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Fernando Calamita is affiliated with the University of Chieti-Pescara in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a concentration on geophysics and related subfields such as management, monitoring, policy, and law, mechanics of materials, geology, and molecular biology. The scientist's publishing record reflects a broad engagement with geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, as well as landslides and related hazards.

The scientist has contributed to several notable topics including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Landslides and Related Hazards
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Frequent co-authors in their work include Paolo Pace, Mirko Francioni, Enrico Tavarnelli, John Coggan, and Federico Antonaci. These collaborations indicate a network of research partnerships focused on structural geology, geophysics, and related environmental studies.

Fernando Calamita has published in several peer-reviewed journals with repeated contributions to venues such as Remote Sensing, Journal of Structural Geology, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Geological Magazine, and All Earth. The most cited papers feature applications of geological modeling and remote sensing in structural and tectonic contexts.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Data and Discrete Fracture Network Models for Improved Rockfall Simulations," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "Along-strike variation of fault-related inversion folds within curved thrust systems: The case of the Central-Northern Apennines of Italy," 2022, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Shear zone fabrics and their significance in curved, inverted basin-derived thrust systems," 2022, Journal of Structural Geology
  • "Magnetic fabric in carbonatic rocks from thrust shear zones: A study from the Northern Apennines (Italy)," 2020, Tectonophysics
  • "Dinaric up-thrusts in the Pliocene evolution of the Central Apennines thrust belt of Italy: the Montagna dei Fiori structure," 2021, Geological Magazine

The research encompasses advanced structural geology and tectonic analyses, incorporating new technological methods such as unmanned aerial vehicle data to enhance modeling and simulation of geological hazards. The scientist's work integrates fundamental geological information with applied methods for understanding and monitoring earth materials and structural features at regional scales.

Best Publications

  • Migrating foredeep-thrust belt systems in the northern Apennines and southern Alps

    M. Boccaletti;F. Calamita;G. Deiana;R. Gelati

  • Structural styles, chronology rates of deformation, and time-space relationships in the Umbria-Marche thrust system (central Apennines, Italy)

    Fernando Calamita;Giuseppe Cello;Giovanni Deiana;Werter Paltrinieri

  • The interaction of extensional and contractional deformations in the outer zones of the Central Apennines, Italy

    V. Scisciani;E. Tavarnelli;F. Calamita

  • Active intraplate deformation within Adria: Examples from the Adriatic region

    Vittorio Scisciani;Fernando Calamita

  • The arcuate shape of the Umbria-Marche-Sabina Apennines (central Italy)

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  • Contrasting styles of fault reactivation in curved orogenic belts: Examples from the Central Apennines (Italy)

    F. Calamita;S. Satolli;V. Scisciani;P. Esestime

  • TETTONICA QUATERNARIA NELLA DORSALE APPENNINICA UMBRO-MARCHIGIANA E BACINI INTRAPPENNINICI ASSOCIATI

    F. Calamita;A. Pizzi

  • Positive inversion tectonics in foreland fold-and-thrust belts: A reappraisal of the Umbria-Marche Northern Apennines (Central Italy) by integrating geological and geophysical data

    Vittorio Scisciani;Simone Agostini;Fernando Calamita;Paolo Pace

  • Quaternary normal faults, intramontane basins and seismicity in the Umbria-Marche-Abruzzi Apennine Ridge (Italy): contribution of neotectonic analysis to seismic hazard assessment

    Alberto Pizzi;Fernando Calamita;Mauro Coltorti;Pierluigi Pieruccini

  • Foreland-dipping normal faults in the inner edges of syn-orogenic basins: a case from the Central Apennines, Italy

    V. Scisciani;F. Calamita;E. Tavarnelli;G. Rusciadelli

  • Quaternary faults and seismicity in the Umbro-Marchean Apennines (Central Italy): evidence from the 1997 Colfiorito earthquake

    F. Calamita;M. Coltorti;D. Piccinini;Pietro Paolo Pierantoni

  • Il buttressing delle faglie sinsedimentarie pre-thrusting sulla strutturazione neogenica della catena appenninica; l'esempio della M.gna dei Fiori (Appennino centrale esterno)

    Fernando Calamita;Alberto Pizzi;Maura Ridolfi;Giovanni Rusciadelli

  • Relationships between thrusts and normal faults in curved belts: New insight in the inversion tectonics of the Central-Northern Apennines (Italy)

    Alessandra Di Domenica;Antonio Turtù;Sara Satolli;Fernando Calamita

  • La Neo-Catena litosferica appenninica nata a partire dal Pliocene inferiore come espressione della convergenza Africa-Europa

    Mario Boccaletti;Fernando Calamita;Mauro Gabriele Viandante

  • Push-up inversion structures v. fault-bend reactivation anticlines along oblique thrust ramps: examples from the Apennines fold-and-thrust belt (Italy)

    P. Pace;F. Calamita

  • Coexistence of fault-propagation and fault-bend folding in curve-shaped foreland fold-and-thrust belts: examples from the Northern Apennines (Italy)

    Fernando Calamita;Paolo Pace;Sara Satolli

  • Analogue modeling of positive inversion tectonics along differently oriented pre-thrusting normal faults: An application to the Central-Northern Apennines of Italy

    Alessandra Di Domenica;Lorenzo Bonini;Fernando Calamita;Giovanni Toscani

  • Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Data and Discrete Fracture Network Models for Improved Rockfall Simulations

    Mirko Francioni;Federico Antonaci;Nicola Sciarra;Carlo Robiati

  • Summit low‐angle faults in the Central Apennines of Italy: Younger‐on‐older thrusts or rotated normal faults? Constraints for defining the tectonic style of thrust belts

    Paolo Pace;Alessandra Di Domenica;Fernando Calamita

  • Multi-phase reactivations and inversions of Paleozoic–Mesozoic extensional basins during the Wilson cycle: case studies from the North Sea (UK) and the Northern Apennines (Italy)

    Vittorio Scisciani;Stefano Patruno;Enrico Tavarnelli;Fernando Calamita

  • Magnetic stratigraphy of Kimmeridgian‐Aptian sections from Umbria‐Marche (Italy): New details on the M polarity sequence

    Fabio Speranza;Sara Satolli;Emanuela Mattioli;Fernando Calamita

  • The 125–150 Ma high-resolution Apparent Polar Wander Path for Adria from magnetostratigraphic sections in Umbria–Marche (Northern Apennines, Italy): Timing and duration of the global Jurassic–Cretaceous hairpin turn

    Sara Satolli;Jean Besse;Fabio Speranza;Fernando Calamita

  • Quaternary normal faults, intramontane basins and seismicity in the Umbria-Marche-Abruzzi Apennine Ridge (Italy): contribution of neotectonic analysis to seismic hazard assessment. Boll.Soc.Geol.It., v.s., 1, 923-929, Roma.

    A. Pizzi;F. Calamita;Mauro Coltorti;Pierluigi Pieruccini

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Boccaletti
Mario Boccaletti University of Florence
Fabio Speranza
Fabio Speranza National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Luigi Tortorici
Luigi Tortorici University of Catania
Domenico Cosentino
Domenico Cosentino Roma Tre University
Cesare Corselli
Cesare Corselli University of Milano-Bicocca
Doug Stead
Doug Stead Simon Fraser University
Giuseppe Cello
Giuseppe Cello University of Camerino
Sveva Corrado
Sveva Corrado Roma Tre University
Jean Besse
Jean Besse Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Emanuela Mattioli
Emanuela Mattioli Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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