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Carla Braitenberg

Carla Braitenberg

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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
4778
World Ranking
7254
National Ranking
244

Overview

Carla Braitenberg is affiliated with the University of Trieste in Italy and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics. Their body of research includes over one hundred publications that extensively cover several subfields such as geophysics, oceanography, astronomy and astrophysics, molecular biology, and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The main topics that characterize their research include earthquake and tectonic studies, geophysics and gravity measurements, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake detection and analysis, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, and investigations into methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Carla Braitenberg has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Slip distribution of the February 6, 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey earthquake sequence in the East Anatolian Fault Zone, 2023, published in Seismica
  • The first pan-Alpine surface-gravity database, a modern compilation that crosses frontiers, 2021, published in Earth System Science Data
  • Mass-change And Geosciences International Constellation (MAGIC) expected impact on science and applications, 2023, published in Geophysical Journal International
  • The Congo Basin: Stratigraphy and subsurface structure defined by regional seismic reflection, refraction and well data, 2020, published in Global and Planetary Change
  • An additional publication from 2022 in the Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (University of Antwerp)

The frequent collaborators in their research include Alberto Pastorutti, Tommaso Pivetta, Sylvain Barbot, Muhammad Tahir Javed, and Magdala Tesauro.

Carla Braitenberg regularly publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Journal International, Global and Planetary Change, Frontiers in Earth Science, and Surveys in Geophysics. Notably, Zenodo hosts the highest number of their publications.

Best Publications

  • Earth's Free Oscillations Excited by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake

    Jeffrey Park;Teh-Ru Alex Song;Jeroen Tromp;Emile A. Okal

  • Holocene relative sea-level changes and vertical movements along the Italian and Istrian coastlines

    Fabrizio Antonioli;Luigi Ferranti;Alessandro Fontana;Alessandro Amorosi

  • Basement structures from satellite-derived gravity field: South China Sea ridge

    Carla Braitenberg;Susann Wienecke;Yong Wang

  • Slip distribution of the February 6, 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey earthquake sequence in the East Anatolian Fault Zone

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  • Tesseroids: Forward-modeling gravitational fields in spherical coordinates

    Leonardo Uieda;Valéria C. F. Barbosa;Carla Braitenberg

  • Spatial variations of flexure parameters over the Tibet–Quinghai plateau

    C. Braitenberg;Y. Wang;J. Fang;H.T. Hsu

  • Moho undulations beneath Tibet from GRACE-integrated gravity data

    Young Hong Shin;Houze Xu;Carla Braitenberg;Jian Fang

  • The gravity and isostatic Moho undulations in Qinghai–Tibet plateau

    C. Braitenberg;M. Zadro;J. Fang;Y. Wang

  • Science and User Needs for Observing Global Mass Transport to Understand Global Change and to Benefit Society

    Roland Pail;Rory J Bingham;Carla Braitenberg;Henryk Dobslaw

  • Inverse modelling of elastic thickness by convolution method - the eastern Alps as a case example

    Carla Braitenberg;Jörg Ebbing;Hans-Jürgen Götze

  • Measurements and interpretations of tilt–strain gauges in seismically active areas

    Maria Zadro;Carla Braitenberg

  • GOCE satellite derived gravity and gravity gradient corrected for topographic effect in the South Central Andes region

    Orlando Álvarez;Mario Gimenez;Carla Braitenberg;Andres Folguera

  • Forward and inverse modelling of gravity revealing insight into crustal structures of the Eastern Alps

    J. Ebbing;C. Braitenberg;H.-J. Götze

  • The enigmatic Chad lineament revisited with global gravity and gravity-gradient fields

    Carla Braitenberg;Patrizia Mariani;Jörg Ebbing;Michal Sprlak

  • Explaining the thick crust in Parana basin, Brazil, with satellite GOCE gravity observations

    Patrizia Mariani;Carla Braitenberg;Naomi Ussami

  • Exploration of tectonic structures with GOCE in Africa and across-continents

    Carla Braitenberg

  • A new analytical solution estimating the flexural rigidity in the Central Andes

    S. Wienecke;C. Braitenberg;H.-J. Götze

  • Insights into the lithospheric structure and tectonic setting of the Barents Sea region from isostatic considerations

    J. Ebbing;C. Braitenberg;S. Wienecke

  • New insights into the basement structure of the West Siberian Basin from forward and inverse modeling of GRACE satellite gravity data

    C. Braitenberg;J. Ebbing

  • The very-broad-band long-base tiltmeters of Grotta Gigante (Trieste, Italy): Secular term tilting and the great Sumatra-Andaman islands earthquake of December 26, 2004

    Carla Braitenberg;Giovanni Romeo;Quintilio Taccetti;Ildikò Nagy

  • Spectral and classical methods in the evaluation of Moho undulations from gravity data: The NE Italian Alps and isostasy

    C. Braitenberg;F. Pettenati;M. Zadro

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Ebbing
Jörg Ebbing Kiel University
Andrés Folguera
Andrés Folguera University of Buenos Aires
Roland Pail
Roland Pail Technical University of Munich
Hans-Jürgen Götze
Hans-Jürgen Götze Kiel University
Damien Delvaux
Damien Delvaux Royal Museum for Central Africa
Bert Wouters
Bert Wouters Utrecht University
C. K. Shum
C. K. Shum The Ohio State University
Laurent Longuevergne
Laurent Longuevergne University of Rennes
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
Andreas Güntner
Andreas Güntner University of Potsdam

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