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Overview

Giovanni Bertotti is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and has an extensive research profile primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology

Bertotti has contributed research papers to various scientific journals. Frequent venues for publication include:

  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Solid Earth
  • Basin Research
  • Tectonics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Bertotti are:

  • "Low-temperature thermochronology as a control on vertical movements for semi-quantitative source-to-sink analysis: A case study for the Permian to Neogene of Morocco and surroundings," 2020, Basin Research
  • "Flow pathways in multiple-direction fold hinges: Implications for fractured and karstified carbonate reservoirs," 2021, Journal of Structural Geology
  • "Natural fault and fracture network characterization for the southern Ekofisk field: A case study integrating seismic attribute analysis with image log interpretation," 2020, Journal of Structural Geology
  • "Silicification, flow pathways, and deep-seated hypogene dissolution controlled by structural and stratigraphic variability in a carbonate-siliciclastic sequence (Brazil)," 2022, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "The Morro Vermelho hypogenic karst system (Brazil): Stratigraphy, fractures, and flow in a carbonate strike-slip fault zone with implications for carbonate reservoirs," 2020, AAPG Bulletin

Bertotti frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Rémi Charton
  • Francisco H.R. Bezerra
  • Augusto S. Auler
  • Stephan de Hoop
  • Cayo César Cortez Pontes

Their research integrates various geological, geophysical, and engineering techniques to investigate structural geology, fracture networks, and fluid flow in complex sedimentary settings. This multidisciplinary approach addresses issues relevant to tectonics, karst hydrogeology, and resource exploration.

Best Publications

  • From rifting to drifting: tectonic evolution of the South-Alpine upper crust from the Triassic to the Early Cretaceous

    Giovanni Bertotti;Vincenzo Picotti;Daniel Bernoulli;Alberto Castellarin

  • Large-scale deformation in a locked collisional boundary : interplay between subsidence and uplift, intraplate stress, and inherited lithospheric structure in the late stage of the SE Carpathians evolution

    Liviu Matenco;Giovanni Bertotti;Karen Leever;Sierd Cloetingh

  • Tertiary tectonic evolution of the external East Carpathians (Romania).

    L. Matenco;G.V. Bertotti

  • Thermo-mechanical controls on the mode of continental collision in the SE Carpathians (Romania)

    S.A.P.L. Cloetingh;E. Burov;L. Matenco;G. Toussaint

  • Architecture of the Focşani Depression: A 13 km deep basin in the Carpathians bend zone (Romania)

    M. Tărăpoancă;G. Bertotti;L. Maţenco;C. Dinu

  • Towards an astrochronological framework for the eastern Paratethys Mio–Pliocene sedimentary sequences of the Focşani basin (Romania)

    Iuliana Vasiliev;Wout Krijgsman;Cor G. Langereis;Cristina E. Panaiotu

  • Subsidence analysis and tectonic evolution of the external Carpathian-Moesian Platform region during Neogene times

    L.C. Matenco;G.V. Bertotti;S.A.P.L. Cloetingh;C. Dinu

  • Dynamic processes controlling foreland development - The role of mechanical (de)coupling of orogenic wedges and forelands.

    P.A. Ziegler;G.V. Bertotti;S.A.P.L. Cloetingh

  • The impact of different aperture distribution models and critical stress criteria on equivalent permeability in fractured rocks

    Kevin Bisdom;Giovanni Bertotti;Hamidreza M. Nick;Hamidreza M. Nick

  • An integrated workflow for stress and flow modelling using outcrop-derived discrete fracture networks

    K. Bisdom;H.M. Nick;G. Bertotti

  • Neogene to Quaternary sedimentary basins in the south Adriatic (Central Mediterranean): Foredeeps and lithospheric buckling

    Giovanni Bertotti;Vincenzo Picotti;Cristina Chilovi;Roberto Fantoni

  • Rifted margin formation in the south Tyrrhenian Sea: A high-resolution seismic profile across the north Sicily passive continental margin

    Fabrizio Pepe;Giovanni Bertotti;Federico Cella;Ennio Marsella

  • Multiscale fracture network characterization and impact on flow: A case study on the Latemar carbonate platform

    Nico J. Hardebol;Christine Maier;Hamid Nick;Sebastian Geiger

  • Unexpected Jurassic to Neogene vertical movements in ‘stable’ parts of NW Africa revealed by low temperature geochronology

    B. Ghorbal;G.V. Bertotti;J.P.T. Foeken;P.A.M. Andriessen

  • Barremian-Lower Aptian Qishn Formation, Haushi-Huqf area, Oman: a new outcrop analogue for the Kharaib/Shu'aiba reservoirs.

    A.M. Immenhauser;H. Hillgartner;U. Sattler;G.V. Bertotti

  • Plio-Quaternary extensional tectonics of the Central Anatolian Plateau: A case study from the Tuz Gölü Basin, Turkey

    Erman Ozsayin;T. Attila Ciner;F. Bora Rojay;R. Kadir Dirik

  • Extension controls Quaternary tectonics, geomorphology and sedimentation of the N-Appennies foothills and adjacent Po Plain (Italy)

    G.V. Bertotti;R. Capozzi;V. Picotti

  • Tertiary tectonic evolution of the external South Carpathians and the adjacent Moesian platform (Romania)

    L. Maţenco;G. Bertotti;C. Dinu;S. Cloetingh

  • Tectonic history along the South Gabon Basin : Anomalous early post-rift subsidence

    Stéphanie Dupré;Giovanni Bertotti;Sierd Cloetingh

  • Episodic exhumation in the Western Alps

    Barbara Carrapa;Jan Wijbrans;Giovanni Bertotti

  • Thermo-mechanical modeling of the Tyrrhenian Sea: Lithospheric necking and kinematics of rifting

    Giacomo Spadini;Sierd Cloetingh;Giovanni Bertotti

Frequent Co-Authors

Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
Liviu Matenco
Liviu Matenco Utrecht University
Francisco H.R. Bezerra
Francisco H.R. Bezerra Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
John J. G. Reijmer
John J. G. Reijmer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jan Wijbrans
Jan Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Paul Andriessen
Paul Andriessen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Barbara Carrapa
Barbara Carrapa University of Arizona
Ritske S. Huismans
Ritske S. Huismans University of Bergen
Sebastian Geiger
Sebastian Geiger Heriot-Watt University

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