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Giacomo Oggiano

Giacomo Oggiano

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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
4245
World Ranking
7682
National Ranking
273

Overview

Giacomo Oggiano is affiliated with the University of Sassari in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on geophysics and related subfields. Their body of work spans various specialized areas including geophysical and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, as well as seismic wave analysis and high-pressure geophysics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields they have focused on are:

  • Geophysics
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Biomaterials

The primary research topics covered by Giacomo Oggiano include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Among their most cited recent papers are:

  • "Site-selection criteria for the Einstein Telescope" (2020) published in Review of Scientific Instruments
  • "Rees and other critical raw materials in Cretaceous Mediterranean-type bauxite: The case of the Sardinian ore (Italy)" (2021) published in Ore Geology Reviews
  • "A Seismological Study of the Sos Enattos Area-the Sardinia Candidate Site for the Einstein Telescope" (2020) published in Seismological Research Letters
  • "Characterization of the Sos Enattos site for the Einstein Telescope" (2020) published in Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • "Ordovician tectonics of the South European Variscan Realm: new insights from Sardinia" (2022) published in International Journal of Earth Sciences

They have frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Carlo Giunchi
  • L. Naticchioni
  • Gilberto Saccorotti
  • D. D'Urso
  • Stefano Cuccuru

Giacomo Oggiano's work is often published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Maps
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • The European Physical Journal Plus
  • Review of Scientific Instruments

Best Publications

  • The hercynian chain in Sardinia (Italy)

    Luigi Carmignani;Rodolfo Carosi;Anselmo Di Pisa;Marco Gattiglio

  • Geological, geochemical and mineralogical features of some bauxite deposits from Nurra (Western Sardinia, Italy): insights on conditions of formation and parental affinity

    Paola Mameli;Giovanni Mongelli;Giacomo Oggiano;Enrico Dinelli

  • Relationships between the Tertiary structural evolution of the Sardinia-Corsica-Provençal Domain and the Northern Apennines

    Luigi Carmignani;F. Antonio Decandia;Leonardo Disperati;P. Lorenzo Fantozzi

  • Geologia della Sardegna: Note Illustrative della Carta Geologica della Sardegna in scala 1:200.000

    L. Carmignani;G. Oggiano;S. Barca;P. Conti

  • A restored section of the “southern Variscan realm” across the Corsica–Sardinia microcontinent

    Philippe Rossi;Giacomo Oggiano;Alain Cocherie

  • The Variscan post-collisional volcanism in Late Carboniferous Permian sequences of Ligurian Alps, Southern Alps and Sardinia (Italy): a synthesis

    L. Cortesogno;G. Cassinis;G. Dallagiovanna;L. Gaggero

  • The geological map of Sardinia (Italy) at 1:250,000 scale

    Luigi Carmignani;G. Oggiano;Antonio Luca Funedda;Paolo Conti

  • The Variscan Orogeny: Extent, Timescale and the Formation of the European Crust

    Karel Schulmann;José R. Martínez Catalán;Jean Marc Lardeaux;Vojtěch Janoušek

  • A Hercynian suture zone in Sardinia: geological and geochemical evidence

    B. Cappelli;L. Carmignani;F. Castorina;A. Di Pisa

  • Extensional tectonics on Sardinia (Italy): insights into the arc–back-arc transitional regime

    Claudio Faccenna;Fabio Speranza;Francesca D'Ajello Caracciolo;Massimo Mattei

  • Tracing groundwater salinization processes in coastal aquifers: a hydrogeochemical and isotopic approach in the Na-Cl brackish waters of northwestern Sardinia, Italy

    G. Mongelli;S. Monni;G. Oggiano;M. Paternoster

  • Multiple early Paleozoic volcanic events at the northern Gondwana margin: U-Pb age evidence from the Southern Variscan branch (Sardinia, Italy)

    Giacomo Oggiano;Laura Gaggero;Antonio Funedda;Laura Buzzi

  • Evolution of the Corsica–Sardinia Batholith and late-orogenic shearing of the Variscides

    Leonardo Casini;Stefano Cuccuru;Antonio Puccini;Giacomo Oggiano

  • Hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry of an alkaline volcanic area: the NE Mt. Meru slope (East African Rift – Northern Tanzania)

    Giorgio Ghiglieri;Daniele Pittalis;Guido Cerri;Giacomo Oggiano

  • Critical metals distribution in Tethyan karst bauxite: The cretaceous Italian ores

    Giovanni Mongelli;Maria Boni;Giacomo Oggiano;Paola Mameli

  • Emplacement of the Arzachena Pluton (Corsica–Sardinia Batholith) and the geodynamics of incoming Pangaea

    Leonardo Casini;Stefano Cuccuru;Matteo Maino;Giacomo Oggiano

  • Tertiary compression and extension in the Sardinian basement

    Luigi Carmignani;S. Barca;Leonardo Disperati;Pier Lorenzo Fantozzi

  • THE LOGUDORO BASIN: A KEY AREA FOR THE TERTIARY TECTONO-SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION OF NORTH SARDINIA

    Antonio Funedda;Antonio Funedda;Giacomo Oggiano;Sandro Pasci

  • The Sardinia–Corsica microplate and its role in the Northern Apennine Geodynamics: new insights from the Tertiary intraplate strike-slip tectonics of Sardinia

    Giacomo Oggiano;Antonio Funedda;Luigi Carmignani;Sandro Pasci

  • DIFFERENT TECTONO-THERMAL EVOLUTIONARY PATHS IN ECLOGITIC ROCKS FROM THE AXIAL ZONE OF THE VARISCAN CHAIN IN SARDINIA (ITALY) COMPARED WITH THE LIGURIAN ALPS

    Luciano Cortesogno;Laura Gaggero;Giacomo Oggiano;Jean Louis Paquette

  • POST-VARISCAN MAFIC DIKES FROM THE LATE OROGENIC COLLAPSE TO THE TETHYAN RIFT: EVIDENCE FROM SARDINIA

    Laura Gaggero;Giacomo Oggiano;Laura Buzzi;Francesca F. Slejko

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Mongelli
Giovanni Mongelli University of Basilicata
R. Carosi
R. Carosi University of Turin
Lapo Boschi
Lapo Boschi University of Padua
Gilberto Saccorotti
Gilberto Saccorotti National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Karel Schulmann
Karel Schulmann University of Strasbourg
Massimo Tiepolo
Massimo Tiepolo University of Milan
Elena Ferrari
Elena Ferrari University of Insubria
Carlo Baroni
Carlo Baroni University of Pisa
Vuk Mandic
Vuk Mandic University of Minnesota
S. Koley
S. Koley Gran Sasso Science Institute

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