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Massimiliano Zattin

Massimiliano Zattin

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
5040
World Ranking
5933
National Ranking
176

Massimiliano Zattin publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Massimiliano Zattin sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 207 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Massimiliano Zattin D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Massimiliano Zattin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Massimiliano Zattin is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their research focus mainly lies within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications contributing to this field.

The scientist's primary subfields of study include:

  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Pollution

Zattin's research topics cover a variety of geological and environmental themes, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Massimiliano Zattin are:

  • "Uplift of Anatolia," 2020, published in TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
  • "Long-term and multiple stage exhumation of the Ordos Basin, western North China Craton: Insights from seismic reflection, borehole and geochronological data," 2023, published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Mechanisms of microplastics trapping in river sediments: Insights from the Arno river (Tuscany, Italy)," 2023, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Structural inversion of back-arc basins-The Neogene Adjara-Trialeti fold-and-thrust belt (SW Georgia) as a far-field effect of the Arabia-Eurasia collision," 2021, published in Tectonophysics
  • "Cretaceous and Eocene Rapid Cooling Phases in the Southern Andes (36°-37°S): Insights From Low-Temperature Thermochronology, U-Pb Geochronology, and Inverse Thermal Modeling From Domuyo Area, Argentina," 2021, published in Tectonics

Zattin frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Valerio Olivetti
  • César Witt
  • Maria Laura Balestrieri
  • Heng Peng
  • Silvia Cattò

Their publications appear regularly in several key scientific journals and venues, such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Tectonophysics
  • Tectonics
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology

Best Publications

  • Apatite fission-track data for the Miocene Arabia-Eurasia collision

    Aral I. Okay;Massimiliano Zattin;William Cavazza

  • Steady-state exhumation of the European Alps

    Matthias Bernet;Massimiliano Zattin;John I. Garver;Mark T. Brandon

  • Reproducibility of apatite fission-track length data and thermal history reconstruction

    Richard A. Ketcham;Raymond A. Donelick;Maria Laura Balestrieri;Massimiliano Zattin

  • Tectonic burial and 'young' (< 10 Ma) exhumation in the southern Apennines fold and thrust belt (Italy)

    S. Mazzoli;M. D'Errico;L. Aldega;S. Corrado

  • Miocene to Present differential exhumation in the Western Alps: Insights from fission track thermochronology

    Marco G. Malusà;Riccardo Polino;Massimiliano Zattin;Giulio Bigazzi

  • Triassic redbeds in the Malaguide Complex (Betic Cordillera — Spain): Petrography, geochemistry and geodynamic implications

    Francesco Perri;Salvatore Critelli;Agustín Martín-Algarra;Manuel Martín-Martín

  • The carbonate tectonic units of northern Calabria (Italy) : a record of Apulian palaeomargin evolution and Miocene convergence, continental crust subduction, and exhumation of HP-LT rocks

    A. Iannace;S. Vitale;M. D’Errico;S. Mazzoli

  • Exhuming the Alps through time: clues from detrital zircon fission‐track thermochronology

    M Bernet;M Brandon;J Garver;Ml Balestieri

  • Pliocene and Pleistocene exhumation and uplift of two key areas of the Northern Apennines

    M.L. Balestrieri;M. Bernet;M.T. Brandon;V. Picotti

  • Thermochronologic evidence for orogen-parallel variability in wedge kinematics during extending convergent orogenesis of the northern Apennines, Italy

    Stuart N. Thomson;Mark T. Brandon;Peter W. Reiners;Massimiliano Zattin

  • Fission-track reconstruction of the front of the northern apennine thrust wedge and overlying ligurian unit

    Massimiliano Zattin;Vincenzo Picotti;Gian Gaspare Zuffa

  • Rapid early-middle Miocene exhumation of the Kazdağ Massif (western Anatolia)

    W. Cavazza;A. I. Okay;Massimiliano Zattin

  • An Oligocene ductile strike-slip shear zone: The Uludag Massif, northwest Turkey--Implications for the westward translation of Anatolia

    Ai Okay;M Satir;Massimiliano Zattin;W Cavazza

  • Eocene to Pliocene exhumation history of the Tianshui-Huicheng region determined by Apatite fission track thermochronology: Implications for evolution of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau margin

    Xiuxi Wang;Xiuxi Wang;Massimiliano Zattin;Jijun Li;Chunhui Song

  • The Aosta–Ranzola extensional fault system and Oligocene–Present evolution of the Austroalpine–Penninic wedge in the northwestern Alps

    A. Bistacchi;G. V. Dal Piaz;M. Massironi;M. Zattin

  • Thermal maturity of the axial zone of the southern Apennines fold‐and‐thrust belt (Italy) from multiple organic and inorganic indicators

    S Corrado;L Aldega;P Di Leo;Ciriaco Giampaolo

  • Apatite fission‐track analysis of Neogene exhumation in northern Corsica (France)

    W. Cavazza;M. Zattin;B. Ventura;G. G. Zuffa

  • Provenance and Paleogeographic Evolution in a Multi-Source Foreland: The Cenozoic Venetian–Friulian Basin (NE Italy)

    Cristina Stefani;Maria Giuditta Fellin;Massimiliano Zattin;Gian Gaspare Zuffa

  • Fission‐track evidence for late Oligocene and mid‐Miocene activity along the North Anatolian Fault in south‐western Thrace

    Massimiliano Zattin;Massimiliano Zattin;Aral I Okay;William Cavazza

  • On the tectonic evolution of the Ligurian accretionary complex in southern Italy

    S. Ciarcia;S. Mazzoli;S. Vitale;M. Zattin

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano Mazzoli
Stefano Mazzoli University of Camerino
Sveva Corrado
Sveva Corrado Roma Tre University
Luca Aldega
Luca Aldega Sapienza University of Rome
William Cavazza
William Cavazza University of Bologna
Aral I. Okay
Aral I. Okay Istanbul Technical University
Peter W. Reiners
Peter W. Reiners University of Arizona
Stuart N. Thomson
Stuart N. Thomson University of Arizona
Mark T. Brandon
Mark T. Brandon Yale University
Cécile Gautheron
Cécile Gautheron University of Paris-Saclay
Matteo Massironi
Matteo Massironi University of Padua

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