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Fausto Ferraccioli is affiliated with the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics in Italy. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Ecology.

Their scientific contributions cover a range of topics, with notable emphasis on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Landslides and related hazards, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Polar Research and Ecology, and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies.

Among recent published papers, the following are notable:

  • "Long-Term Increase in Antarctic Ice Sheet Vulnerability Driven by Bed Topography Evolution" (2020), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "High geothermal heat flow beneath Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica inferred from aeromagnetic data" (2021), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data" (2023), published in Earth system science data
  • "East Antarctica magnetically linked to its ancient neighbours in Gondwana" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "British Antarctic Survey's aerogeophysical data: releasing 25 years of airborne gravity, magnetic, and radar datasets over Antarctica" (2022), published in Earth system science data

Ferraccioli frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular co-authors include:

  • Tom A. Jordan
  • Alice Frémand
  • Julien A. Bodart
  • Robert G. Bingham
  • Hugh F. J. Corr

Their publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as Earth system science data, Communications Earth & Environment, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Research Letters, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

    Peter Fretwell;Hamish D. Pritchard;David G. Vaughan;J. L. Bamber

  • Deep glacial troughs and stabilizing ridges unveiled beneath the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet

    M. Morlighem;Eric Rignot;Tobias Binder;Donald Blankenship

  • East Antarctic rifting triggers uplift of the Gamburtsev Mountains

    Fausto Ferraccioli;Carol A. Finn;Tom A. Jordan;Robin E. Bell

  • Widespread Persistent Thickening of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet by Freezing from the Base

    Robin E. Bell;Fausto Ferraccioli;Timothy T. Creyts;David Braaten

  • Evidence from ice shelves for channelized meltwater flow beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Anne M. Le Brocq;Neil Ross;Jennifer A. Griggs;Robert G. Bingham

  • New boundary conditions for the West Antarctic ice sheet: Subglacial topography beneath Pine Island Glacier

    David G. Vaughan;Hugh F. J. Corr;Fausto Ferraccioli;Nicholas Frearson

  • The subglacial geology of Wilkes Land, East Antarctica

    Alan Robert Alexander Aitken;Duncan Young;Fausto Ferraccioli;Peter Graham Betts

  • Aeromagnetic exploration over the East Antarctic Ice Sheet: a new view of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin

    Fausto Ferraccioli;Egidio Armadillo;Tom Jordan;Emanuele Bozzo

  • Steep reverse bed slope at the grounding line of the Weddell Sea sector in West Antarctica

    Neil Ross;Robert George Bingham;Hugh F.J. Corr;Fausto Ferraccioli

  • New Magnetic Anomaly Map of the Antarctic

    A. V. Golynsky;F. Ferraccioli;J. K. Hong;D. A. Golynsky

  • Reconstructions of Antarctic topography since the Eocene–Oligocene boundary.

    Guy J.G. Paxman;Stewart S.R. Jamieson;Katharina Hochmuth;Karsten Gohl

  • Early East Antarctic Ice Sheet growth recorded in the landscape of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains

    Kathryn C. Rose;Fausto Ferraccioli;Stewart S.R. Jamieson;Robin E. Bell

  • New Antarctic Gravity Anomaly Grid for Enhanced Geodetic and Geophysical Studies in Antarctica.

    M. Scheinert;F. Ferraccioli;J. Schwabe;R. Bell

  • Rifted(?) crust at the East Antarctic Craton margin: Gravity and magnetic interpretation along a traverse across the Wilkes Subglacial Basin region

    Fausto Ferraccioli;Franco Coren;Emanuele Bozzo;Claudio Zanolla

  • Microlevelling procedures applied to regional aeromagnetic data: an example from the Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica)

    Fausto Ferraccioli;Marco Gambetta;Emanuele Bozzo

  • Aerogravity evidence for major crustal thinning under the Pine Island Glacier region (West Antarctica)

    T. A. Jordan;F. Ferraccioli;D. G. Vaughan;John W Holt

  • Inland thinning of West Antarctic Ice Sheet steered along subglacial rifts

    Robert George Bingham;Fausto Ferraccioli;Edward C. King;Robert D. Larter

  • Inland extent of the Weddell Sea Rift imaged by new aerogeophysical data

    Tom A. Jordan;Fausto Ferraccioli;Neil Ross;Hugh F.J. Corr

  • New aerogeophysical view of the Antarctic Peninsula: More pieces, less puzzle

    F. Ferraccioli;P. C. Jones;A. P. M. Vaughan;P. T. Leat

  • The Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands: Inception and retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Neil Ross;Tom A. Jordan;Robert G. Bingham;Hugh F.J. Corr

  • Earth tectonics as seen by GOCE - Enhanced satellite gravity gradient imaging

    Jörg Ebbing;Peter Haas;Fausto Ferraccioli;Folker Pappa

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom A. Jordan
Tom A. Jordan British Antarctic Survey
Hugh F. J. Corr
Hugh F. J. Corr British Antarctic Survey
Martin J. Siegert
Martin J. Siegert University of Exeter
Donald D. Blankenship
Donald D. Blankenship The University of Texas at Austin
Neil Ross
Neil Ross Newcastle University
René Forsberg
René Forsberg Technical University of Denmark
Robin E. Bell
Robin E. Bell Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Duncan A. Young
Duncan A. Young The University of Texas at Austin
Carol A. Finn
Carol A. Finn United States Geological Survey
Kenichi Matsuoka
Kenichi Matsuoka Norwegian Polar Institute

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