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Costanza Bonadonna

Costanza Bonadonna

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Earth Science

D-Index
57
Citations
11167
World Ranking
2274
National Ranking
65

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Costanza Bonadonna is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics addressed in Bonadonna's work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Aeolian Processes and Effects
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Landslides and Related Hazards
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows

Among recent publications, significant papers include:

  • The initial phase of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja ridge eruption (Canary Islands): Products and dynamics controlling edifice growth and collapse, 2022, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • The Independent Volcanic Eruption Source Parameter Archive (IVESPA, version 1.0): A new observational database to support explosive eruptive column model validation and development, 2021, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Physical Characterization of Long-Lasting Hybrid Eruptions: The 2021 Tajogaite Eruption of Cumbre Vieja (La Palma, Canary Islands), 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Multiple hazards and paths to eruptions: A review of the volcanic system of Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy), 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Aeolian Remobilisation of the 2011-Cordón Caulle Tephra-Fallout Deposit: Example of an Important Process in the Life Cycle of Volcanic Ash, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent collaborators in Bonadonna's research include:

  • Marco Pistolesi
  • Sébastien Biass
  • Eduardo Rossi
  • Simona Scollo
  • Lucía Dominguez

Bonadonna has published extensively in several scientific journals. The venues with the highest numbers of publications include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Scientific Reports

The scientist received the Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award from The Geological Society of America in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Total grain-size distribution and volume of tephra-fall deposits

    Costanza Bonadonna;Costanza Bonadonna;B.F. Houghton

  • On the drag of freely falling non-spherical particles

    Gholamhossein Bagheri;Costanza Bonadonna

  • Thickness variations and volume estimates of tephra fall deposits: the importance of particle Reynolds number

    Costanza Bonadonna;G. G. J. Ernst;R. S. J. Sparks

  • On the characterization of size and shape of irregular particles

    Gholamhossein Bagheri;Costanza Bonadonna;Irene Manzella;P. Vonlanthen

  • Episodes of cyclic Vulcanian explosive activity with fountain collapse at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

    T. H. Druitt;S. R. Young;B. Baptie;Costanza Bonadonna

  • Probabilistic modeling of tephra dispersal: Hazard assessment of a multiphase rhyolitic eruption at Tarawera, New Zealand

    Costanza Bonadonna;Costanza Bonadonna;Charles B. Connor;B. F. Houghton;Laura Connor

  • A review of volcanic ash aggregation

    R.J. Brown;Costanza Bonadonna;A.J. Durant;A.J. Durant

  • Estimating the volume of tephra deposits: A new simple strategy

    Costanza Bonadonna;A. Costa;A. Costa

  • Sedimentation from strong volcanic plumes

    Costanza Bonadonna;Costanza Bonadonna;Jeremy Charles Phillips

  • Cristobalite in volcanic ash of the soufriere hills volcano, montserrat, british west indies

    P. J. Baxter;C. Bonadonna;R. Dupree;V. L. Hards

  • Improving on mass flow rate estimates of volcanic eruptions

    Wim Degruyter;Costanza Bonadonna

  • Tephra sedimentation during the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption (Iceland) from deposit, radar, and satellite observations

    C Bonadonna;Riccardo Genco;M Gouhier;Marco Pistolesi

  • Future developments in modelling and monitoring of volcanic ash clouds: outcomes from the first IAVCEI-WMO workshop on Ash Dispersal Forecast and Civil Aviation

    Costanza Bonadonna;Arnau Folch;Susan Loughlin;Herbert Puempel

  • Tephra fallout in the eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

    Costanza Bonadonna;G. C. Mayberry;E. S. Calder;R. S. J. Sparks

  • Tephra stratigraphy and eruptive volume of the May, 2008, Chaitén eruption, Chile

    Fabrizio Alfano;Constanza Bonadonna;Alain C.M. Volentik;Charles B. Connor

  • Plume height, volume, and classification of explosive volcanic eruptions based on the Weibull function

    Costanza Bonadonna;Antonio Costa

  • Numerical modelling of tephra fallout associated with dome collapses and Vulcanian explosions: application to hazard assessment on Montserrat

    Costanza Bonadonna;Giovanni Macedonio;R. S. J Sparks

  • Results of the eruptive column model inter-comparison study

    Antonio Costa;Antonio Costa;Y. J. Suzuki;M. Cerminara;B. J. Devenish

  • Volcanic ash fall hazard and risk

    Susanna F Jenkins;T. M. Wilson;C Magill;V Miller

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Impacts of Volcanic Particulates

    Adam J. Durant;Costanza Bonadonna;Claire J. Horwell

  • Exploring Links Between Physical and Probabilistic Models of Volcanic Eruptions: The Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

    Charles B. Connor;R. S. J. Sparks;R. M. Mason;Costanza Bonadonna

  • Tephra sedimentation during the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption (Iceland) from deposit, radar and satellite observations

    C Bonadonna;R Genco;M Gouhier;M Pistolesi

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Pistolesi
Marco Pistolesi University of Pisa
Raffaello Cioni
Raffaello Cioni University of Florence
Charles B. Connor
Charles B. Connor University of South Florida
Arnau Folch
Arnau Folch Spanish National Research Council
Maurizio Ripepe
Maurizio Ripepe University of Florence
Antonio Costa
Antonio Costa National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Susan C. Loughlin
Susan C. Loughlin British Geological Survey
Bruce F. Houghton
Bruce F. Houghton University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mauro Rosi
Mauro Rosi University of Pisa
Jeremy C Phillips
Jeremy C Phillips University of Bristol

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