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Overview

Guido Ventura is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their primary research spans the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics. Other notable scientific subfields include Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence applied to geoscience, Geology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The core topics of their scholarly work encompass earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, and high-pressure geophysics and materials. Additional areas include geology and paleoclimatology research, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake detection and analysis, and seismic wave analysis.

Guido Ventura has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals and publication venues. Frequent journals of publication are:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Lithos

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Ventura are the following:

  • "Correlation between tectonic CO 2 Earth degassing and seismicity is revealed by a 10-year record in the Apennines, Italy" (2020), published in Science Advances
  • "Evolution of textures, crystal size distributions and growth rates of plagioclase, clinopyroxene and spinel crystallized at variable cooling rates from a mid-ocean ridge basaltic melt" (2020), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Influence of tectonics on global scale distribution of geological methane emissions" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Translithospheric magma plumbing system of intraplate volcanoes as revealed by electrical resistivity imaging" (2021), published in Geology
  • "Modeling the multi-level plumbing system of the Changbaishan caldera from geochemical, mineralogical, Sr-Nd isotopic and integrated geophysical data" (2021), published in Geoscience Frontiers

Collaboration features prominently in Ventura's research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Gianluca Iezzi
  • Xuanlong Shan
  • Luigi Magnini
  • Francesca Di Luccio
  • Jian Yi

Guido Ventura's contributions show engagement with multiple aspects of geophysical and geological sciences, including tectonics, seismicity, magma systems, and geochemical processes. The breadth of publications across notable scientific venues and recurrent collaboration with other researchers highlights a sustained presence within the geophysical research community.

Best Publications

  • Carbon dioxide Earth degassing and seismogenesis in central and southern Italy

    G. Chiodini;C. Cardellini;A. Amato;E. Boschi

  • CO2 Degassing and Energy Release at Solfatara Volcano, Campi Flegrei, Italy

    G. Chiodini;F. Frondini;C. Cardellini;D. Granieri

  • Surface deformation analysis in the Ischia Island (Italy) based on spaceborne radar interferometry

    M. Manzo;G.P. Ricciardi;F. Casu;G. Ventura

  • Geodynamic significance of the Aeolian volcanism (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) in light of structural, seismological, and geochemical data

    Gianfilippo De Astis;Guido Ventura;Giuseppe Vilardo

  • Normal faults and thrusts reactivated by deep fluids: The 6 April 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake, central Italy

    F. Di Luccio;G. Ventura;R. Di Giovambattista;A. Piscini

  • Fumarolic and diffuse soil degassing west of Mount Epomeo, Ischia, Italy

    Giovanni Chiodini;Rosario Avino;Tatjana Brombach;Stefano Caliro

  • Dependence of clinopyroxene composition on cooling rate in basaltic magmas: Implications for thermobarometry

    Silvio Mollo;Pierdomenico Del Gaudio;Guido Ventura;Gianluca Iezzi

  • Relationships among crustal structure, volcanism and strike–slip tectonics in the Lipari–Vulcano Volcanic Complex (Aeolian Islands, Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

    Guido Ventura;Giuseppe Vilardo;Girolamo Milano;Nicola Alessandro Pino

  • Diffuse CO2 degassing at Vesuvio, Italy

    Francesco Frondini;Giovanni Chiodini;Stefano Caliro;Carlo Cardellini

  • Tracking and evolution of complex active landslides by multi-temporal airborne LiDAR data: The Montaguto landslide (Southern Italy)

    Guido Ventura;Giuseppe Vilardo;Carlo Terranova;Eliana Bellucci Sessa

  • Oblique rifting in Salina, Lipari and Vulcano islands (Aeolian islands, southern Italy)

    Roberto Mazzuoli;Luigi Tortorici;Guido Ventura

  • The Somma–Vesuvius stress field induced by regional tectonics: evidences from seismological and mesostructural data

    F Bianco;M Castellano;G Milano;G Ventura

  • Correlation between tectonic CO2 Earth degassing and seismicity is revealed by a 10-year record in the Apennines, Italy

    G. Chiodini;C. Cardellini;C. Cardellini;F. Di Luccio;J. Selva

  • Ground deformation due to tectonic, hydrothermal, gravity, hydrogeological, and anthropic processes in the Campania Region (Southern Italy) from Permanent Scatterers Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry

    G. Vilardo;G. Ventura;C. Terranova;F. Matano

  • The intraplate Changbaishan volcanic field (China/North Korea): A review on eruptive history, magma genesis, geodynamic significance, recent dynamics and potential hazards

    Maoliang Zhang;Zhengfu Guo;Jiaqi Liu;Guoming Liu

  • Volcanic geomorphology and tectonics of the Aeolian archipelago (Southern Italy) based on integrated DEM data

    Massimiliano FavalliM;Dávid Karátson;Roberto Mazzuoli;Maria Teresa Pareschi

  • Tectonics, structural evolution and caldera formation on Vulcano Island (Aeolian Archipelago, southern Tyrrhenian Sea)

    Guido Ventura

  • Recent activity of Nisyros volcano (Greece) inferred from structural, geochemical and seismological data

    Stefano Caliro;G. Chiodini;D. Galluzzo;D. Granieri

  • Kinematic significance of morphological structures generated by mixing of magmas: a case study from Salina Island (southern Italy)

    D. Perugini;G. Ventura;M. Petrelli;G. Poli

  • Modeling the magma plumbing system of Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy) by integrated fluid-inclusion geobarometry, petrology, and geophysics

    Angelo Peccerillo;Maria Luce Frezzotti;G. De Astis;G. Ventura

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvio Mollo
Silvio Mollo Sapienza University of Rome
Giovanni Chiodini
Giovanni Chiodini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Harald Behrens
Harald Behrens University of Hannover
Stefano Caliro
Stefano Caliro National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Carlo Cardellini
Carlo Cardellini University of Perugia
Piergiorgio Scarlato
Piergiorgio Scarlato National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Francois Holtz
Francois Holtz University of Hannover
Fabrizio Marra
Fabrizio Marra National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Giuseppe Etiope
Giuseppe Etiope National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Jacopo Taddeucci
Jacopo Taddeucci National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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