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Antonino Pezzino

Antonino Pezzino

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Earth Science

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33
Citations
2801
World Ranking
8536
National Ranking
342

Overview

Antonino Pezzino is affiliated with the University of Catania in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Arts and Humanities. The scientist has contributed to various subfields including Geophysics, Archeology, Earth-Surface Processes, Building and Construction, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The main topics addressed in Pezzino's work cover Building materials and conservation, Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production, Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, and Conservation Techniques and Studies.

Key recent publications by Antonino Pezzino include:

  • An end of waste alternative for volcanic ash: A resource in the manufacture of ceramic tiles (2020) in Construction and Building Materials
  • Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Calabria continental lower crust: the case of the Sila Piccola Massif (2020) in International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • The susceptibility to degradation of stone materials used in the built heritage of the Ortygia island (Syracuse, Italy): A laboratory study (2021) in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Premier bilan des recherches sur la pierre de construction à Mégara Hyblaea (2020) in Mélanges de l École française de Rome Antiquité

Pezzino frequently collaborates with various researchers, with recurring co-authorship including Cristina Maria Belfiore, Chiara Amato, Marco Viccaro, Gaetano Ortolano, and Roberto Visalli.

Their work has been published across several specialized venues, such as Construction and Building Materials, International Journal of Earth Sciences, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, and Mélanges de l École française de Rome Antiquité.

Best Publications

  • An analysis of the black crusts from the Seville Cathedral: a challenge to deepen the understanding of the relationships among microstructure, microchemical features and pollution sources.

    Silvestro A. Ruffolo;Valeria Comite;Valeria Comite;Mauro F. La Russa;Cristina M. Belfiore;Cristina M. Belfiore

  • Application of spectrometric analysis to the identification of pollution sources causing cultural heritage damage.

    C. M. Belfiore;C. M. Belfiore;D. Barca;A. Bonazza;V. Comite

  • Impact of air pollution in deterioration of carbonate building materials in Italian urban environments

    Donatella Barca;Valeria Comite;Valeria Comite;Cristina M. Belfiore;Cristina M. Belfiore;Alessandra Bonazza

  • The stones in monumental masonry buildings of the “Val di Noto” area: New data on the relationships between petrographic characters and physical–mechanical properties

    Laura Anania;Antonio Badalà;Germana Barone;Cristina Maria Belfiore

  • PETROGRAPHIC AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF POTTERY PRODUCTION OF THE LATE MINOAN I KILN AT HAGHIA TRIADA, CRETE*

    C. M. Belfiore;P. M. Day;A. Hein;V. Kilikoglou

  • CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND STATISTICAL MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT POTTERY FROM MESSINA, CATANIA, LENTINI AND SIRACUSA (SICILY)*

    G. Barone;A. Lo Giudice;P. Mazzoleni;A. Pezzino

  • P- and S-wave velocities and densities in silicate and calcite rocks from the Peloritani Mountains, Sicily (Italy): The effect of pressure, temperature and the direction of wave propagation

    R. Punturo;H. Kern;R. Cirrincione;P. Mazzoleni

  • Alpine Metamorphism in the Aspromonte Massif: Implications for a New Framework for the Southern Sector of the Calabria-Peloritani Orogen, Italy

    Antonino Pezzino;Gerolamo Angì;Eugenio Fazio;Patrizia Fiannacca

  • Metamorphic evolution of preserved Hercynian crustal section in the Serre Massif (Calabria–Peloritani Orogen, southern Italy)

    Gerolamo Angì;Rosolino Cirrincione;Eugenio Fazio;Patrizia Fiannacca

  • Peri-Gondwanan origin and early geodynamic history of NE Sicily: A zircon tale from the basement of the Peloritani Mountains

    Ian S. Williams;Patrizia Fiannacca;Rosolino Cirrincione;Antonino Pezzino

  • The Use of FTIR and Micro-FTIR Spectroscopy: An Example of Application to Cultural Heritage

    Mauro Francesco La Russa;Silvestro Antonio Ruffolo;Germana Barone;Gino Mirocle Crisci

  • The augen gneisses of the Peloritani Mountains (NE Sicily): Granitoid magma production during rapid evolution of the northern Gondwana margin at the end of the Precambrian

    Patrizia Fiannacca;Ian S. Williams;Rosolino Cirrincione;Antonino Pezzino

  • The Calabria-Peloritani Orogen, a composite terrane in Central Mediterranean; its overall architecture and geodynamic significance for a pre-Alpine scenario around the Tethyan basin

    Rosolino Cirrincione;Eugenio Fazio;Patrizia Fiannacca;Gaetano Ortolano

  • Crustal Contributions to Late Hercynian Peraluminous Magmatism in the Southern Calabria-Peloritani Orogen, Southern Italy: Petrogenetic Inferences and the Gondwana Connection

    Patrizia Fiannacca;Ian S. Williams;Rosolino Cirrincione;Antonino Pezzino

  • Damage monitoring on carbonate stones: Field exposure tests contributing to pollution impact evaluation in two Italian sites

    V. Comite;M. Álvarez de Buergo;D. Barca;C.M. Belfiore

  • Efficacy of nanolime in restoration procedures of salt weathered limestone rock

    Silvestro A. Ruffolo;Mauro F. La Russa;Piergiorgio Aloise;Cristina M. Belfiore;Cristina M. Belfiore

  • P-T evolution of Alpine metamorphism in the southern Aspromonte Massif (Calabria - Italy)

    Gaetano Ortolano;Rosolino Cirrincione;Antonino Pezzino

  • Fault-related rocks: deciphering the structural–metamorphic evolution of an accretionary wedge in a collisional belt, NE Sicily

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  • Geochemical study of black crusts as a diagnostic tool in cultural heritage

    Mauro F. La Russa;Cristina M. Belfiore;Cristina M. Belfiore;Valeria Comite;Donatella Barca

  • New insights on the consolidation of salt weathered limestone: the case study of Modica stone

    Silvestro A. Ruffolo;Mauro F. La Russa;Michela Ricca;Cristina M. Belfiore

  • Mid-Ordovician U–Pb ages of porphyroids in the Peloritan Mountains (NE Sicily): palaeogeographical implications for the evolution of the Alboran microplate

    Antonella Trombetta;Rosolino Cirrincione;Fernando Corfu;Paolo Mazzoleni

  • Application of protective products to “Noto” calcarenite (south-eastern Sicily): a case study for the conservation of stone materials

    Mauro F. La Russa;Germana Barone;Cristina M. Belfiore;Paolo Mazzoleni

Frequent Co-Authors

Donatella Barca
Donatella Barca University of Calabria
Gino Mirocle Crisci
Gino Mirocle Crisci University of Calabria
Hartmut Kern
Hartmut Kern Kiel University
Ian S. Williams
Ian S. Williams Australian National University
Cristina Sabbioni
Cristina Sabbioni Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Renée Heilbronner
Renée Heilbronner University of Basel
Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Hans-Rudolf Wenk University of California, Berkeley
Maurizio Fedi
Maurizio Fedi University of Naples Federico II
Salvatore Critelli
Salvatore Critelli University of Calabria
Luigi Tortorici
Luigi Tortorici University of Catania

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