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Luca Gasperini is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Archeology, Oceanography, and Earth-Surface Processes. Their research spans several interconnected fields, underlining a multidisciplinary approach to studying geological and environmental phenomena.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Maritime and coastal archaeology
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Recent publications demonstrate their contributions to various domains:

  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Morphotectonics and late Quaternary seismic stratigraphy of Lake Garda (Northern Italy), 2020, Geomorphology
  • Neotectonics of the Sea of Galilee (northeast Israel): implication for geodynamics and seismicity along the Dead Sea Fault system, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • New seismological data from the Calabrian arc reveal arc-orthogonal extension across the subduction zone, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Evolution of a single incised valley related to inherited geology, sea level rise and climate changes during the Holocene (Tirso river, Sardinia, western Mediterranean Sea), 2022, Marine Geology

They frequently publish in the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Marine Geology
  • Remote Sensing
  • Quaternary International
  • Tectonophysics

Collaborations are an important aspect of their research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alina Polonia
  • Giuseppe Stanghellini
  • Fabrizio Del Bianco
  • Luca Giorgio Bellucci
  • Marco Ligi

Luca Gasperini's work addresses complex geological processes and environmental changes, focusing on seismic and tectonic activity and their effects on landscapes and marine environments. Their multidisciplinary approach integrates geophysical methods with archaeological and oceanographic perspectives to enhance understanding of Earth-surface dynamics and climatic influences.

Best Publications

  • Submarine fault scarps in the Sea of Marmara pull-apart (North Anatolian Fault): Implications for seismic hazard in Istanbul

    Rolando Armijo;Nicolas Pondard;Bertrand Meyer;Gulsen Uçarkus

  • The Calabrian Arc subduction complex in the Ionian Sea: Regional architecture, active deformation, and seismic hazard

    A. Polonia;L. Torelli;P. Mussoni;L. Gasperini

  • Transform migration and vertical tectonics at the Romanche fracture zone, equatorial Atlantic

    E. Bonatti;M. Ligi;L. Gasperini;A. Peyve

  • Mantle thermal pulses below the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and temporal variations in the formation of oceanic lithosphere.

    Enrico Bonatti;Enrico Bonatti;Marco Ligi;Daniele Brunelli;Anna Cipriani

  • Transform migration and vertical tectonics at the Romanche Fracture Zone, equatorial Atlantic

    E. Bonatti;M. Ligi;L. Gasperini;A. Peyve

  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2

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  • Pore fluid chemistry of the North Anatolian Fault Zone in the Sea of Marmara: A diversity of sources and processes

    M. D. Tryon;P. Henry;M. N. Cagatay;T. A. C. Zitter

  • Airborne hyperspectral data to assess suspended particulate matter and aquatic vegetation in a shallow and turbid lake

    Claudia Giardino;Mariano Bresciani;Emiliana Valentini;Luca Gasperini

  • Gas emissions and active tectonics within the submerged section of the North Anatolian Fault zone in the Sea of Marmara

    L. Géli;P. Henry;T. Zitter;S. Dupré

  • Holocene slip rate of the North Anatolian Fault beneath the Sea of Marmara

    A. Polonia;L. Gasperini;Alessandro Amorosi;E. Bonatti

  • Late Pleistocene–Holocene evolution of the northern shelf of the Sea of Marmara

    M.N. Çağatay;K. Eriş;W.B.F. Ryan;Ü. Sancar

  • The Ionian and Alfeo–Etna fault zones: New segments of an evolving plate boundary in the central Mediterranean Sea?

    A Polonia;L. Torelli;A. Artoni;M. Carlini

  • Mediterranean megaturbidite triggered by the AD 365 Crete earthquake and tsunami

    Alina Polonia;Enrico Bonatti;Angelo Camerlenghi;Renata Giulia Lucchi

  • Possible tsunami signatures from an integrated study in the Augusta Bay offshore (Eastern Sicily—Italy)

    A. Smedile;P.M. De Martini;D. Pantosti;L. Bellucci

  • SeisPrho: An interactive computer program for processing and interpretation of high-resolution seismic reflection profiles

    Luca Gasperini;Giuseppe Stanghellini

  • The tephra record from the Sea of Marmara for the last ca. 70 ka and its palaeoceanographic implications

    M. Namık Çağatay;Sabine Wulf;Ümmühan Sancar;Aslı Özmaral

  • Oceanic broad multifault transform plate boundaries

    Marco Ligi;Enrico Bonatti;Luca Gasperini;Alexei N.B. Poliakov

  • North Anatolian Fault in the Gulf of Izmit (Turkey): Rapid vertical motion in response to minor bends of a nonvertical continental transform

    Marie-Helene Cormier;Leonardo Seeber;Cecilia M. G. McHugh;Alina Polonia

  • Lower Cretaceous deposits trapped near the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    E. Bonatti;M. Ligi;A. M. Borsetti;L. Gasperini

  • Flexural uplift of a lithospheric slab near the Vema transform (Central Atlantic): Timing and mechanisms

    Enrico Bonatti;Enrico Bonatti;Daniele Brunelli;W. Roger Buck;Anna Cipriani

  • Geological slip rates along the North Anatolian Fault in the Marmara region

    Luca Gasperini;Alina Polonia;M. Namık Çağatay;Giovanni Bortoluzzi

  • A possible impact crater for the 1908 Tunguska Event

    L. Gasperini;F. Alvisi;G. Biasini;E. Bonatti

  • Marine Transform Faults and Fracture Zones: A Joint Perspective Integrating Seismicity, Fluid Flow and Life

    Christian Hensen;Joao N. Duarte;Paola Vannucchi;Paola Vannucchi;Adriano Mazzini

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Bonatti
Enrico Bonatti Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry Aix-Marseille University
Louis Géli
Louis Géli Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marco Ligi
Marco Ligi National Research Council (CNR)
Naci Görür
Naci Görür Istanbul Technical University
Giuseppe Etiope
Giuseppe Etiope National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
M. Namık Çağatay
M. Namık Çağatay Istanbul Technical University
Daniele Brunelli
Daniele Brunelli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Adriano Mazzini
Adriano Mazzini University of Oslo
Andrea Billi
Andrea Billi National Research Council (CNR)

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