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Francesco Salvini

Francesco Salvini

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
5017
World Ranking
6887
National Ranking
223

Overview

Francesco Salvini is affiliated with Roma Tre University in Italy and has a research focus primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy.

Their work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geology. The main research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes

Recent publications by Francesco Salvini include:

  • "Tectonics of Enceladus' South Pole: Block Rotation of the Tiger Stripes", 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • "Protracted Hydrogeological Activity in Arabia Terra, Mars: Evidence From the Structure and Mineralogy of the Layered Deposits of Becquerel Crater", 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • "Depositional Controls of the Layered Deposits of Arabia Terra, Mars: Hints From Basin Geometries and Stratigraphic Trends", 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • "Fault controlled geometries by inherited tectonic texture at the southern end of the East African Rift System in the Makgadikgadi Basin, northeastern Botswana", 2022, Tectonophysics
  • "Intraplate Strike-Slip Corridor within South America (NE Border of the Paraná Basin) Unveiled by Structural Analysis of Faults and Fracture Swarms", 2022, Geosciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Francesco Salvini are:

  • Paola Cianfarra
  • Gene Schmidt
  • Erica Luzzi
  • Andrea Apuzzo
  • Fulvio Franchi

The scholar's research has been published mainly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Geosciences
  • Tectonophysics
  • Tectonics
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Best Publications

  • The damage zone-fault core transition in carbonate rocks: implications for fault growth, structure and permeability

    Andrea Billi;Francesco Salvini;Fabrizio Storti

  • Cenozoic geodynamics of the Ross Sea region, Antarctica: Crustal extension, intraplate strike-slip faulting, and tectonic inheritance

    Francesco Salvini;Giuliano Brancolini;Martina Busetti;Fabrizio Storti

  • Particle size distributions in natural carbonate fault rocks: insights for non-self-similar cataclasis

    Fabrizio Storti;Andrea Billi;Francesco Salvini

  • Strike-slip fault-propagation cleavage in carbonate rocks: the Mattinata Fault Zone, Southern Apennines, Italy

    Francesco Salvini;Andrea Billi;Donald U Wise

  • TOPOGRAPHIC LINEAMENT SWARMS - CLUES TO THEIR ORIGIN FROM DOMAIN ANALYSIS OF ITALY

    Donald U. Wise;Renato Funiciello;Maurizio Parotto;Francesco Salvini

  • Intraplate strike-slip deformation belts

    F Storti;R Holdsworth;Francesco Salvini

  • An active margin across the Adriatic Sea (central Mediterranean Sea)

    P Favali;R Funiciello;G Mattietti;G Mele

  • Elliptic calderas in the Ethiopian Rift: control of pre-existing structures

    Valerio Acocella;T. Korme;Francesco Salvini;Renato Funiciello

  • Fault-related folding in sandbox analogue models of thrust wedges

    F Storti;Francesco Salvini;K. McClay

  • Formation of normal faults along the axial zone of the Ethiopian Rift

    Valerio Acocella;T Korme;Francesco Salvini

  • Synchronous and velocity-partitioned thrusting and thrust polarity reversal in experimentally produced, doubly-vergent thrust wedges: Implications for natural orogens

    Fabrizio Storti;Francesco Salvini;Ken McClay

  • The role of transfer structures on volcanic activity at Campi Flegrei (Southern Italy)

    Valerio Acocella;Francesco Salvini;R Funiciello;Claudio Faccenna

  • Analisi strutturale della linea Olevano-Antrodoco-Posta (Ancona-Anzio Auct.): metodologia di studio delle deformazioni fragili e presentazione del tratto meridionale

    Francesco Salvini;E. Vittori

  • Volcano tectonic setting of the intraplate, Pliocene-Holocene, Newer Volcanic Province (southeast Australia) : Role of crustal fracture zones

    C Lesti;Guido Giordano;F Salvini;Raymond Alexander Fernand Cas

  • Structural and petrophysical evolution of extensional fault zones in low-porosity, poorly lithified sandstones of the Barreiras Formation, NE Brazil

    F Balsamo;F Storti;Francesco Salvini;AT Silva

  • Structural architecture and displacement accommodation mechanisms at the termination of the Priestley Fault, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

    Fabrizio Storti;Federico Rossetti;Francesco Salvini

  • 3-D deformation pattern analysis and evolution of the Añisclo anticline, southern Pyrenees

    S Tavani;F Storti;O Fernandez;JA Munoz

  • Intraplate termination of transform faulting within the Antarctic continent

    F Storti;Francesco Salvini;Federico Rossetti;J. Phipps Morgan

  • The distribution of deformation in parallel fault-related folds with migrating axial surfaces: comparison between fault-propagation and fault-bend folding

    Francesco Salvini;Fabrizio Storti

  • Caratteri strutturali del Promontorio del Gargano

    R Funiciello;P Montone;Francesco Salvini;M. Tozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio Storti
Fabrizio Storti University of Parma
Renato Funiciello
Renato Funiciello Roma Tre University
Federico Rossetti
Federico Rossetti Roma Tre University
Andrea Billi
Andrea Billi National Research Council (CNR)
Francesco Mazzarini
Francesco Mazzarini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Domenico Cosentino
Domenico Cosentino Roma Tre University
Sveva Corrado
Sveva Corrado Roma Tre University
Claudio Faccenna
Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum
Valerio Acocella
Valerio Acocella Roma Tre University
Antonio Rovelli
Antonio Rovelli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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