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Luigi Tortorici

Luigi Tortorici

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Earth Science

D-Index
38
Citations
5763
World Ranking
6463
National Ranking
197

Overview

Luigi Tortorici is affiliated with the University of Catania in Italy. Their academic presence is centered within this institution, where research activities and scholarly contributions are presumably conducted.

Although no specific recent papers are recorded, Luigi Tortorici's academic profile does not list frequent co-authors, indicating a potential focus on independent research or collaborations that have not been extensively documented.

The absence of frequent publication venues suggests the scientist's publications may be scattered across various outlets or that detailed bibliographic information is not available for aggregation.

No book publications have been registered under Luigi Tortorici's name, implying the primary mode of scholarly communication is likely journal articles, conference papers, or other non-book formats.

Data on main fields, subfields of study, and main topics of work is not specified, limiting the ability to delineate the precise areas of scientific inquiry. This lack of detailed subject classification restricts outlining the scope of their expertise or research orientation.

No awards or honors have been documented, which provides no indication of distinctions or recognitions within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • Active faulting in the Calabrian arc and eastern Sicily

    Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici

  • Recent and active tectonics in the Calabrian arc (Southern Italy)

    Luigi Tortorici;Carmelo Monaco;Carlo Tansi;Ornella Cocina

  • Palinspastic restoration and paleogeographic reconstruction of the peri-Tyrrhenian area during the Neogene

    M. Boccaletti;N. Ciaranfi;D. Cosentino;G. Deiana

  • Late Quaternary slip rates on the Acireale-Piedimonte normal faults and tectonic origin of Mt. Etna (Sicily)

    Carmelo Monaco;Paul Tapponnier;Luigi Tortorici;Pierre-Yves Gillot

  • The Calabrian Arc and the Ionian Sea in the dynamic evolution of the Central Mediterranean

    Mario Boccaletti;Rinaldo Nicolich;Luigi Tortorici

  • Quaternary normal faulting in southeastern Sicily (Italy): a seismic source for the 1693 large earthquake

    Marcello Bianca;Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici;Licio Cernobori

  • Quaternary oblique extensional tectonics in the Ethiopian Rift (Horn of Africa)

    Mario Boccaletti;Marco Bonini;Roberto Mazzuoli;Bekele Abebe

  • Faulting and earthquake triggering during the 1783 Calabria seismic sequence

    Eric Jacques;Carmelo Monaco;Paul Tapponnier;Luigi Tortorici

  • Large boulder deposits by tsunami waves along the Ionian coast of south-eastern Sicily (Italy)

    Giovanni Scicchitano;Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici

  • Structural evolution of the Lucanian Apennines, southern Italy

    CarmeLo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici;Werter Paltrinieri

  • From collisional to rifted basins: an example from the southern Calabrian arc (Italy)

    Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici;Rinaldo Nicolich;Licio Cernobori

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

    Roberto Mazzuoli;Luigi Tortorici;Guido Ventura

  • Pleistocene strike-slip tectonics in the Lucanian Apennine (southern Italy)

    Stefano Catalano;Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici;Carlo Tansi

  • Transtensional tectonics in the Sicily Channel

    Mario Boccaletti;Giuseppe Cello;Luigi Tortorici

  • Geometry of the neotectonic stress field in southern Italy: Geological and seismological evidence

    Giuseppe Cello;Ignazio Guerra;Luigi Tortorici;Eugenio Turco

  • Active faulting and seismicity along the Siculo–Calabrian Rift Zone (Southern Italy)

    S. Catalano;G. De Guidi;C. Monaco;G. Tortorici

  • Tectonic control on the eruptive dynamics at Mt. Etna Volcano (Sicily) during the 2001 and 2002–2003 eruptions

    Carmelo Monaco;Stefano Catalano;Ornella Cocina;Giorgio De Guidi

  • Fault activity and marine terracing in the Capo Vaticano area (southern Calabria) during the Middle-Late Quaternary

    Giuseppe Tortorici;Marcello Bianca;Giorgio de Guidi;Carmelo Monaco

  • Neogene‐Quaternary tectonic evolution of the southern Apennines

    S. Catalano;C. Monaco;L. Tortorici;W. Paltrinieri

  • Active faulting on the island of Crete (Greece)

    Riccardo Caputo;Stefano Catalano;Carmelo Monaco;Gino Romagnoli

  • Relationships between magmatism and tectonics in a continental rift: The Pantelleria Island region (Sicily Channel, Italy)

    D. Civile;E. Lodolo;L. Tortorici;G. Lanzafame

  • Tectonic role of ophiolite‐bearing terranes in the development of the Southern Apennines orogenic belt

    Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici

Frequent Co-Authors

Carmelo Monaco
Carmelo Monaco University of Catania
Mario Boccaletti
Mario Boccaletti University of Florence
Giuseppe Cello
Giuseppe Cello University of Camerino
Domenico Cosentino
Domenico Cosentino Roma Tre University
Roberto Scarpa
Roberto Scarpa University of Salerno
Stefano Mazzoli
Stefano Mazzoli University of Camerino
Paul Tapponnier
Paul Tapponnier China Earthquake Administration
Francesco Salvini
Francesco Salvini Roma Tre University
Massimo Mattei
Massimo Mattei Roma Tre University
Salvatore Critelli
Salvatore Critelli University of Calabria

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