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Eliana Fornaciari

Eliana Fornaciari

Eliana Fornaciari publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eliana Fornaciari sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Eliana Fornaciari D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eliana Fornaciari sits on this spectrum.

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The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Eliana Fornaciari is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on paleontology and related disciplines. Their scholarly work spans diverse subfields including Paleontology, Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Anthropology.

Their research encompasses several main topics, notably:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Calcareous nannofossils anchor chronologies for Arctic Ocean sediments back to 500 ka," 2020, published in Geology
  • "Proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Priabonian Stage (Eocene) at the Alano section (Italy)," 2020, published in Episodes
  • "UPPER CENOMANIAN FISHES FROM THE BONARELLI LEVEL (OAE2) OF NORTHEASTERN ITALY," 2020, published in di/segni (Università degli Studi di Milano)
  • "The Monte San Nicola section (Sicily) revisited: A potential unit-stratotype of the Gelasian Stage," 2022, published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "A new definition of the Paleocene Shallow Benthic Zones (SBP) by means of larger foraminiferal biohorizons, and their calibration with calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy," 2023, published in Micropaleontology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fornaciari include:

  • Itaru Koizumi
  • Mitchell W Lyle
  • Carl Richter
  • Richard J. Behl
  • Per Boden

Notable publication venues where Fornaciari has frequently contributed are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
  • Cretaceous Research

The body of work by Eliana Fornaciari presents a multidisciplinary approach intersecting paleontological stratigraphy, geochronology, and marine biology. Their contributions address chronologies of ancient sediments, definitions of stratigraphic units, fossil fish assemblages, and biostratigraphic zonations, informing geological and paleoclimatic reconstructions.

Best Publications

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

    Isabella Raffi;Jan Backman;Eliana Fornaciari;Heiko Pälike

  • 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

  • Astronomical calibration of the Paleocene time

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Isabella Raffi;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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Quaternary Arctic Ocean sea ice variations and radiocarbon reservoir age corrections

    Daniela Hanslik;Martin Jakobsson;Jan Backman;Svante Björck

  • 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

  • The environment of Venice area in the past two million years

    F Massari;D Rio;R Serandrei Barbero;A Asioli

  • Integrated biomagnetostratigraphy of the Alano section (NE Italy): A proposal for defining the middle-late Eocene boundary

    Claudia Agnini;Eliana Fornaciari;Luca Giusberti;Paolo Grandesso

  • Organic carbon burial following the middle Eocene climatic optimum in the central western Tethys

    D. J. A. Spofforth;C. Agnini;H. Pälike;D. Rio

  • The Dan-C2 hyperthermal event at Gubbio (Italy): Global implications, environmental effects, and cause(s)

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Fabrizio Frontalini;Giuseppe Bancalà;Eliana Fornaciari

  • Ecological and evolutionary response of Tethyan planktonic foraminifera to the middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) from the Alano section (NE Italy)

    Valeria Luciani;Luca Giusberti;Claudia Agnini;Eliana Fornaciari

  • Interplay between tectonics and glacio-eustasy: Pleistocene succession of the Crotone basin, Calabria (southern Italy)

    F. Massari;D. Rio;M. Sgavetti;G. Prosser

  • QUANTITATIVE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND BIOMAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF MIDDLE AND LATE MIOCENE CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS FROM EQUATORIAL INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS (LEGS 115, 130 AND 138).

    I. Raffi;D. Rio;Anna Raffaella D'Atri;E. Fornaciari

  • An integrated stratigraphic record of the Palaeocene-lower Eocene at Gubbio (Italy): new insights into the early Palaeogene hyperthermals and carbon isotope excursions

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Giuseppe Bancalà;Rita Catanzarit;Eliana Fornaciari

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabella Raffi
Isabella Raffi University of Chieti-Pescara
Domenico Rio
Domenico Rio University of Padua
Valeria Luciani
Valeria Luciani University of Ferrara
Thomas Westerhold
Thomas Westerhold University of Bremen
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Jan Backman
Jan Backman Stockholm University
Giovanni Muttoni
Giovanni Muttoni University of Milan
Luca Lanci
Luca Lanci University of Urbino
Fabio Tateo
Fabio Tateo National Research Council (CNR)
Mario Sprovieri
Mario Sprovieri National Research Council (CNR)

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