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Overview

Francesco Italiano is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Geophysics, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Atmospheric Science.

Their research interests cover a range of specific topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, methane hydrates and related phenomena, geochemistry and geologic mapping, radioactivity and radon measurements, geological and geochemical analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Francesco Italiano include:

  • Marcella Di Bella
  • Giuseppe Sabatino
  • Davide Romano
  • Gianluca Lazzaro
  • Alessandro Tripodo

Common venues for publishing their research are:

  • 2022 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea)
  • Chemical Geology
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Applied Sciences

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Francesco Italiano include:

  • Inferences on the 2021 Ongoing Volcanic Unrest at Vulcano Island (Italy) through a Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Surveillance Network, 2023, Remote Sensing
  • Assessment of Natural Radioactivity and Radiological Risks in River Sediments from Calabria (Southern Italy), 2021, Applied Sciences
  • WebGIS Implementation for Dynamic Mapping and Visualization of Coastal Geospatial Data: A Case Study of BESS Project, 2021, Applied Sciences
  • SANTORY: SANTORini's Seafloor Volcanic ObservatorY, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Black Sea Methane Flares From the Seafloor: Tracking Outgassing by Using Passive Acoustics, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • Geochemical evidence of melt intrusions along lithospheric faults of the Southern Apennines, Italy: Geodynamic and seismogenic implications

    Francesco Italiano;Mauro Martelli;Giovanni Martinelli;P. Mario Nuccio

  • Geochemical investigations of submarine volcanic exhalations to the east of Panarea, Aeolian Islands, Italy

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  • Helium–strontium isotope constraints on mantle evolution beneath the Roman Comagmatic Province, Italy

    M. Martelli;M. Martelli;P.M. Nuccio;P.M. Nuccio;F.M. Stuart;R. Burgess

  • Methane seeps and mud volcanoes in Italy: gas origin, fractionation and emission to the atmosphere.

    Giuseppe Etiope;Giovanni Martinelli;Antonio Caracausi;Francesco Italiano

  • Methane emission from the mud volcanoes of Sicily (Italy)

    G. Etiope;A. Caracausi;R. Favara;F. Italiano

  • The episodic and abrupt geochemical changes at La Fossa fumaroles (Vulcano Island, Italy) and related constraints on the dynamics, structure, and compositions of the magmatic system

    A. Paonita;C. Federico;P. Bonfanti;G. Capasso

  • Natural emissions of methane from geothermal and volcanic sources in Europe

    G. Etiope;T. Fridriksson;F. Italiano;W. Winiwarter

  • Evidence of deep magma degassing and ascent by geochemistry of peripheral gas emissions at Mount Etna (Italy): Assessment of the magmatic reservoir pressure

    Antonio Caracausi;Francesco Italiano;Antonio Paonita;Andrea Rizzo

  • Bacterial and archaeal populations at two shallow hydrothermal vents off Panarea Island (Eolian Islands, Italy)

    Teresa Luciana Maugeri;Valeria Lentini;Concetta Gugliandolo;Francesco Italiano

  • Gas flux to the atmosphere from mud volcanoes in eastern Romania

    G. Etiope;C. Baciu;A. Caracausi;F. Italiano

  • Anomalies of mantle-derived helium during the 1997-1998 seismic swarm of Umbria-Marche, Italy

    F. Italiano;G. Martinelli;P. M. Nuccio

  • Changes in fluid geochemistry and physico-chemical conditions of geothermal systems caused by magmatic input: The recent abrupt outgassing off the island of Panarea (Aeolian Islands, Italy)

    A. Caracausi;M. Ditta;F. Italiano;M. Longo

  • Mount Etna: Geochemical signals of magma ascent and unusually extensive plumbing system

    A. Caracausi;R. Favara;S. Giammanco;F. Italiano

  • Helium isotopes and tectonics in southern Italy

    Yuji Sano;Hiroshi Wakita;Francesco Italiano;Mario P. Nuccio

  • Crustal-scale fluid circulation and co-seismic shallow comb-veining along the longest normal fault of the central Apennines, Italy

    Luca Smeraglia;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Fabrizio Berra;Andrea Billi

  • Steam output from fumaroles of an active volcano: Tectonic and magmatic‐hydrothermal controls on the degassing system at Vulcano (Aeolian arc)

    F. Italiano;G. Pecoraino;P. M. Nuccio

  • Remote detection of fumarolic gas chemistry at Vulcano, Italy, using an FT-IR spectral radiometer

    Toshiya Mori;Kenji Notsu;Yasunori Tohjima;Hiroshi Wakita

  • Evidence of a recent input of magmatic gases into the quiescent volcanic edifice of Panarea, Aeolian Islands, Italy

    S. Caliro;A. Caracausi;G. Chiodini;M. Ditta

  • Geochemical characteristics of soil radon and carbon dioxide within the Dead Sea Fault and Karasu Fault in the Amik Basin (Hatay), Turkey

    G. Yuce;C.C. Fu;W. D'Alessandro;A.H. Gulbay

  • Origin and interactions of fluids circulating over the Amik Basin (Hatay, Turkey) and relationships with the hydrologic, geologic and tectonic settings

    G. Yuce;F. Italiano;W. D'Alessandro;T. H. Yalcin

  • Geochemical monitoring of thermal waters in Slovenia: relationships to seismic activity.

    B. Zmazek;F. Italiano;M. Zivcic;J. Vaupotic

  • Mud volcanoes and methane seeps in Romania: main features and gas flux

    C. Baciu;A. Caracausi;F. Italiano;G. Etiope

  • Helium and carbon isotopes in the dissolved gases of Friuli Region (NE Italy): Geochemical evidence of CO2 production and degassing over a seismically active area

    Francesco Italiano;Pietro Bonfanti;Manuela Ditta;Riccardo Petrini

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Martinelli
Giovanni Martinelli Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
Andrea Luca Rizzo
Andrea Luca Rizzo University of Milano-Bicocca
Antonio Caracausi
Antonio Caracausi National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Giuseppe Etiope
Giuseppe Etiope National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Antonio Paonita
Antonio Paonita University of Palermo
Massimo Coltorti
Massimo Coltorti University of Ferrara
Carlo Doglioni
Carlo Doglioni National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Walter D'Alessandro
Walter D'Alessandro National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Salvatore Magazù
Salvatore Magazù University of Messina
Andrea Billi
Andrea Billi National Research Council (CNR)

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