanchetta;Ilaria Isola;Elena Zanella

  • The calcareous tufa in the Tadrart Acacus Mt. (SW Fezzan, Libya): An early Holocene palaeoclimate archive in the central Sahara

    Mauro Cremaschi;Andrea Zerboni;Christoph Spötl;Fabrizio Felletti

  • Takarkori rock shelter (SW Libya): an archive of Holocene climate and environmental changes in the central Sahara

    Mauro Cremaschi;Andrea Zerboni;Anna Maria Mercuri;Linda Olmi

  • Early to Middle Holocene landscape exploitation in a drying environment: Two case studies compared from the central Sahara (SW Fezzan, Libya)

    Mauro Cremaschi;Andrea Zerboni

  • Holocene rock varnish on the Messak plateau (Libyan Sahara): Chronology of weathering processes

    Andrea Zerboni

  • Mesolithic Site Formation and Palaeoenvironment Along the White Nile (Central Sudan)

    Sandro Salvatori;Donatella Usai;Andrea Zerboni

  • Holocene Supra-Regional Environmental Changes as Trigger for Major Socio-Cultural Processes in Northeastern Africa and the Sahara

    Maria Carmela Gatto;Andrea Zerboni

  • Late Quaternary environments and prehistoric occupation in the lower White Nile valley, central Sudan

    Martin A.J. Williams;Donatella Usai;Sandro Salvatori;Frances M. Williams

  • Micromorphology reveals in situ Mesolithic living floors and archaeological features in multiphase sites in central Sudan

    Andrea Zerboni

  • Active fault-related folding in the epicentral area of the December 25, 1222 (Io = IX MCS) Brescia earthquake (Northern Italy): Seismotectonic implications

    Franz A. Livio;Andrea Berlusconi;Alessandro M. Michetti;Giancanio Sileo

  • Human Communities in a Drying Landscape: Holocene Climate Change and Cultural Response in the Central Sahara

    Mauro Cremaschi;Andrea Zerboni

  • Estimating ice albedo from fine debris cover quantified by a semi-automatic method: the case study of Forni Glacier, Italian Alps

    Roberto Sergio Azzoni;Antonella Senese;Andrea Zerboni;Maurizio Maugeri

  • An overview of Alpine and Mediterranean palaeogeography, terrestrial ecosystems and climate history during MIS 3 with focus on the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition

    Federica Badino;Roberta Pini;Cesare Ravazzi;Davide Margaritora

  • The loess-paleosol sequence at Monte Netto: a record of climate change in the Upper Pleistocene of the central Po Plain, northern Italy

    Andrea Zerboni;Luca Trombino;Chiara Frigerio;Franz Livio

  • Fish and salt: The successful recipe of White Nile Mesolithic hunter-gatherer-fishers

    Lara Maritan;Paola Iacumin;Andrea Zerboni;Giampiero Venturelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Cremaschi
Mauro Cremaschi University of Milan
Alessandro Maria Michetti
Alessandro Maria Michetti University of Insubria
Anna Maria Mercuri
Anna Maria Mercuri University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Alessandro Perego
Alessandro Perego Polytechnic University of Milan
Christoph Spötl
Christoph Spötl University of Innsbruck
Guglielmina Diolaiuti
Guglielmina Diolaiuti University of Milan
Giovanni Zanchetta
Giovanni Zanchetta University of Pisa
Claudio Smiraglia
Claudio Smiraglia University of Milan
Ilaria Isola
Ilaria Isola National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Giovanni Muttoni
Giovanni Muttoni University of Milan

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