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Ilaria Isola is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications within this field. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Archaeology.

Their research work covers a range of main topics including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

Ilaria Isola has published several papers on these topics. Recent notable publications include:

  • "Magnesium in subaqueous speleothems as a potential palaeotemperature proxy," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Hydrological changes during the Roman Climatic Optimum in northern Tuscany (Central Italy) as evidenced by speleothem records and archaeological data," 2020, published in Journal of Quaternary Science
  • "Beyond one-way determinism: San Frediano's miracle and climate change in Central and Northern Italy in late antiquity," 2021, published in Climatic Change
  • "Recent volcano-tectonic activity of the Ririba rift and the evolution of rifting in South Ethiopia," 2020, published in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "Exploring mobility in Italian Neolithic and Copper Age communities," 2021, published in Scientific Reports

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Ilaria Isola include:

  • Giovanni Zanchetta
  • Mónica Bini
  • Francesco Mazzarini
  • Russell N. Drysdale
  • Eleonora Regattieri

Ilaria Isola's research has been published in multiple prominent venues, often appearing in:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Climatic Change

Best Publications

  • TINITALY/01: a new Triangular Irregular Network of Italy

    S. Tarquini;I. Isola;M. Favalli;F. Mazzarini

  • Enhanced rainfall in the Western Mediterranean during deposition of sapropel S1: stalagmite evidence from Corchia cave (Central Italy)

    G Zanchetta;Russell N Drysdale;John Charles Hellstrom;A.E. Fallick

  • Evidence for Obliquity Forcing of Glacial Termination II

    R.N. Drysdale;J. C. Hellstrom;G. Zanchetta;G. Zanchetta;G. Zanchetta;A. E. Fallick

  • The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region: an overview

    Monica Bini;Giovanni Zanchetta;Aurel Perşoiu;Rosine Cartier

  • Palaeoclimatic implications of the growth history and stable isotope (delta O-18 and delta C-13) geochemistry of a Middle to Late Pleistocene stalagmite from central-western Italy

    Russell N. Drysdale;Giovanni Zanchetta;John C. Hellstrom;Anthony E. Fallick

  • Forecasting lava flow paths by a stochastic approach

    Massimiliano Favalli;Maria Teresa Pareschi;Augusto Neri;Ilaria Isola

  • Multiview 3D reconstruction in geosciences

    M. Favalli;A. Fornaciai;I. Isola;S. Tarquini

  • The so-called "4.2 event" in the central mediterranean and its climatic teleconnections

    Giovanni Zanchetta;Eleonora Regattieri;I. Isola;R. N. Drysdale

  • Holocene Critical Zone dynamics in an Alpine catchment inferred from a speleothem multiproxy record: disentangling climate and human influences.

    Eleonora Regattieri;Giovanni Zanchetta;Giovanni Zanchetta;Ilaria Isola;Elena Zanella

  • The changing face of Mount Etna’s summit area documented with Lidar technology

    M. Neri;F. Mazzarini;S. Tarquini;M. Bisson

  • Lateglacial to Holocene trace element record (Ba, Mg, Sr) from Corchia Cave (Apuan Alps, central Italy): paleoenvironmental implications

    E. Regattieri;G. Zanchetta;R. N. Drysdale;R. N. Drysdale;I. Isola

  • A continuous stable isotope record from the penultimate glacial maximum to the Last Interglacial (159–121 ka) from Tana Che Urla Cave (Apuan Alps, central Italy)

    Eleonora Regattieri;Giovanni Zanchetta;Russell N. Drysdale;Ilaria Isola

  • Lava flow identification and aging by means of lidar intensity: Mount Etna case

    Francesco Mazzarini;Maria Teresa Pareschi;Massimiliano Favalli;Ilaria Isola

  • Morphology of basaltic lava channels during the Mt. Etna September 2004 eruption from airborne laser altimeter data

    Francesco Mazzarini;Maria Teresa Pareschi;Massimiliano Favalli;Ilaria Isola

  • Precise microsampling of poorly laminated speleothems for U-series dating

    Russell N. Drysdale;Bence T. Paul;John C. Hellstrom;Isabelle Couchoud

  • Aborted propagation of the Ethiopian rift caused by linkage with the Kenyan rift.

    Giacomo Corti;Raffaello Cioni;Zara Franceschini;Federico Sani

  • Coeval dry events in the central and eastern Mediterranean basin at 5.2 and 5.6 ka recorded in Corchia (Italy) and Soreq caves (Israel) speleothems

    G. Zanchetta;G. Zanchetta;M. Bar-Matthews;R.N. Drysdale;P. Lionello

  • Self-similar clustering of cinder cones and crust thickness in the Michoacan-Guanajuato and Sierra de Chichinautzin volcanic fields, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Francesco Mazzarini;Luca Ferrari;Ilaria Isola

  • Stratigraphic evidence for a “pluvial phase” between ca 8200–7100 ka from Renella cave (Central Italy)

    L.V. Zhornyak;Gianni Zanchetta;Gianni Zanchetta;Russell N. Drysdale;John C. Hellstrom

  • The environmental features of the Monte Corchia cave system (Apuan Alps, central Italy) and their effects on speleothem growth

    L. Piccini;G. Zanchetta;R. N. Drysdale;J. Hellstrom

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Zanchetta
Giovanni Zanchetta University of Pisa
Russell N. Drysdale
Russell N. Drysdale University of Melbourne
John Hellstrom
John Hellstrom University of Melbourne
Francesco Mazzarini
Francesco Mazzarini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Massimiliano Favalli
Massimiliano Favalli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Jon D. Woodhead
Jon D. Woodhead University of Melbourne
Alan Greig
Alan Greig University of Melbourne
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Luigi Dallai
Luigi Dallai Sapienza University of Rome
Carlo Baroni
Carlo Baroni University of Pisa

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