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Massimo Mattei

Massimo Mattei

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Earth Science

D-Index
48
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8684
World Ranking
3809
National Ranking
80

Overview

Massimo Mattei is affiliated with Roma Tre University in Italy and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans 48 publications primarily focused on subfields such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Massimo Mattei has contributed to several research articles that explore diverse geoscientific themes. Notable recent papers include:

  • Petrogenesis of Mediterranean lamproites and associated rocks: The role of overprinted metasomatic events in the post-collisional lithospheric upper mantle (2021), published in Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Conservation of 87Sr/86Sr During Wine-Making of White Wines: A Geochemical Fingerprint of Geographical Provenance and Quality Production (2020), published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Neogene Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of the Intermontane Tarom Basin: Insights Into Basin Filling and Plateau Building Processes Along the Northern Margin of the Iranian Plateau (Arabia-Eurasia Collision Zone) (2021), published in Tectonics
  • Fluvial inverse modeling for inferring the timing of Quaternary uplift in the Simbruini range (Central Apennines, Italy) (2021), published in Transactions in GIS
  • The tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Fucino Basin (central Apennines, Italy): new insights from the geological mapping of its north-eastern margin (2021), published in Journal of Maps

Massimo Mattei frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Francesca Cifelli
  • Martina Casalini
  • Sandro Conticelli
  • Riccardo Avanzinelli
  • Gian Paolo Cavinato

Their publications commonly appear in journals such as Tectonics, Italian Journal of Geosciences, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geological Society London Special Publications, and Frontiers in Environmental Science. Notably, four of their works have been published in Tectonics, and three in the Italian Journal of Geosciences.

Best Publications

  • Midcrustal shear zones in postorogenic extension: Example from the northern Tyrrhenian Sea

    Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna;Bruno Goffé;Massimo Mattei

  • Trace elements and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes of K-rich, shoshonitic, and calc-alkaline magmatism of the Western Mediterranean Region: Genesis of ultrapotassic to calc-alkaline magmatic associations in a post-collisional geodynamic setting

    Sandro Conticelli;Luisa Guarnieri;Alice Farinelli;Massimo Mattei

  • The dynamics of back‐arc extension: an experimental approach to the opening of the Tyrrhenian Sea

    Claudio Faccenna;Philippe Davy;Jean-Pierre Brun;Renato Funiciello

  • The Eo-Cimmerian (Late? Triassic) orogeny in North Iran

    Andrea Zanchi;Stefano Zanchetta;Fabrizio Berra;Massimo Mattei

  • Opening of the Neo-Tethys Ocean and the Pangea B to Pangea A transformation during the Permian

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  • Inversion tectonics in central Alborz, Iran

    Andrea Zanchi;Fabrizio Berra;Massimo Mattei;Mohammad R. Ghassemi

  • Age of the Corsica-Sardinia rotation and Liguro-Provencal Basin spreading: new paleomagnetic and Ar/Ar evidence

    F. Speranza;I. M. Villa;L. Sagnotti;F. Florindo

  • Styles of back-arc extension in the Central Mediterranean

    Claudio Faccenna;Massimo Mattei;Renato Funiciello;Laurent Jolivet

  • Potassic and ultrapotassic magmatism in the circum-Tyrrhenian region: Significance of carbonated pelitic vs. pelitic sediment recycling at destructive plate margins

    Riccardo Avanzinelli;Michele Lustrino;Massimo Mattei;Leone Melluso

  • The drift history of Iran from the Ordovician to the Triassic

    Giovanni Muttoni;Massimo Mattei;Marco Balini;Andrea Zanchi

  • MAGNETIC FABRIC OF WEAKLY DEFORMED CLAY-RICH SEDIMENTS IN THE ITALIAN PENINSULA : RELATIONSHIP WITH COMPRESSIONAL AND EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS

    M. Mattei;L. Sagnotti;C. Faccenna;R. Funiciello

  • Isotope geochemistry (Sr–Nd–Pb) and petrogenesis of leucite-bearing volcanic rocks from “Colli Albani” volcano, Roman Magmatic Province, Central Italy: inferences on volcano evolution and magma genesis

    Elena Boari;Riccardo Avanzinelli;Riccardo Avanzinelli;Leone Melluso;Guido Giordano

  • Alpine structural and metamorphic signature of the Sila Piccola Massif nappe stack (Calabria, Italy): Insights for the tectonic evolution of the Calabrian Arc

    Federico Rossetti;Claudio Faccenna;Bruno Goffé;Patrick Monié

  • The Cimmerian evolution of the Nakhlak–Anarak area, Central Iran, and its bearing for the reconstruction of the history of the Eurasian margin

    Andrea Zanchi;Stefano Zanchetta;Eduardo Garzanti;Marco Balini

  • The Miocene tectono‐sedimentary evolution of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: stratigraphy, structural and palaeomagnetic data from the on‐shore Amantea basin (Calabrian Arc, Italy)

    Massimo Mattei;Paola Cipollari;Domenico Cosentino;A Argentieri

  • Magnetic fabric of clay sediments from the external northern Apennines (Italy)

    Leonardo Sagnotti;Fabio Speranza;Aldo Winkler;Massimo Mattei

  • The origin of tectonic lineation in extensional basins: Combined neutron texture and magnetic analyses on “undeformed” clays

    Francesca Cifelli;Massimo Mattei;M. Chadima;A. M. Hirt

  • The evolution of the Calabrian Arc: Evidence from paleomagnetic and GPS observations

    Massimo Mattei;Francesca Cifelli;N. D'Agostino

  • Tectonics of the Umbria‐Marche‐Romagna Arc (central northern Apennines, Italy): New paleomagnetic constraints

    Fabio Speranza;Leonardo Sagnotti;Massimo Mattei

  • High-Precision 87Sr/86Sr Analyses in Wines and Their Use as a Geological Fingerprint for Tracing Geographic Provenance

    Sara Marchionni;Eleonora Braschi;Simone Tommasini;Andrea Bollati

  • Paleomagnetic and structural evidence for Neogene block rotations in the Central Apennines, Italy

    Massimo Mattei;R. Funiciello;C. Kissel

  • The Cimmerian evolution of the Nakhlak-Anarak area (Central Iran) and its bearing for the reconstruction of the history of the Eurasian margin

    A. Zanchi;M. Balini;F. Berra;E. Garzanti

Frequent Co-Authors

Renato Funiciello
Renato Funiciello Roma Tre University
Sandro Conticelli
Sandro Conticelli University of Florence
Guido Giordano
Guido Giordano Roma Tre University
Andrea Zanchi
Andrea Zanchi University of Milano-Bicocca
Fabio Speranza
Fabio Speranza National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Claudio Faccenna
Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum
Leonardo Sagnotti
Leonardo Sagnotti National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Simone Tommasini
Simone Tommasini University of Florence
Federico Rossetti
Federico Rossetti Roma Tre University
Domenico Cosentino
Domenico Cosentino Roma Tre University

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