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Giovanni Vezzoli is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy and focuses on research within the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their research addresses a diverse set of topics related to geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and elemental analysis, geological and geophysical studies, and geochemistry and geologic mapping.

Giovanni Vezzoli has contributed to several recent scientific papers published in well-regarded venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Testing Models of Cenozoic Exhumation in the Western Greater Caucasus, 2020, Tectonics
  • Provenance of Thal Desert sand: Focused erosion in the western Himalayan syntaxis and foreland-basin deposition driven by latest Quaternary climate change, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Deciphering relationships between the Nicobar and Bengal submarine fans, Indian Ocean, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The Timing of Collision Between Asia and the West Burma Terrane, and the Development of the Indo-Burman Ranges, 2022, Tectonics
  • The Segmented Zambezi Sedimentary System from Source to Sink: 1. Sand Petrology and Heavy Minerals, 2021, The Journal of Geology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Giovanni Vezzoli include Eduardo Garzanti, Sergio Andò, Guido Pastore, Marta Barbarano, and Alberto Resentini.

The scientist's work commonly appears in publication venues such as Earth-Science Reviews, Journal of Sedimentary Research, Tectonics, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, and The Journal of Geology.

Best Publications

  • Timing of India‐Asia collision: Geological, biostratigraphic, and palaeomagnetic constraints

    Yani Najman;Erwin Appel;Marcelle Boudagher-Fadel;Paul Bown

  • Loess Plateau storage of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau-derived Yellow River sediment.

    Junsheng Nie;Thomas Stevens;Martin Rittner;Daniel Stockli

  • Grain-size dependence of sediment composition and environmental bias in provenance studies

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Mineralogical and chemical variability of fluvial sediments 1. Bedload sand (Ganga–Brahmaputra, Bangladesh)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Christian France-Lanord;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Settling equivalence of detrital minerals and grain-size dependence of sediment composition

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Orogenic belts and orogenic sediment provenance

    Eduardo Garzanti;Carlo Doglioni;Giovanni Vezzoli;Sergio Andò

  • A CLASSIFICATION OF METAMORPHIC GRAINS IN SANDS BASED ON THEIR COMPOSITION AND GRADE

    Eduardo Garzanti;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Weathering and Relative Durability of Detrital Minerals in Equatorial Climate: Sand Petrology and Geochemistry in the East African Rift

    Eduardo Garzanti;Marta Padoan;Sergio Andò;Alberto Resentini

  • Petrology of Nile River sands (Ethiopia and Sudan): Sediment budgets and erosion patterns

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Giovanni Vezzoli;Ada Ali Abdel Megid

  • Physical controls on sand composition and relative durability of detrital minerals during ultra-long distance littoral and aeolian transport (Namibia and southern Angola)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Alberto Resentini;Sergio Andò;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • The Paleogene record of Himalayan erosion: Bengal Basin, Bangladesh

    Y. Najman;M.J. Bickle;M. Boudagher-Fadel;Andrew Carter

  • Provenance and recycling of Arabian desert sand

    Eduardo Garzanti;Pieter Vermeesch;Sergio Andò;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Petrology of Indus River sands : a key to interpret erosion history of the Western Himalayan Syntaxis

    Eduardo Garzanti;Giovanni Vezzoli;Sergio Andò;Paolo Paparella

  • The provenance of Taklamakan desert sand

    Martin Rittner;Pieter Vermeesch;Andrew Carter;Andrew Carter;Anna Bird

  • Sand petrology and focused erosion in collision orogens: the Brahmaputra case

    Eduardo Garzanti;Giovanni Vezzoli;Sergio Andò;Christian France-Lanord

  • Petrology of the Namib Sand Sea: Long-distance transport and compositional variability in the wind-displaced Orange Delta

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Giovanni Vezzoli;Michele Lustrino

  • The modern Nile sediment system: Processes and products

    Eduardo Garzanti;Sergio Andò;Marta Padoan;Giovanni Vezzoli

  • Quantifying sand provenance and erosion (Marsyandi River, Nepal Himalaya)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Giovanni Vezzoli;Sergio Andò;Jérôme Lavé

  • Provenance of Passive-Margin Sand (Southern Africa)

    Eduardo Garzanti;Pieter Vermeesch;Marta Padoan;Alberto Resentini

  • The Cimmerian geopuzzle: new data from South Pamir

    Lucia Angiolini;Andrea Zanchi;Stefano Zanchetta;Alda Nicora

  • Provenance of the Tertiary sedimentary rocks of the Indo-Burman Ranges, Burma (Myanmar): Burman arc or Himalayan-derived?

    R. Allen;Y. Najman;A. Carter;D.N. Barfod

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo Garzanti
Eduardo Garzanti University of Milano-Bicocca
Sergio Andò
Sergio Andò University of Milano-Bicocca
Marco G. Malusà
Marco G. Malusà University of Milano-Bicocca
Yani Najman
Yani Najman Lancaster University
Pieter Vermeesch
Pieter Vermeesch University College London
Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter Birkbeck, University of London
Andrea Zanchi
Andrea Zanchi University of Milano-Bicocca
Mike J. Bickle
Mike J. Bickle University of Cambridge
Lucia Angiolini
Lucia Angiolini University of Milan
Igor M. Villa
Igor M. Villa University of Milano-Bicocca

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