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Federico Sani is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and focuses their research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work is particularly concentrated on Geophysics, where they have contributed to 46 publications. Other subfields of their research include Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics covered in Sani's research include earthquake and tectonic studies, with 34 publications addressing this area. Geological and Geochemical Analysis is another significant focus, along with studies on geological formations and processes. Their work also spans geological and geophysical research worldwide, geology and paleoclimatology, landslides and related hazards, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sani include:

  • Giacomo Corti
  • Derek Keir
  • Daniele Maestrelli
  • Marco Bonini
  • Frank Zwaan

Many of their publications appear in the following venues:

  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton)
  • Tectonics
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Tectonophysics
  • Annals of Geophysics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Federico Sani include:

  • "Structural Analysis of the Western Afar Margin, East Africa: Evidence for Multiphase Rotational Rifting," 2020, Tectonics
  • "Large-to Local-Scale Control of Pre-Existing Structures on Continental Rifting: Examples From the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa," 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Earthquake Rupture Forecasts for the MPS19 Seismic Hazard Model of Italy," 2021, Annals of Geophysics
  • "Tectonics of the Asela-Langano Margin, Main Ethiopian Rift (East Africa)," 2020, Tectonics
  • "3D-thrust fault pattern control on negative inversion: An analogue modelling perspective on central Italy," 2020, Journal of Structural Geology

Best Publications

  • Basin inversion and contractional reactivation of inherited normal faults: A review based on previous and new experimental models

    Marco Bonini;Federico Sani;Benedetta Antonielli

  • Crustal section based on CROP seismic data across the North Tyrrhenian–Northern Apennines–Adriatic Sea

    I.R Finetti;M Boccaletti;M Bonini;A Del Ben

  • Extension and compression in the Northern Apennines (Italy) hinterland: Evidence from the late Miocene-Pliocene Siena-Radicofani Basin and relations with basement structures

    Marco Bonini;Federico Sani

  • Basin inversion and fault reactivation in laboratory experiments

    Chiara Del Ventisette;Domenico Montanari;Federico Sani;Marco Bonini

  • Fault architecture in the Main Ethiopian Rift and comparison with experimental models: Implications for rift evolution and Nubia–Somalia kinematics

    Andrea Agostini;Marco Bonini;Giacomo Corti;Federico Sani

  • Cover thrust reactivations related to internal basement involvement during Neogene‐Quaternary evolution of the northern Apennines

    Mario Boccaletti;Federico Sani

  • Slip re-orientation in oblique rifts

    Melody Philippon;Melody Philippon;E. Willingshofer;D. Sokoutis;D. Sokoutis;G. Corti

  • Distribution of Quaternary deformation in the central Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa

    Andrea Agostini;Andrea Agostini;Marco Bonini;Giacomo Corti;Federico Sani

  • Re-orientation of the extension direction and pure extensional faulting at oblique rift margins: Comparison between the Main Ethiopian Rift and laboratory experiments

    Giacomo Corti;Melody Philippon;Federico Sani;Derek Keir

  • Aborted propagation of the Ethiopian rift caused by linkage with the Kenyan rift.

    Giacomo Corti;Raffaello Cioni;Zara Franceschini;Federico Sani

  • Structural evolution of the Rides Prerifaines (Morocco): structural and seismic interpretation and analogue modelling experiments

    F. Sani;C. Del Ventisette;D. Montanari;A. Bendkik

  • COMPRESSIVE NEOGENE-QUATERNARY TECTONICS IN THE HINTERLAND AREA OF THE NORTHERN APENNINES

    M. Boccaletti;M. Bonini;G. Moratti;F. Sani

  • Tectonic regime, granite emplacement and crustal structure in the inner zone of the Northern Apennines (Tuscany, Italy): A new hypothesis

    M Boccaletti;G Gianelli;F Sani

  • Relations between surface faulting and granite intrusions in analogue models of strike-slip deformation

    Giacomo Corti;Giovanna Moratti;Federico Sani

  • Late Miocene shortening of the Northern Apennines back-arc

    Marco Bonini;Federico Sani;Eusebio M. Stucchi;Giovanna Moratti

  • Late Pliocene–Quaternary evolution of outermost hinterland basins of the Northern Apennines (Italy), and their relevance to active tectonics

    Federico Sani;Marco Bonini;Luigi Piccardi;Gianfranco Vannucci

  • Evolution, distribution, and characteristics of rifting in southern Ethiopia

    Melody Philippon;Melody Philippon;Giacomo Corti;Federico Sani;Marco Bonini

  • Pre-eruptive ground deformation of Azerbaijan mud volcanoes detected through satellite radar interferometry (DInSAR)

    Benedetta Antonielli;Benedetta Antonielli;Oriol Monserrat;Marco Bonini;Gaia Righini

  • The Neogene–Quaternary evolution of the Guercif Basin (Morocco) reconstructed from seismic line interpretation

    F Sani;M Zizi;A.W Bally

  • Positive fault inversion triggering 'intrusive diapirism': an analogue modelling perspective

    Chiara Del Ventisette;Domenico Montanari;Marco Bonini;Federico Sani

  • Quaternary volcano‐tectonic activity in the Soddo region, western margin of the Southern Main Ethiopian Rift

    Giacomo Corti;Federico Sani;Melody Philippon;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Dimitrios Sokoutis

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Bonini
Marco Bonini National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Giacomo Corti
Giacomo Corti National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Derek Keir
Derek Keir University of Florence
Mario Boccaletti
Mario Boccaletti University of Florence
Dimitrios Sokoutis
Dimitrios Sokoutis Utrecht University
Francesco Mazzarini
Francesco Mazzarini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Massimo Delfino
Massimo Delfino University of Turin
Raffaello Cioni
Raffaello Cioni University of Florence
Lorenzo Rook
Lorenzo Rook University of Florence
Massimiliano Ghinassi
Massimiliano Ghinassi University of Padua

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