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Domenico Rio

Domenico Rio

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Earth Science

D-Index
58
Citations
10541
World Ranking
2192
National Ranking
30

Overview

Domenico Rio is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the broader domain of earth sciences and engineering, with a focus on geological and paleoclimatological research alongside reservoir engineering and simulation methods.

Their work includes significant contributions to subfields such as ocean engineering, geophysics, mechanical engineering, atmospheric science, and environmental chemistry. Main topics of research covered by Domenico Rio comprise:

  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Notable recent papers published by Domenico Rio include:

  • Proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Priabonian Stage (Eocene) at the Alano section (Italy), 2020, Episodes
  • Neogene-Quaternary Mediterranean calcareous nannofossil biozonation and biochronology: A review, 2023, Stratigraphy
  • High-resolution climate variability across the Piacenzian/Gelasian boundary in the Monte San Nicola section (Sicily, Italy), 2023, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Calcareous Nannofossil variability controlled by Milankovitch and sub-Milankovitch periodicity in the Monte San Nicola section (Gelasian GSSP / MIS 100-104), 2024, Marine Micropaleontology
  • Monsoon variability and high latitude climate signals in the Central Mediterranean at the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition: The Gelasian stratotype section (Monte San Nicola, Sicily) [Global and Planetary Change, volume 249, 104788]: Comment, 2025, Global and Planetary Change

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Isabella Raffi
  • Jan Backman
  • Eliana Fornaciari
  • Agata Di Stefano
  • Alessandro Incarbona

Domenico Rio's publications have appeared in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Episodes
  • Stratigraphy
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Their scholarly output reflects a breadth of expertise intersecting engineering principles with earth and planetary sciences, supporting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding geological processes and engineering challenges in environmental contexts.

Best Publications

  • Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

    Appy Sluijs;Stefan Schouten;Mark Pagani;Martijn Woltering

  • The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean.

    Kathryn Moran;Jan Backman;Henk Brinkhuis;Steven C. Clemens

  • A review of calcareous nannofossil astrobiochronology encompassing the past 25 million years

    Isabella Raffi;Jan Backman;Eliana Fornaciari;Heiko Pälike

  • Pliocene-Pleistocene Calcareous Nannofossil Distribution Patterns in the Western Mediterranean

    D. Rio;I. Raffi;G. Villa

  • Biozonation and biochronology of Paleogene calcareous nannofossils from low and middle latitudes

    Claudia Agnini;Eliana Fornaciari;Isabella Raffi;Rita Catanzariti

  • Biozonation and biochronology of Miocene through Pleistocene calcareous nannofossils from low and middle latitudes

    Jan Backman;Isabella Raffi;Domenico Rio;Eliana Fornaciari

  • Latest Oligocene to Early Middle Miocene Quantitative Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy in the Mediterranean Region

    Eliana Fornaciari;Domenico Rio

  • Middle Miocene quantitative calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy in the Mediterranean region

    Eliana Fornaciari;Agata Di Stefano;Domenico Rio;Alessandra Negri

  • Chronology of the pleistocene oxygen isotope record: 0–1.88 m.y. B.P

    Douglas F. Williams;Robert C. Thunell;Eric Tappa;Domenico Rio

  • The base of the Zanclean Stage and of the Pliocene Series

    John A. Van Couvering;Davide Castradori;Maria Bianca Cita;Frederik J. Hilgen

  • The Gelasian Stage (Upper Pliocene): A new unit of the global standard chronostratigraphic scale

    D. Rio;R. Sprovieri;D. Castradori;E. Di Stefano

  • Export production of coccolithophores in an upwelling region: Results from San Pedro Basin, Southern California Borderlands

    Patrizia Ziveri;Patrizia Ziveri;Robert C. Thunell;Domenico Rio

  • Late Oligocene through Early Pleistocene Calcareous Nannofossils from Western Equatorial Indian Ocean (Leg 115)

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  • Late Miocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and astrobiochronology for the Mediterranean region

    I. Raffi;C. Mozzato;E. Fornaciari;F. J. Hilgen

  • Eocene biostratigraphy and magnetic stratigraphy from Possagno, Italy: The calcareous nannofossil response to climate variability

    Claudia Agnini;Giovanni Muttoni;Dennis V. Kent;Dennis V. Kent;Domenico Rio

  • Plio‐Pleistocene Nannofossil Biostratigraphy and Calibration to Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphies from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 607 and Ocean Drilling Program Site 677

    Isabella Raffi;Jan Backman;Domenico Rio;Nicholas J. Shackleton

  • Mode and tempo of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum in an expanded section from the Venetian pre-Alps

    Luca Giusberti;Domenico Rio;Claudia Agnini;Jan Backman

  • Responses of calcareous nannofossil assemblages, mineralogy and geochemistry to the environmental perturbations across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary in the Venetian Pre-Alps

    Claudia Agnini;Eliana Fornaciari;Domenico Rio;Fabio Tateo

  • High-resolution nannofossil biochronology of middle Paleocene to early Eocene at ODP Site 1262: Implications for calcareous nannoplankton evolution

    Claudia Agnini;Eliana Fornaciari;Isabella Raffi;Domenico Rio

  • An early Eocene carbon cycle perturbation at ~52.5 Ma in the Southern Alps: Chronology and biotic response

    Claudia Agnini;Patrizia Macrì;Jan Backman;Henk Brinkhuis

  • Erratum: Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum (Nature (2006) 442 (671-675))

    Mark Pagani;Nikolai Pedentchouk;Matthew Huber;Appy Sluijs

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliana Fornaciari
Eliana Fornaciari University of Padua
Lloyd D Keigwin
Lloyd D Keigwin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Giovanni Muttoni
Giovanni Muttoni University of Milan
Jan Backman
Jan Backman Stockholm University
Valeria Luciani
Valeria Luciani University of Ferrara
Isabella Raffi
Isabella Raffi University of Chieti-Pescara
Gary D. Acton
Gary D. Acton Texas A&M University
Luca Lanci
Luca Lanci University of Urbino
Fabio Tateo
Fabio Tateo National Research Council (CNR)

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