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Francesco Stoppa is affiliated with the University of Chieti-Pescara in Italy and has a research focus centered in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 37 publications in this main field.

Their research extensively covers several subfields, including:

  • Geophysics
  • Paleontology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Archeology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

Main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Building materials and conservation
  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis

Stoppa has contributed to multiple research papers published in recognized scientific venues. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Introduction to the special Issue, insights on carbonatites and their mineral exploration approach: A challenge towards resourcing critical metals," 2021, Ore Geology Reviews
  • "Coupling rare earth element analyses and high-resolution topography along fault scarps to investigate past earthquakes: A case study from the Southern Apennines (Italy)," 2023, Geosphere
  • "Evolution and Involution of Carbonatite Thoughts," 2021, Elements
  • "Igneous and sedimentary 'limestones': the puzzling challenge of a converging classification," 2021, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • "Electric and Magnetic Recordings by Chieti CIEN Station During the Intense 2016-2017 Seismic Swarms in Central Italy," 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stoppa include:

  • Gianluigi Rosatelli
  • Maria Grazia Perna
  • Francesca Falcone
  • Simone Bello
  • Daria Zaccaria

The scientist's research has been disseminated in several publication outlets, with multiple contributions in:

  • Minerals
  • Heritage Science
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Geosphere
  • Geological Society London Special Publications

Best Publications

  • The Italian carbonatites: Field occurrence, petrology and regional significance

    F. Stoppa;A. R. Woolley

  • The tectonic significance of Italian magmatism: an alternative view to the popular interpretation

    Giusy Lavecchia;Francesco Stoppa

  • Is There a Mantle Plume Below Italy

    Keith Bell;Francesca Castorina;Giusy Lavecchia;Gianluigi Rosatelli

  • An enriched mantle source for Italy’s melilitite-carbonatite association as inferred by its Nd-Sr isotope signature

    F. Castorina;F. Stoppa;A. Cundari;M. Barbieri

  • Petrography and mineral chemistry of mantle xenoliths in a carbonate-rich melilititic tuff from Mt. Vulture volcano, southern Italy

    A. P. Jones;T. Kostoula;F. Stoppa;A. R. Woolley

  • Mineralogy and petrology of the Polino Monticellite Calciocarbonatite (Central Italy)

    F. Stoppa;L. Lupini

  • The San Venanzo maar and tuff ring, Umbria, Italy: eruptive behaviour of a carbonatite-melilitite volcano

    Francesco Stoppa

  • Late Pleistocene ultra-alkaline magmatic activity in the Umbria-Latium region (Italy): An overview

    Francesco Stoppa;Giusy Lavecchia

  • Calcio-carbonatite melts and metasomatism in the mantle beneath Mt. Vulture (Southern Italy)

    Gianluigi Rosatelli;Frances Wall;Francesco Stoppa

  • Erratum to ``Eruption style and petrology of a new carbonatitic suite from the Mt. Vulture (Southern Italy): The Monticchio Lakes Formation'' [Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 78 (1997) 251 265]

    Francesco Stoppa;Claudia Principe

  • A multi-method analysis of Si-, S- and REE-rich apatite from a new find of kalsilite-bearing leucitite (Abruzzi, Italy)

    P. Comodi;Y. Liu;F. Stoppa;A. R. Woolley

  • A new Italian carbonatite occurrence at Cupaello (Rieti) and its genetic significance

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  • Geochemistry of carbonatite-silicate pairs in nature: A case history from Central Italy

    F. Stoppa;G. Rosatelli;F. Wall;T. Jeffries

  • Eruption style and petrology of a new carbonatitic suite from the Mt. Vulture Southern Italy/: The Monticchio Lakes Formation

    Francesco Stoppa;Claudia Principe

  • Intrusive calcite-carbonatite occurrence from Mt. Vulture volcano, southern Italy

    G. Rosatelli;F. Stoppa;A. P. Jones

  • New mineral data from the kamafugitecarbonatite association: The melilitolite from Pian di Celle, Italy

    F. Stoppa;V. V. Sharygin;A. Cundari

  • Phlogopite-biotite parageneses from the K-mafic-carbonatite effusive magmatic association of Katwe-Kikorongo, SW Uganda

    F. E. Lloyd;A. R. Woolley;F. Stoppa;G. N. Eby

  • Chemical composition and petrogenetic implications of apatites from some ultra-alkaline Italian rocks

    Francesco Stoppa;Yu Liu

  • The Tyrrhenian zone: a case of lithosphere extension control of intra-continental magmatism

    Giusy Lavecchia;Francesco Stoppa

  • Italian carbonatite system: From mantle to ore-deposit

    Francesco Stoppa;Mariangela Schiazza;Gianluigi Rosatelli;Francesca Castorina

  • Lamprophyres of Italy: early Cretaceous alkaline lamprophyres of Southern Tuscany, Italy

    Francesco Stoppa;Alexei S. Rukhlov;Keith Bell;Mariangela Schiazza

Frequent Co-Authors

Giusy Lavecchia
Giusy Lavecchia University of Chieti-Pescara
Keith Bell
Keith Bell Carleton University
Frances Wall
Frances Wall University of Exeter
Adrian P. Jones
Adrian P. Jones University College London
Luisa Ottolini
Luisa Ottolini University of Pavia
Franco Pirajno
Franco Pirajno University of Western Australia
Stuart A. Robinson
Stuart A. Robinson University of Oxford
Fabrizio Nestola
Fabrizio Nestola University of Padua
Teresa E. Jeffries
Teresa E. Jeffries Natural History Museum
Simon Chenery
Simon Chenery British Geological Survey

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