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Overview

Luca Caricchi is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Atmospheric Science, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's publications cover a range of topics within Earth Sciences, particularly Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geophysical studies, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Machine Learning Thermo-Barometry: Application to Clinopyroxene-Bearing Magmas," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "The build-up and triggers of volcanic eruptions," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "A Machine Learning-Based Approach to Clinopyroxene Thermobarometry: Model Optimization and Distribution for Use in Earth Sciences," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Machine learning thermobarometry and chemometry using amphibole and clinopyroxene: a window into the roots of an arc volcano (Mount Liamuiga, Saint Kitts)," 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Determining the State of Activity of Transcrustal Magmatic Systems and Their Volcanoes," 2022, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include Maurizio Petrelli, Oliver Higgins, Tom Sheldrake, Gregor Weber, and Guido Giordano.

Publishing outlets regularly featuring their work are:

  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Best Publications

  • Non-Newtonian rheology of crystal-bearing magmas and implications for magma ascent dynamics

    Luca Caricchi;Luigi Burlini;Peter Ulmer;Taras Gerya

  • A model for the rheology of particle-bearing suspensions and partially molten rocks

    Antonio Costa;Antonio Costa;Luca Caricchi;Luca Caricchi;Nickolai Bagdassarov

  • Frequency and magnitude of volcanic eruptions controlled by magma injection and buoyancy

    Luca Caricchi;Luca Caricchi;Catherine J Annen;Jon D Blundy;Guy Simpson

  • Tempo of magma degassing and the genesis of porphyry copper deposits.

    Cyril Chelle-Michou;Bertrand Rottier;Luca Caricchi;Guy Simpson

  • Stochastic modelling of deep magmatic controls on porphyry copper deposit endowment.

    Massimo Chiaradia;Luca Caricchi

  • Degassing processes during lava dome growth: insights from Santiaguito lava dome, Guatemala

    A.S. Peter Holland;I. Matthew Watson;Jeremy C. Phillips;Luca Caricchi

  • The viscous-brittle transition of crystal-bearing silicic melt: Direct observation of magma rupture and healing

    B. Cordonnier;B. Cordonnier;L. Caricchi;M. Pistone;J. Castro

  • Deformation experiments of bubble‐ and crystal‐bearing magmas: Rheological and microstructural analysis

    Mattia Pistone;Luca Caricchi;Peter Ulmer;Luigi Burlini

  • Modulation of magmatic processes by CO2 flushing

    Luca Caricchi;Thomas Edward Sheldrake;Jon Blundy

  • Linking rapid magma reservoir assembly and eruption trigger mechanisms at evolved Yellowstone-type supervolcanoes

    Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw;Ilya N. Bindeman;Kathryn E. Watts;Axel K. Schmitt

  • Zircons reveal magma fluxes in the Earth’s crust

    Luca Caricchi;Guy Simpson;Urs Schaltegger

  • Machine Learning Thermo-Barometry: Application to Clinopyroxene-Bearing Magmas

    Maurizio Petrelli;Luca Caricchi;Diego Perugini

  • The build-up and triggers of volcanic eruptions

    Luca Caricchi;Meredith Townsend;Eleonora Rivalta;Atsuko Namiki

  • Rheology of volatile-bearing crystal mushes: Mobilization vs. viscous death

    Mattia Pistone;Luca Caricchi;Peter Ulmer;Eric Reusser

  • Machine learning thermobarometry and chemometry using amphibole and clinopyroxene: a window into the roots of an arc volcano (Mount Liamuiga, Saint Kitts)

    Oliver John Higgins;Tom Sheldrake;Luca Caricchi

  • Strain-induced magma degassing: insights from simple-shear experiments on bubble bearing melts

    Luca Caricchi;Luca Caricchi;Anne Pommier;Anne Pommier;Mattia Pistone;Jonathan Castro;Jonathan Castro

  • The influence of cooling, crystallisation and re-melting on the interpretation of geodetic signals in volcanic systems

    Luca Caricchi;Luca Caricchi;Juliet Biggs;Catherine J Annen;Susanna K Ebmeier

  • Determining the State of Activity of Transcrustal Magmatic Systems and Their Volcanoes

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  • Experimental determination of electrical conductivity during deformation of melt-bearing olivine aggregates: Implications for electrical anisotropy in the oceanic low velocity zone

    Luca Caricchi;Luca Caricchi;Fabrice Gaillard;Julian Mecklenburgh;Emmanuel Le Trong

  • Rheological properties of magma from the 1538 eruption of Monte Nuovo (Phlegrean Fields, Italy): An experimental study

    Luca Caricchi;Daniele Giordano;Luigi Burlini;Peter Ulmer

  • Propagation of P and S-waves in magmas with different crystal contents: Insights into the crystallinity of magmatic reservoirs

    Luca Caricchi;Luigi Burlini;Peter Ulmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Ulmer
Peter Ulmer ETH Zurich
Simon Wallis
Simon Wallis University of Tokyo
Jon D Blundy
Jon D Blundy University of Oxford
Diego Perugini
Diego Perugini University of Perugia
Catherine Annen
Catherine Annen University of Bristol
Massimo Chiaradia
Massimo Chiaradia University of Geneva
Urs Schaltegger
Urs Schaltegger University of Geneva
Valerio Acocella
Valerio Acocella Roma Tre University
Axel K. Schmitt
Axel K. Schmitt Curtin University
Daniele Giordano
Daniele Giordano University of Turin

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