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Lorella Francalanci

Lorella Francalanci

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Earth Science

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36
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4049
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250

Overview

Lorella Francalanci is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their academic focus lies primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable concentration on Geophysics supported by multiple publications.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Geophysics
  • Archeology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Main research topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Lithos
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Data in Brief
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

Recent published papers feature the following titles and years of publication:

  • "Crystal-mush reactivation by magma recharge: Evidence from the Campanian Ignimbrite activity, Campi Flegrei volcanic field, Italy" (2020, Lithos)
  • "Temporal variations in the diversity of primitive melts supplied to the Santorini silicic magmatic system and links to lithospheric stresses" (2022, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology)
  • "Future eruptions of the Kolumbo volcanic field: prognosis with hazard and risk assessment" (2025, Bulletin of Volcanology)
  • "The Kolumbo volcanic field, Greece: a review of evidence to reconstruct the 1650 CE eruption and to support hazard and risk assessment" (2025, Bulletin of Volcanology)
  • "Unveiling the occurrence of transient, multi-contaminated mafic magmas inside a rhyolitic reservoir feeding an explosive eruption (Nisyros, Greece)" (2021, Lithos)

Lorella Francalanci has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Filippo Mastroianni
  • Eleonora Braschi
  • Sara Di Salvo
  • Georgios C. Vougioukalakis
  • Anna Koutroulli

Best Publications

  • Geochemical and isotopic variations in the calc-alkaline rocks of Aeolian arc, southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy: constraints on magma genesis

    L. Francalanci;S. R. Taylor;M. T. McCulloch;J. D. Woodhead

  • Volcanological and magmatological evolution of Stromboli volcano (Aeolian Islands): The roles of fractional crystallization, magma mixing, crustal contamination and source heterogeneity

    Lorella Francalanci;Piero Manetti;Angelo Peccerillo

  • The volcanic activity of Stromboli in the 1906–1998 AD period: mineralogical, geochemical and isotope data relevant to the understanding of the plumbing system

    Lorella Francalanci;Simone Tommasini;Sandro Conticelli

  • Generation of oceanic-island basalt type volcanism in the western Trans-Mexican volcanic belt by slab rollback, asthenosphere infiltration, and variable flux melting

    Luca Ferrari;Chiara M. Petrone;Lorella Francalanci

  • Petrology and geochemistry of the ultrapotassic rocks from the Sabatini Volcanic District, central Italy: the role of evolutionary processes in the genesis of variably enriched alkaline magmas

    Sandro Conticelli;Lorella Francalanci;Piero Manetti;Raffaello Cioni

  • Sr isotope evidence for short magma residence time for the 20th century activity at Stromboli volcano, Italy

    Lorella Francalanci;Simone Tommasini;Simone Tommasini;Sandro Conticelli;Gareth R. Davies

  • Structure and geologic evolution of the Stromboli Volcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy

    G. Pasquare;L. Francalanci;V. H. Garduno;A. Tibaldi

  • Complex dynamics of small-moderate volcanic events: the example of the 2011 rhyolitic Cordón Caulle eruption, Chile

    Marco Pistolesi;Marco Pistolesi;Raffaello Cioni;Costanza Bonadonna;Manuela Elissondo

  • A West-East Traverse along the magmatism of the south Aegean volcanic arc in the light of volcanological, chemical and isotope data

    L. Francalanci;G.E. Vougioukalakis;G. Perini;P. Manetti

  • Evolution and Genesis of Magmas from Vico Volcano, Central Italy: Multiple Differentiation Pathways and Variable Parental Magmas

    Giulia Perini;Lorella Francalanci;Jon P. Davidson;Sandro Conticelli

  • The December 2002–July 2003 effusive event at Stromboli volcano, Italy: Insights into the shallow plumbing system by petrochemical studies

    P. Landi;L. Francalanci;M. Pompilio;M. Rosi

  • Eruptive, volcano-tectonic and magmatic history of the Stromboli volcano (north-eastern Aeolian archipelago)

    L. Francalanci;Federico Lucchi;J. Keller;G. De Astis

  • Neogene alkaline volcanism of the Afyon-Isparta area, Turkey : petrogenesis and geodynamic implications

    L. Francalanci;F. Innocenti;P. Manetti;M. Y. Savasçin

  • Unusual coexistence of subduction-related and intraplate-type magmatism: Sr, Nd and Pb isotope and trace element data from the magmatism of the San Pedro–Ceboruco graben (Nayarit, Mexico)

    Chiara M Petrone;Chiara M Petrone;Lorella Francalanci;Richard W Carlson;Luca Ferrari

  • Crystal retention, fractionation and crustal assimilation in a convecting magma chamber, Nisyros Volcano, Greece

    L. Francalanci;J. C. Varekamp;G. Vougioukalakis;M. J. Delant

  • Intra-Grain Sr Isotope Evidence for Crystal Recycling and Multiple Magma Reservoirs in the Recent Activity of Stromboli Volcano, Southern Italy

    Lorella Francalanci;Gareth R. Davies;Wim Lustenhouwer;Simone Tommasini

  • Origin of magmas feeding the Plinian phase of the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption, Phlegrean Fields (Italy): constraints based on matrix-glass and glass-inclusion compositions

    Stefano Signorelli;Gloria Vaggelli;Lorella Francalanci;Mauro Rosi

  • High precision Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic analyses using the new generations Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer ThemoFinnigan Tritonti

    R. Avanzinelli;E. Boari;S. Conticelli;L. Francalanci

  • Magma dynamics during the 2007 Stromboli eruption (Aeolian Islands, Italy): Mineralogical, geochemical and isotopic data

    P. Landi;R.A. Corsaro;L. Francalanci;L. Civetta

  • New mafic magma refilling a quiescent volcano: Evidence from He-Ne-Ar isotopes during the 2011-2012 unrest at Santorini, Greece

    A. L. Rizzo;F. Barberi;M. L. Carapezza;A. Di Piazza

Frequent Co-Authors

Simone Tommasini
Simone Tommasini University of Florence
Sandro Conticelli
Sandro Conticelli University of Florence
Piero Manetti
Piero Manetti University of Florence
Marco Pistolesi
Marco Pistolesi University of Pisa
Antonella Bertagnini
Antonella Bertagnini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Raffaello Cioni
Raffaello Cioni University of Florence
Massimo Pompilio
Massimo Pompilio National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Jon P. Davidson
Jon P. Davidson Durham University
Luca Ferrari
Luca Ferrari National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mauro Rosi
Mauro Rosi University of Pisa

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