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Marco Ligi is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Geology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Marco Ligi's recent papers include:

  • Neotectonics of the Sea of Galilee (northeast Israel): implication for geodynamics and seismicity along the Dead Sea Fault system, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Origin of oceanic ferrodiorites by injection of nelsonitic melts in gabbros at the Vema Lithospheric Section, Mid Atlantic Ridge, 2020, Lithos
  • Red Sea rifting in central Egypt: constraints from the offshore Quseir province, 2022, Journal of the Geological Society
  • Geophysical Evidence for Magmatism Southwest of the Brothers Islands, Northern Red Sea (Offshore Quseir, Egypt), 2022, Tectonics
  • Ultra-depleted melt refertilization of mantle peridotites in a large intra-transform domain (Doldrums Fracture Zone; 7-8°N, Mid Atlantic Ridge), 2020, Lithos

Frequent coauthors working alongside Marco Ligi include:

  • Alessio Sanfilippo
  • Filippo Muccini
  • Camilla Sani
  • Carlotta Ferrando
  • A. A. Peyve

Marco Ligi's publications are often found in specific scientific venues, including:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Doklady Earth Sciences
  • Lithos
  • Tectonics
  • Journal of Petrology

Best Publications

  • Source of 1755 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami investigated

    Nevio Zitellini;L. A. Mendes;D. Cordoba;J. Danobeitia

  • 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

  • Foreland deformational pattern in the Southern Adriatic Sea

    A. Argnani;P. Favalli;F. Frugoni;M. Gasperini

  • Birth of an ocean in the Red Sea: Initial pangs

    Marco Ligi;Enrico Bonatti;Giovanni Bortoluzzi;Anna Cipriani;Anna Cipriani

  • Extreme mantle uplift and exhumation along a transpressive transform fault

    Marcia Maia;Susanna Sichel;Anne Briais;Daniele Brunelli

  • Submarine salt flows in the central Red Sea

    Neil C. Mitchell;Marco Ligi;Valentina Ferrante;Enrico Bonatti

  • Submersible observations of Equatorial Atlantic mantle: The St. Paul Fracture Zone region

    R. Hekinian;T. Juteau;E. Gràcia;B. Sichler

  • Oceanic broad multifault transform plate boundaries

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

  • 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

  • Serpentinization of mantle peridotites along an uplifted lithospheric section, Mid Atlantic Ridge at 11° N

    Chiara Boschi;Enrico Bonatti;Marco Ligi;Daniele Brunelli

  • Water-rich basalts at mid-ocean-ridge cold spots

    Marco Ligi;Enrico Bonatti;Enrico Bonatti;Anna Cipriani;Luisa Ottolini

  • Bouvet Triple Junction in the South Atlantic: Geology and evolution

    Marco Ligi;Enrico Bonatti;Giovanni Bortoluzzi;Gabriela Carrara

  • Birth of an ocean in the Red Sea: Oceanic-type basaltic melt intrusions precede continental rupture

    Marco Ligi;Enrico Bonatti;William Bosworth;Yue Cai

  • Geomorphology of the central Red Sea Rift: Determining spreading processes

    Nico Augustin;Froukje M. van der Zwan;Froukje M. van der Zwan;Colin W. Devey;Marco Ligi

  • Bathy-morphological setting of the Aeolian Islands

    C. Romagnoli;D. Casalbore;G. Bortoluzz;A. Bosma

  • Initial burst of oceanic crust accretion in the Red Sea due to edge-driven mantle convection

    Marco Ligi;Enrico Bonatti;Fabio Caratori Tontini;Anna Cipriani

  • The tectonic puzzle of the Messina area (Southern Italy): Insights from new seismic reflection data

    Carlo Doglioni;Marco Ligi;Davide Scrocca;Sabina Bigi

  • A 19 to 17 Ma amagmatic extension event at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Ultramafic mylonites from the Vema Lithospheric Section

    Anna Cipriani;Enrico Bonatti;Enrico Bonatti;Monique Seyler;Hannes K. Brueckner;Hannes K. Brueckner

  • Recent inversion of the Tyrrhenian Basin

    Nevio Zitellini;César R. Ranero;César R. Ranero;M. Filomena Loreto;Marco Ligi

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Bonatti
Enrico Bonatti Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Luca Gasperini
Luca Gasperini National Research Council (CNR)
Daniele Brunelli
Daniele Brunelli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Carlo Doglioni
Carlo Doglioni National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Neil C. Mitchell
Neil C. Mitchell University of Manchester
William Bosworth
William Bosworth Apache Corporation
Luisa Ottolini
Luisa Ottolini University of Pavia
Andrea Argnani
Andrea Argnani National Research Council (CNR)
Eugenio Carminati
Eugenio Carminati Sapienza University of Rome
Leonardo Seeber
Leonardo Seeber Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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