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Bruno Capaccioni

Bruno Capaccioni

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
3019
World Ranking
8794
National Ranking
362

Overview

Bruno Capaccioni was affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences with notable contributions to Environmental Science. The subfields they worked within included Geophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Mechanics of Materials, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Environmental Chemistry.

Themes of their scientific work included Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Botany and Geology in Latin America and the Caribbean, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America.

Capaccioni's recent publications spanned several notable journals. These included:

  • Response of a hydrothermal system to escalating phreatic unrest: the case of Turrialba and Irazú in Costa Rica (2007-2012), 2021, Earth Planets and Space
  • Sources and migration pathways of methane and light hydrocarbons in the subsurface of the Southern Po River Basin (Northern Italy), 2022, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • A conceptual model for the Tufiño-Chiles-Cerro Negro (TCCN) geothermal system (Ecuador-Colombia): New insights into geothermal exploration from chemical and isotopic composition of hydrothermal fluids, 2023, Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • Forecasting the evolution of the current unrest of Campi Flegrei by defining anomalies through experts' elicitation, 2025, Annals of Geophysics
  • Response of a Hydrothermal System to Escalating Phreatic Unrest the Case of Turrialba and Irazú in Costa Rica (2007-2012), 2021, Research Square (Research Square)

The frequent coauthors with whom Capaccioni collaborated included:

  • Dmitri Rouwet
  • Raúl Mora-Amador
  • Eleonora Baldoni
  • Giovannella Pecoraino
  • Salvatore Inguaggiato

Capaccioni published often in the following venues:

  • Earth Planets and Space
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • Annals of Geophysics
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Fluid geochemistry of hydrothermal systems in the Arica-Parinacota, Tarapacá and Antofagasta regions (northern Chile)

    F. Tassi;F. Aguilera;F. Aguilera;T. Darrah;T. Darrah;O. Vaselli

  • Saline intrusion and refreshening in a multilayer coastal aquifer in the Catania Plain (Sicily, Southern Italy): dynamics of degradation processes according to the hydrochemical characteristics of groundwaters

    Bruno Capaccioni;Mariano Didero;Carmela Paletta;Lia Didero

  • Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation

    Paola Fantazzini;Stefano Mengoli;Luca Pasquini;Villiam Bortolotti

  • Ocean warming and acidification synergistically increase coral mortality.

    F. Prada;E. Caroselli;S. Mengoli;L. Brizi

  • Source conditions and degradation processes of light hydrocarbons in volcanic gases: an example from El ChichÓn volcano (Chiapas State, Mexico)

    Bruno Capaccioni;Yuri Taran;Franco Tassi;Orlando Vaselli

  • Biomineralization control related to population density under ocean acidification

    Stefano Goffredo;Fiorella Prada;Erik Caroselli;Bruno Capaccioni

  • Gas geochemistry of the magmatic-hydrothermal fluid reservoir in the Copahue–Caviahue Volcanic Complex (Argentina)

    M. Agusto;F. Tassi;F. Tassi;A.T. Caselli;O. Vaselli;O. Vaselli

  • Soil gas radon assessment and development of a radon risk map in Bolsena, Central Italy.

    G. Cinelli;L. Tositti;B. Capaccioni;E. Brattich

  • Submarine gas burst at Panarea Island (southern Italy) on 3 November 2002: A magmatic versus hydrothermal episode

    Bruno Capaccioni;Franco Tassi;Orlando Vaselli;Orlando Vaselli;Dario Tedesco

  • The Dallol Geothermal Area, Northern Afar (Ethiopia) — An Exceptional Planetary Field Analog on Earth

    B. Cavalazzi;R. Barbieri;F. Gómez;B. Capaccioni

  • Chemical composition of fumarolic gases and spring discharges from El Chichòn volcano, Mexico: causes and implications of the changes detected over the period 1998-2000

    F. Tassi;O. Vaselli;B. Capaccioni;J.L. Macias

  • Light hydrocarbons in hydrothermal and magmatic fumaroles: hints of catalytic and thermal reactions

    Bruno Capaccioni;Marino Martini;Filippo Mangani

  • Organic and inorganic geochemistry of low temperature gas discharges at the Baia di Levante beach, Vulcano Island, Italy

    B. Capaccioni;Franco Tassi;Orlando Vaselli

  • Geochemical and isotopic evidences of magmatic inputs in the hydrothermal reservoir feeding the fumarolic discharges of Tacora volcano (northern Chile)

    Bruno Capaccioni;F. Aguilera;F. Tassi;T. Darrah

  • Light hydrocarbons in gas-emissions from volcanic areas and geothermal fields

    Bruno Capaccioni;Marino Martini;Filippo Mangani;Luciano Giannini

  • Intense magmatic degassing through the lake of Copahue volcano, 2013-2014

    G. Tamburello;M. Agusto;A. Caselli;F. Tassi

  • Chemical characters of crater lakes in the Azores and Italy: the anomaly of Lake Albano

    Marino Martini;Luciano Giannini;Franco Prati;Franco Tassi

  • The hydrothermal-volcanic system of Rincon de la Vieja volcano (Costa Rica): A combined (inorganic and organic) geochemical approach to understanding the origin of the fluid discharges and its possible application to volcanic surveillance

    F. Tassi;O. Vaselli;B. Capaccioni;C. Giolito

  • Climatic control on the growth of gigantic gypsum crystals within hypogenic caves (Naica mine, Mexico)?

    Paolo S. Garofalo;Mattias B. Fricker;Detlef Günther;Paolo Forti

  • Monitoring of active but quiescent volcanoes using light hydrocarbon distribution in volcanic gases: the results of 4 years of discontinuous monitoring in the Campi Flegrei (Italy)

    Bruno Capaccioni;Filippo Mangani

  • Effects of a temporary HDPE cover on landfill gas emissions: multiyear evaluation with the static chamber approach at an Italian landfill.

    Bruno Capaccioni;Cristina Caramiello;Fabio Tatàno;Alessandro Viscione

  • Plinian fall deposits from Vulsini Volcanic District (Central Italy)

    Giovanni Nappi;Bruno Capaccioni;Michele Mattioli;Enrico Mancini

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Tassi
Franco Tassi University of Florence
Orlando Vaselli
Orlando Vaselli University of Florence
Giuseppe Falini
Giuseppe Falini University of Bologna
Oren Levy
Oren Levy Bar-Ilan University
Zvy Dubinsky
Zvy Dubinsky Bar-Ilan University
Giovanni Chiodini
Giovanni Chiodini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
José Luis Macías
José Luis Macías National Autonomous University of Mexico
Angelo Minissale
Angelo Minissale National Research Council (CNR)
Thomas H. Darrah
Thomas H. Darrah The Ohio State University
Katharina Fabricius
Katharina Fabricius Australian Institute of Marine Science

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