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Maurizio Mazzucchelli is affiliated with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific expertise in Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. The main topics within their work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Mineralogy and Gemology Studies, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, and Crystal Structures and Properties.

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • EoS of mantle minerals coupled with composition and thermal state of the lithosphere: Inferring the density structure of peridotitic systems (2021, Lithos)
  • Evidence of subduction-related components in sapphirine-bearing gabbroic dykes (Finero phlogopite-peridotite): Insights into the source of the Triassic-Jurassic magmatism at the Europe-Africa boundary (2020, Lithos)
  • Transition from orogenic-like to anorogenic magmatism in the Southern Alps during the Early Mesozoic: Evidence from elemental and Nd-Sr-Hf-Pb isotope geochemistry of alkali-rich dykes from the Finero Phlogopite Peridotite, Ivrea-Verbano Zone (2023, Gondwana Research)
  • Mantle-Derived Corundum-Bearing Felsic Dykes May Survive Only within the Lower (Refractory/Inert) Crust: Evidence from Zircon Geochemistry and Geochronology (Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Southern Alps, Italy) (2020, Geosciences)
  • Destruction of the Lithosphere beneath the SW Margin of the São Francisco Craton Evidenced by Refertilized and Deformed Mantle Xenoliths (2024, Journal of Petrology)

Maurizio Mazzucchelli has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Tommaso Giovanardi
  • Alberto Zanetti
  • Mattia Bonazzi
  • Gustavo W. Bertotto
  • Abimbola Chris Ogunyele

The scientist's publications have appeared predominantly in specific venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Lithos (4 publications)
  • Geosciences (2 publications)
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts (2 publications)
  • Gondwana Research (1 publication)
  • Journal of Petrology (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Isotopic evidence from the Ivrea Zone for a hybrid lower crust formed by magmatic underplating

    H. Voshage;Aw Hofmann;Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Giorgio Rivalenti

  • The Finero phlogopite-peridotite massif: an example of subduction-related metasomatism

    Alberto Zanetti;Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Giorgio Rivalenti;Riccardo Vannucci

  • Metasomatism and Melting in Carbonated Peridotite Xenoliths from the Mantle Wedge: The Gobernador Gregores Case (Southern Patagonia)

    Angela Laurora;Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Giorgio Rivalenti;Riccardo Vannucci

  • Chemical evolution of a large mafic intrusion in the lower crust, Ivrea‐Verbano Zone, northern Italy

    Silvano Sinigoi;James E. Quick;Diane Clemens-Knott;Adriano Mayer

  • SHRIMP U–Pb Zircon Triassic Intrusion Age of the Finero Mafic Complex (Ivrea–Verbano Zone, Western Alps) and its Geodynamic Implications

    Alberto Zanetti;Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Silvano Sinigoi;Tommaso Giovanardi

  • U–Pb (ID-TIMS) baddeleyite ages and paleomagnetism of 1.79 and 1.59 Ga tholeiitic dyke swarms, and position of the Rio de la Plata Craton within the Columbia supercontinent

    Wilson Teixeira;Manoel S. D'Agrella-Filho;Mike A. Hamilton;Richard E. Ernst

  • Tectono-magmatic response to major convergence changes in the North Patagonian suprasubduction system; the Paleogene subduction-transcurrent plate margin transition

    Eugenio Aragón;Eugenio Aragón;Eugenio Aragón;Fernando D'Eramo;Antonio Castro;Lucio Pinotti

  • Origin of LREE-depleted amphiboles in the subcontinental mantle

    R. Vannucci;G. B. Piccardo;Giorgio Rivalenti;A. Zanetti

  • Early Proterozoic dike swarms from western Uruguay: geochemistry, SrNd isotopes and petrogenesis

    J. Bossi;N. Campal;L. Civetta;G. Demarchi

  • The mafic-ultramafic complex near Finero (Ivrea-Verbano Zone), ii. Geochronology and isotope geochemistry

    Meihua Lu;Albrecht W. Hofmann;Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Giorgio Rivalenti

  • Peridotite clinopyroxene chemistry reflects mantle processes rather than continental versus oceanic settings

    Giorgio Rivalenti;Riccardo Vannucci;Elisabetta Rampone;Maurizio Mazzucchelli

  • The relationship between websterite and peridotite in the Balmuccia peridotite massif (NW Italy) as revealed by trace element variations in clinopyroxene

    Giorgio Rivalenti;Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Riccardo Vannucci;Albrecht W. Hofmann;Albrecht W. Hofmann

  • Isotopic constraints on the origin of ultramafic and mafic dikes in the Balmuccia peridotite (Ivrea Zone)

    H. Voshage;S. Sinigoi;Maurizio Mazzucchelli;G. Demarchi

  • Trace element distribution between clinopyroxene and garnet in gabbroic rocks of the deep crust: An ion microprobe study

    Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Giorgio Rivalenti;Riccardo Vannucci;Plero Bottazzi

  • Age and geochemistry of mantle peridotites and diorite dykes from the Baldissero body: Insights into the Paleozoic–Mesozoic evolution of the Southern Alps

    Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Alberto Zanetti;Giorgio Rivalenti;Riccardo Vannucci

  • Intractions of mantle and crustal magmas in the southern part of the Ivrea Zone (Italy)

    S. Sinigoi;P. Antonini;G. Demarchi;A. Longinelli

  • Petrogenesis of the Paleoproterozoic basalt–andesite–rhyolite dyke association in the Carajás region, Amazonian craton

    Giorgio Rivalenti;Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Vicente Antonio Vitorio Girardi;Giancarlo Cavazzini

  • The backarc mantle lithosphere in Patagonia, South America

    Giorgio Rivalenti;Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Angela Laurora;Sara I.A. Ciuffi

  • Primary positive Eu anomaly in clinopyroxenes of low-crust gabbroic rocks☆

    Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Giorgio Rivalenti;Riccardo Vannucci;Riccardo Vannucci;Piero Bottazzi

  • Composition and processes of the mantle lithosphere in northeastern Brazil and Fernando de Noronha: evidence from mantle xenoliths

    Giorgio Rivalenti;Maurizio Mazzucchelli;Vicente A.V. Girardi;Riccardo Vannucci

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Zanetti
Alberto Zanetti Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources
Riccardo Vannucci
Riccardo Vannucci University of Pavia
Massimo Tiepolo
Massimo Tiepolo University of Milan
Daniele Brunelli
Daniele Brunelli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Wilson Teixeira
Wilson Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari
Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari Universidade de São Paulo
Tomoaki Morishita
Tomoaki Morishita Kanazawa University
Carlos A. Cingolani
Carlos A. Cingolani National University of La Plata
Massimo Coltorti
Massimo Coltorti University of Ferrara
Luisa Ottolini
Luisa Ottolini University of Pavia

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