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Gianluca Valensise is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 28 publications contributing to this broad field.

Their work spans multiple subfields including:

  • Geophysics
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Environmental Engineering

Valensise's research topics are diverse and emphasize seismic and tectonic processes. Key topics covered in their publications include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Frequent collaborators include Paola Vannoli, Pierfrancesco Burrato, Umberto Fracassi, Roberto Basili, and Francesco Emanuele Maesano.

Publications by Gianluca Valensise have appeared repeatedly in venues such as Annals of Geophysics, Seismological Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Frontiers in Earth Science, and Geophysical Research Letters.

Representative recent papers include:

  • Partitioning the Ongoing Extension of the Central Apennines (Italy): Fault Slip Rates and Bulk Deformation Rates From Geodetic and Stress Data (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • The Seismotectonic Significance of Geofluids in Italy (2021, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • Earthquake Rupture Forecasts for the MPS19 Seismic Hazard Model of Italy (2021, Annals of Geophysics)
  • Buried Alive: Imaging the 9 November 2022, Mw 5.5 Earthquake Source on the Offshore Adriatic Blind Thrust Front of the Northern Apennines (Italy) (2023, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Inferring the depth and magnitude of pre-instrumental earthquakes from intensity attenuation curves (2023, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences)

Best Publications

  • The 2013 European Seismic Hazard Model: key components and results

    Jochen Woessner;Danciu Laurentiu;Domenico Giardini;Helen Crowley

  • Catalogo dei forti terremoti in Italia dal 461 a.C.

    Enzo Boschi;Emanuela Guidoboni;Graziano Ferrari;Gianluca Valensise

  • The Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (DISS), version 3: Summarizing 20 years of research on Italy's earthquake geology

    Roberto Basili;Gianluca Valensise;Paola Vannoli;Pierfrancesco Burrato

  • Defining seismogenic sources from historical earthquake felt reports

    Paolo Gasperini;Filippo Bernardini;Gianluca Valensise;Enzo Boschi

  • A seismic source zone model for the seismic hazard assessment of the Italian territory

    Carlo Meletti;Fabrizio Galadini;Gianluca Valensise;Massimiliano Stucchi

  • Catalogue of Strong Italian Earthquakes from 461 B.C. to 1997

    Enzo Boschi;Emanuela Guidoboni;Graziano Ferrari;Dante Mariotti

  • Faulting mechanism and complexity of the November 23, 1980, Campania-Lucania Earthquake, inferred from surface observations

    Daniela Pantosti;Gianluca Valensise

  • Deformation of the 125 ka marine terrace in Italy: tectonic implications

    Paola Bordoni;Gianluca Valensise

  • Paleoseismology along the 1980 surface rupture of the Irpinia Fault: Implications for earthquake recurrence in the southern Apennines, Italy

    Daniela Pantosti;David P. Schwartz;Gianluca Valensise

  • A 125 Kyr-long geological record of seismic source repeatability: the Messina Straits (southern Italy) and the 1908 earthquake (Ms7/2)

    Gianluca Valensise;Daniela Pantosti

  • An inventory of river anomalies in the Po Plain, Northern Italy: evidence for active blind thrust faulting

    Pierfrancesco Burrato;Francesca Ciucci;Gianluca Valensise

  • Catalogo dei forti terremoti in Italia dal 461 a.C. al 1990

    Enzo Boschi;Emanuela Guidoboni;Graziano Ferrari;Gianluca Valensise

  • The European Database of Seismogenic Faults (EDSF) compiled in the framework of the Project SHARE

    R. Basilic;V. Kastelic;M. B. Demircioglu;D. Garcia Moreno

  • CFTI4Med, Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy (461 B.C.-1997) and Mediterranean Area (760 B.C.-1500)

    Emanuela Guidoboni;Graziano Ferrari;Dante Mariotti;Alberto Comastri

  • Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (version 3.0.2): A compilation of potential sources for earthquakes larger than M 5.5 in Italy and surrounding areas.

    S. Barba;R. Basili;P. Burrato;U. Fracassi

  • The investigation of potential earthquake sources in peninsular Italy: A review

    Gianluca Valensise;Daniela Pantosti

  • Catalogo dei forti terremoti in Italia dal 461 a.C. al 1980

    Enzo Boschi;Graziano Ferrari;Paolo Gasperini;Emanuela Guidoboni

  • Earthquake‐generated tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea: Scenarios of potential threats to Southern Italy

    Stefano Lorito;Mara Monica Tiberti;Roberto Basili;Alessio Piatanesi

  • CFTI5Med, the new release of the catalogue of strong earthquakes in Italy and in the Mediterranean area

    Emanuela Guidoboni;Graziano Ferrari;Gabriele Tarabusi;Giulia Sgattoni

  • Fault parameters and slip distribution of the 1915 Avezzano, Italy, earthquake derived from geodetic observations

    Steven N. Ward;Gianluca R. Valensise

  • Catalogue of Strong Italian Earthquakes from 461 B.C. to 1997 (Appendix to volume 43 N° 4, 2000)

    E. Boschi;E. Guidoboni;G. Ferrari;D. Mariotti

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierfrancesco Burrato
Pierfrancesco Burrato National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Roberto Basili
Roberto Basili National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Daniela Pantosti
Daniela Pantosti National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Enzo Boschi
Enzo Boschi University of Bologna
Roberto Basili
Roberto Basili University of Rome Tor Vergata
Paolo Gasperini
Paolo Gasperini University of Bologna
Fabio Trincardi
Fabio Trincardi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Alessio Piatanesi
Alessio Piatanesi National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Steven N. Ward
Steven N. Ward University of California, Santa Cruz
Peter Bird
Peter Bird University of California, Los Angeles

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