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M. A. Di Vito is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a concentration in Geophysics, Archeology, and Atmospheric Science. Additional subfields include Earth-Surface Processes and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, maritime and coastal archaeology, landslides and related hazards, seismic waves and analysis, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Frequent collaborators in their work include Sandro de Vita, Domenico M. Doronzo, Ilenia Arienzo, Domenico Sparice, and Giovanni Zanchetta.

Their research has been published mainly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Annals of Geophysics
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Solid Earth
  • Bulletin of Volcanology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by M. A. Di Vito include:

  • The 79 CE eruption of Vesuvius: A lesson from the past and the need of a multidisciplinary approach for developments in volcanology (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Tracking the 2007-2023 magma-driven unrest at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) (2024, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • Linking the Mediterranean MIS 5 tephra markers to Campi Flegrei (southern Italy) 109-92 ka explosive activity and refining the chronology of MIS 5c-d millennial-scale climate variability (2022, Global and Planetary Change)
  • Reconstructing fallout features and dispersal of Cretaio Tephra (Ischia Island, Italy) through field data analysis and numerical modelling: Implications for hazard assessment (2021, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research)
  • Escalation of caldera unrest indicated by increasing emission of isotopically light sulfur (2025, Nature Geoscience)

Best Publications

  • The restless, resurgent Campi Flegrei nested caldera (Italy): constraints on its evolution and configuration

    G. Orsi;S. de Vita;M. A. Di Vito

  • Volcanism and deformation since 12,000 years at the Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy)

    M.A Di Vito;R Isaia;G Orsi;J Southon

  • Volcanic hazard assessment at the restless Campi Flegrei caldera

    Giovanni Orsi;Mauro Antonio Di Vito;Roberto Isaia

  • The Agnano-Monte Spina eruption (4100 years BP) in the restless Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy)

    S de Vita;G Orsi;L Civetta;A Carandente

  • Short-term ground deformations and seismicity in the resurgent Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy): an example of active block-resurgence in a densely populated area

    G. Orsi;L. Civetta;C. Del Gaudio;S. de Vita

  • Chemical and Sr-isotopical evolution of the Phlegraean magmatic system before the Campanian Ignimbrite and the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruptions

    L Pappalardo;L Civetta;M D'Antonio;A Deino

  • The 1538 Monte Nuovo eruption (Campi Flegrei, Italy)

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  • The present state of the magmatic system of the Campi Flegrei caldera based on a reconstruction of its behavior in the past 12 ka

    M D'Antonio;L Civetta;G Orsi;L Pappalardo

  • Tephra fallout hazard assessment at the Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy)

    A. Costa;F. Dell’Erba;M. A. Di Vito;R. Isaia

  • The magmatic feeding system of the Campi Flegrei caldera: Architecture and temporal evolution

    V. Di Renzo;I. Arienzo;L. Civetta;M. D'Antonio

  • Magmatic History of Somma–Vesuvius on the Basis of New Geochemical and Isotopic Data from a Deep Borehole (Camaldoli della Torre)

    V. Di Renzo;M. A. Di Vito;I. Arienzo;A. Carandente

  • Long-term forecast of eruption style and size at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy)

    Giovanni Orsi;Mauro Antonio Di Vito;Jacopo Selva;Warner Marzocchi

  • The Astroni volcano: the only example of closely spaced eruptions in the same vent area during the recent history of the Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy)

    Roberto Isaia;Massimo D’Antonio;Francesco Dell’Erba;Mauro Di Vito

  • Geochemical and B-Sr-Nd isotopic evidence for mingling and mixing processes in the magmatic system that fed the Astroni volcano (4.1-3.8 ka) within the Campi Flegrei caldera (southern Italy)

    Sonia Tonarini;Massimo D'Antonio;Mauro Antonio Di Vito;Giovanni Orsi

  • The late Pleistocene pyroclastic deposits of the Campanian Plain: New insights into the explosive activity of Neapolitan volcanoes

    M.A. Di Vito;R. Sulpizio;G. Zanchetta;M. D'Orazio

  • The Pomici di Avellino eruption of Somma–Vesuvius (3.9 ka BP). Part II: sedimentology and physical volcanology of pyroclastic density current deposits

    R. Sulpizio;Rossana Bonasia;P. Dellino;D. Mele

  • The role of volcanic activity and climate in alluvial fan growth at volcanic areas: an example from southern Campania (Italy)

    Giovanni Zanchetta;R. Sulpizio;R. Sulpizio;M. A. Di Vito

  • The volcanic and geothermally active Campi Flegrei caldera: an integrated multidisciplinary image of its buried structure

    M. Piochi;C. R. J. Kilburn;M. A. Di Vito;A. Mormone

  • The Pomici di Avellino eruption of Somma-Vesuvius (3.9 ka bp). Part I: stratigraphy, compositional variability and eruptive dynamics

    R. Sulpizio;R. Cioni;M. A. Di Vito;D. Mele

  • Discriminating the long distance dispersal of fine ash from sustained columns or near ground ash clouds: The example of the Pomici di Avellino eruption (Somma-Vesuvius, Italy)

    Roberto Sulpizio;Rosanna Bonasia;Pierfrancesco Dellino;Mauro A. Di Vito

  • Timing of magma extraction during the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption (Campi Flegrei Caldera)

    L. Pappalardo;L. Civetta;S. de Vita;M. A. Di vito

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Orsi
Giovanni Orsi University of Naples Federico II
Roberto Isaia
Roberto Isaia National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Lucia Civetta
Lucia Civetta University of Naples Federico II
Massimo D'Antonio
Massimo D'Antonio University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Costa
Antonio Costa National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Valerio Acocella
Valerio Acocella Roma Tre University
Sonia Tonarini
Sonia Tonarini National Research Council (CNR)
Giovanni Chiodini
Giovanni Chiodini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Mario Parise
Mario Parise University of Bari Aldo Moro
Alessandro Sbrana
Alessandro Sbrana University of Pisa

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