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Antonio Caracausi is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial number of publications in the subfields of Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, particularly:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Antonio Caracausi include:

  • "Hydrothermal 15N15N abundances constrain the origins of mantle nitrogen", 2020, Nature
  • "An evaluation of the C/N ratio of the mantle from natural CO2-rich gas analysis: Geochemical and cosmochemical implications", 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Identification of chondritic krypton and xenon in Yellowstone gases and the timing of terrestrial volatile accretion", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Continental degassing of helium in an active tectonic setting (northern Italy): the role of seismicity", 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Deciphering a mantle degassing transect related with India-Asia continental convergence from the perspective of volatile origin and outgassing", 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Michele Paternoster
  • Dario Buttitta
  • Alessandro Aiuppa
  • Gabriele Carnevale
  • Marino Domenico Barberio

Antonio Caracausi has published extensively in a variety of scientific journals. The venues they have most often contributed to are:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Lithos

Best Publications

  • Methane seeps and mud volcanoes in Italy: gas origin, fractionation and emission to the atmosphere.

    Giuseppe Etiope;Giovanni Martinelli;Antonio Caracausi;Francesco Italiano

  • Methane emission from the mud volcanoes of Sicily (Italy)

    G. Etiope;A. Caracausi;R. Favara;F. Italiano

  • Chondritic xenon in the Earth’s mantle

    Antonio Caracausi;Guillaume Avice;Peter G. Burnard;Evelyn Füri

  • Evidence of deep magma degassing and ascent by geochemistry of peripheral gas emissions at Mount Etna (Italy): Assessment of the magmatic reservoir pressure

    Antonio Caracausi;Francesco Italiano;Antonio Paonita;Andrea Rizzo

  • Geochemical evidence for mixing between fluids exsolved at different depths in the magmatic system of Mt Etna (Italy)

    Antonio Paonita;Antonio Caracausi;Giada Iacono-Marziano;Mauro Martelli

  • Gas flux to the atmosphere from mud volcanoes in eastern Romania

    G. Etiope;C. Baciu;A. Caracausi;F. Italiano

  • Changes in fluid geochemistry and physico-chemical conditions of geothermal systems caused by magmatic input: The recent abrupt outgassing off the island of Panarea (Aeolian Islands, Italy)

    A. Caracausi;M. Ditta;F. Italiano;M. Longo

  • Mount Etna: Geochemical signals of magma ascent and unusually extensive plumbing system

    A. Caracausi;R. Favara;S. Giammanco;F. Italiano

  • Hydrothermal 15 N 15 N abundances constrain the origins of mantle nitrogen

    J. Labidi;J. Labidi;P. H. Barry;D. V. Bekaert;M. W. Broadley

  • New insights into magma dynamics during last two eruptions of Mount Etna as inferred by geochemical monitoring from 2002 to 2005

    A. Rizzo;A. Caracausi;R. Favara;M. Martelli

  • An evaluation of the C/N ratio of the mantle from natural CO2-rich gas analysis: Geochemical and cosmochemical implications

    Bernard Marty;Matthieu Almayrac;Peter H. Barry;David V. Bekaert;David V. Bekaert

  • Crustal-scale fluid circulation and co-seismic shallow comb-veining along the longest normal fault of the central Apennines, Italy

    Luca Smeraglia;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Fabrizio Berra;Andrea Billi

  • Kolumbo submarine volcano (Greece): An active window into the Aegean subduction system.

    Andrea Luca Rizzo;Antonio Caracausi;Valèrie Chavagnac;Paraskevi Nomikou

  • Evidence of a recent input of magmatic gases into the quiescent volcanic edifice of Panarea, Aeolian Islands, Italy

    S. Caliro;A. Caracausi;G. Chiodini;M. Ditta

  • Mud volcanoes and methane seeps in Romania: main features and gas flux

    C. Baciu;A. Caracausi;F. Italiano;G. Etiope

  • Geochemistry of CO2-Rich Gases Venting From Submarine Volcanism: The Case of Kolumbo (Hellenic Volcanic Arc, Greece)

    Andrea Luca Rizzo;Antonio Caracausi;Valérie Chavagnac;Paraskevi Nomikou

  • Identification of chondritic krypton and xenon in Yellowstone gases and the timing of terrestrial volatile accretion.

    Michael W Broadley;Peter H Barry;David V Bekaert;David J Byrne

  • Continental degassing of helium in an active tectonic setting (northern Italy): the role of seismicity.

    Dario Buttitta;Antonio Caracausi;Lauro Chiaraluce;Rocco Favara

  • Outgassing of Mantle Volatiles in Compressional Tectonic Regime Away From Volcanism: The Role of Continental Delamination

    Antonio Caracausi;Attilio Sulli

  • Chlorine isotope composition of volcanic gases and rocks at Mount Etna (Italy) and inferences on the local mantle source

    Andrea L. Rizzo;Antonio Caracausi;Marcello Liotta;Marcello Liotta;Antonio Paonita

  • Active geodynamics of the central Mediterranean Sea: Tensional tectonic evidences in western Sicily from mantle‐derived helium

    A. Caracausi;R. Favara;F. Italiano;P. M. Nuccio;P. M. Nuccio

  • Hydrothermal processes governing the geochemistry of the crater fumaroles at Mount Etna volcano (Italy)

    M. Liotta;A. Paonita;A. Caracausi;M. Martelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Luca Rizzo
Andrea Luca Rizzo University of Milano-Bicocca
Antonio Paonita
Antonio Paonita University of Palermo
Francesco Italiano
Francesco Italiano National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Alessandro Aiuppa
Alessandro Aiuppa University of Palermo
Lauro Chiaraluce
Lauro Chiaraluce National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Giovanni Mongelli
Giovanni Mongelli University of Basilicata
Giuseppe Etiope
Giuseppe Etiope National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Carlo Cardellini
Carlo Cardellini University of Perugia
Carlo Doglioni
Carlo Doglioni National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Giovanni Martinelli
Giovanni Martinelli Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

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