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Cecilia Viti

Cecilia Viti

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
5043
World Ranking
6883
National Ranking
222

Overview

Cecilia Viti is affiliated with the University of Siena in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their research spans a range of interdisciplinary topics including geophysics, environmental health, materials chemistry, and mechanical engineering.

Their primary research topics include:

  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Mineral processing and grinding
  • Geochemistry and geologic mapping

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Cecilia Viti are:

  • Giancarlo Capitani
  • Narcisa Mihaela Marian
  • Matthew S. Tarling
  • Steven A. Smith
  • Giovanna Giorgetti

Their publications have appeared frequently in several specialized journals. The most common publication venues include:

  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Ceramics International
  • Chemosensors
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Cecilia Viti are:

  • "Meso- to nano-scale evidence of fluid-assisted co-seismic slip along the normal Mt. Morrone Fault, Italy: Implications for earthquake hydrogeochemical precursors" (2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "From hazardous asbestos containing wastes (ACW) to new secondary raw material through a new sustainable inertization process: A multimethodological mineralogical study" (2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • "From high-volume industrial waste to new ceramic material: The case of red gypsum muds in the TiO2 industry" (2023, Ceramics International)
  • "A common type of mineralogical banding in serpentine crack-seal veins" (2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "Thermal decomposition of cement-asbestos at 1100 °C: how much "safe" is "safe"?" (2021, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management)

Cecilia Viti's work integrates subfields including geophysics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, mechanical engineering, building and construction, and materials chemistry. This multidisciplinary approach supports research spanning both natural earth systems and applied environmental and materials engineering challenges.

Best Publications

  • Fault zone fabric and fault weakness

    Cristiano Collettini;André Niemeijer;André Niemeijer;Cecilia Viti;Chris Marone

  • Hydrothermally reset magmatic spinels in retrograde serpentinites: formation of “ferritchromit” rims and chlorite aureoles

    M. Mellini;C. Rumori;C. Viti

  • Fault lubrication and earthquake propagation in thermally unstable rocks

    Nicola De Paola;Takehiro Hirose;Tom Mitchell;Giulio Di Toro;Giulio Di Toro

  • Can grain size sensitive flow lubricate faults during the initial stages of earthquake propagation

    Nicola De Paola;Robert E. Holdsworth;Cecilia Viti;Cristiano Collettini;Cristiano Collettini

  • Serpentine minerals discrimination by thermal analysis

    Cecilia Viti

  • Fault structure, frictional properties and mixed-mode fault slip behavior

    Cristiano Collettini;Cristiano Collettini;André Niemeijer;Cecilia Viti;Steven A.F. Smith

  • Beyond Byerlee friction, weak faults and implications for slip behavior.

    C. Collettini;T. Tesei;M.M. Scuderi;B.M. Carpenter

  • Evolution of shear fabric in granular fault gouge from stable sliding to stick slip and implications for fault slip mode

    M.M. Scuderi;C. Collettini;C. Viti;E. Tinti

  • Development of interconnected talc networks and weakening of continental low-angle normal faults

    Cristiano Collettini;Cecilia Viti;Steven A.F. Smith;Robert E. Holdsworth

  • Mesh textures and bastites in the Elba retrograde serpentinites

    Cecilia Viti;Marcello Mellini

  • Heterogeneous distribution of metal nanocrystals in glazes of historical pottery

    I Borgia;B Brunetti;I Mariani;A Sgamellotti

  • Frictional strength and healing behavior of phyllosilicate-rich faults

    Telemaco Tesei;Cristiano Collettini;Cristiano Collettini;Brett M. Carpenter;Brett M. Carpenter;Cecilia Viti

  • Thermal decomposition along natural carbonate faults during earthquakes

    Cristiano Collettini;Cristiano Collettini;Cecilia Viti;Telemaco Tesei;Telemaco Tesei;Silvio Mollo

  • Crystal structure of lizardite-1T from Elba, Italy

    Marcello Mellini;Cecilia Viti

  • The effect of chlorite interlayering on 40 Ar– 39 Ar biotite dating: an 40 Ar– 39 Ar laser-probe and TEM investigations of variably chloritised biotites

    Gianfranco Di Vincenzo;Cecilia Viti;Sergio Rocchi

  • Contrasting chemical compositions in associated lizardite and chrysotile in veins from Elba, Italy

    Cecilia Viti;Marcello Mellini

  • Fault architecture and deformation mechanisms in exhumed analogues of seismogenic carbonate-bearing thrusts.

    Telemaco Tesei;Cristiano Collettini;Cristiano Collettini;Cecilia Viti;Massimiliano R. Barchi

  • The dehydroxylation of serpentine group minerals

    Alessandro F. Gualtieri;Carlotta Giacobbe;Cecilia Viti

  • Fault structure and slip localization in carbonate-bearing normal faults: An example from the Northern Apennines of Italy

    C. Collettini;B. M. Carpenter;C. Viti;F. Cruciani

  • The influence of normal stress and sliding velocity on the frictional behaviour of calcite at room temperature: Insights from laboratory experiments and microstructural observations

    B. M. Carpenter;C. Collettini;C. Collettini;Cecilia Viti;A. Cavallo

  • Fault Lubrication and Earthquake Propagation in Thermally Unstable Rocks

    N. de Paola;T. Hirose;T. M. Mitchell;G. di Toro

  • Beyond Byerlee Friction, Weak Faults and Implications for Slip Behaviour

    C. Collettini;T. Tesei;M. M. Scuderi;B. M. Carpenter

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristiano Collettini
Cristiano Collettini Sapienza University of Rome
Brett M. Carpenter
Brett M. Carpenter University of Oklahoma
Chris Marone
Chris Marone Pennsylvania State University
Silvio Mollo
Silvio Mollo Sapienza University of Rome
Keith C. Gordon
Keith C. Gordon University of Otago
Fabrizio Nestola
Fabrizio Nestola University of Padua
Robert E. Holdsworth
Robert E. Holdsworth Durham University
Takehiro Hirose
Takehiro Hirose Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Annalisa Santucci
Annalisa Santucci University of Siena
Alessandro F. Gualtieri
Alessandro F. Gualtieri University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

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