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Massimo D'Antonio is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, where research contributions focus primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a range of subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Archeology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's main research topics cover Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Ilenia Arienzo, Shahrouz Babazadeh, Paola Petrosino, Davood Raeisi, and Valeria Di Renzo.

Publication venues frequently featuring their work include:

  • Minerals
  • Chemical Geology
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Massimo D'Antonio provide insights into volcanic activity, tephrostratigraphy, and geochemical analysis related to the Mediterranean and broader geological contexts:

  • Constraints from geochemistry, zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf-Nd isotopic compositions on the origin of Cenozoic volcanic rocks from central Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc, Iran (2020) in Gondwana Research
  • Mediterranean tephrostratigraphy and peri-Tyrrhenian explosive activity revaluated in light of the 430-365 ka record from Fucino Basin (central Italy) (2021) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • 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) in Global and Planetary Change
  • The Fucino 250-170 ka tephra record: New insights on peri-Tyrrhenian explosive volcanism, central mediterranean tephrochronology, and timing of the MIS 8-6 climate variability (2022) in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Mineral-Melt Equilibria and Geothermobarometry of Campi Flegrei Magmas: Inferences for Magma Storage Conditions (2022) in Minerals

In addition to journal publications, Massimo D'Antonio has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Springer Nature titled Campi Flegrei (2022).

Best Publications

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

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

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

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

  • Source contamination and mantle heterogeneity in the genesis of Italian potassic and ultrapotassic volcanic rocks: Sr–Nd–Pb isotope data from Roman Province and Southern Tuscany

    Sandro Conticelli;M. D'Antonio;L. Pinarelli;L. Civetta

  • The Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks from Pantelleria Island, Sicily Channel: Petrogenesis and Characteristics of the Mantle Source Region

    Lucia Civetta;Massimo D‘Antonio;Giovanni Orsi;George R. Tilton

  • 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

  • Geochemistry of serpentinized peridotites from the Mariana Forearc Conical Seamount, ODP Leg 125: Implications for the elemental recycling at subduction zones

    Ivan P. Savov;Ivan P. Savov;Jeffrey G. Ryan;Jeffrey G. Ryan;Massimo D'Antonio;Katherine Kelley;Katherine Kelley

  • The Neapolitan Yellow Tuff, a large-magnitude trachytic phreatoplinian eruption: eruptive dynamics, magma withdrawal and caldera collapse

    Giovanni Orsi;Massimo D'Antonio;Sandro de Vita;Gabriella Gallo

  • Shallow slab fluid release across and along the Mariana arc-basin system: Insights from geochemistry of serpentinized peridotites from the Mariana fore arc

    Ivan P. Savov;Jeffrey G. Ryan;Massimo D'Antonio;Patricia Fryer

  • 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

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

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

  • Evidence for Multi-stage Magmatic Evolution during the past 60 kyr at Campi Flegrei (Italy) Deduced from Sr, Nd and Pb Isotope Data

    L. Pappalardo;M. Piochi;M. D’Antonio;L. Civetta

  • Step-filling and development of a three-layer magma chamber: the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff case history

    G. Orsi;L. Civetta;M. D'Antonio;P. Di Girolamo

  • Constraints on mantle circulation around the deforming Calabrian slab

    Claudio Faccenna;Lucia Civetta;Massimo D'Antonio;Francesca Funiciello

  • 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

  • Geochronology and petrology of Cretaceous basaltic magmatism in the Kwanza basin (western Angola), and relationships with the Paranà-Etendeka continental flood basalt province

    A. Marzoli;A. Marzoli;L. Melluso;V. Morra;P.R. Renne

  • 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

  • Petrology and Geochemistry of West Philippine Basin Basalts and Early Palau–Kyushu Arc Volcanic Clasts from ODP Leg 195, Site 1201D: Implications for the Early History of the Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc

    Ivan P. Savov;Rosemary Hickey-Vargas;Massimo D'antonio;Jeffrey G. Ryan

  • Slab disruption, mantle circulation, and the opening of the Tyrrhenian basins

    Claudio Faccenna;Francesca Funiciello;Lucia Civetta;Massimo D'Antonio

  • Mantle source heterogeneity in the Campanian Region (South Italy) as inferred from geochemical and isotopic features of mafic volcanic rocks with shoshonitic affinity

    M. D'Antonio;L. Civetta;P. Di Girolamo

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia Civetta
Lucia Civetta University of Naples Federico II
Giovanni Orsi
Giovanni Orsi University of Naples Federico II
Roberto Moretti
Roberto Moretti University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
M. A. Di Vito
M. A. Di Vito National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Leone Melluso
Leone Melluso University of Naples Federico II
Sonia Tonarini
Sonia Tonarini National Research Council (CNR)
Vincenzo Morra
Vincenzo Morra University of Naples Federico II
Roberto Isaia
Roberto Isaia National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Gerhard Wörner
Gerhard Wörner University of Göttingen
Paola Petrosino
Paola Petrosino University of Naples Federico II

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