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Orlando Vaselli

Orlando Vaselli

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Earth Science

D-Index
52
Citations
9257
World Ranking
3062
National Ranking
61

Overview

Orlando Vaselli is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on topics such as groundwater and isotope geochemistry, methane hydrates, mercury impact and mitigation, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, heavy metals in the environment, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Vaselli's research output includes publications in several frequent venues, reflecting their scientific interests and collaborations. These venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • Bulletin of Volcanology

Their work covers a range of important scientific themes, illustrated by their recent papers:

  • "High concentrations of dissolved biogenic methane associated with cyanobacterial blooms in East African lake surface water" (2021, Communications Biology)
  • "Insights into the Porretta Terme (northern Apennines, Italy) hydrothermal system revealed by geochemical data on presently discharging thermal waters and paleofluids" (2020, Environmental Geochemistry and Health)
  • "Experimental analysis on the carbonation rate of Portland cement at room temperature and CO2 partial pressure from 1 to 51 bar" (2021, Cement and Concrete Composites)
  • "Precipitation of carbonate minerals in travertine-depositing hot springs: Driving forces, microenvironments, and mechanisms" (2022, Sedimentary Geology)
  • "Soil CO2 flux and temperature from a new geothermal area in the Cordón de Inacaliri Volcanic Complex (northern Chile)" (2020, Geothermics)

Vaselli frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, which suggests an active partnership network in their research projects. These co-authors include:

  • Jacopo Cabassi
  • Franco Tassi
  • Bárbara Nisi
  • Stefanía Venturi
  • Francesco Capecchiacci

Their work touches on various subfields within environmental and earth sciences, particularly:

  • Geophysics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Pollution

Through these research efforts, Vaselli contributes to advancing knowledge in geochemical processes, environmental pollution, isotope studies, and tectonic phenomena, staying engaged with multidisciplinary collaborations across geosciences and environmental studies.

Best Publications

  • Geochemistry of Quaternary travertines in the region north of Rome (Italy): structural, hydrologic and paleoclimatic implications

    A. Minissale;D.M. Kerrick;G. Magro;M.T. Murrell

  • Ultramafic xenoliths in plio-pleistocene alkali basalts from the eastern transylvanian basin: Depleted mantle enriched by vein metasomatism

    O. Vaselli;H. Downes;M. Thirlwall;G. Dobosi

  • Fluid geochemistry of hydrothermal systems in the Arica-Parinacota, Tarapacá and Antofagasta regions (northern Chile)

    F. Tassi;F. Aguilera;F. Aguilera;T. Darrah;T. Darrah;O. Vaselli

  • Post-collisional Tertiary–Quaternary mafic alkalic magmatism in the Carpathian–Pannonian region: a review

    Ioan Seghedi;Hilary Downes;Orlando Vaselli;Alexandru Szakács

  • Origin and geodynamic significance of Tertiary postcollisional basaltic magmatism in Serbia (central Balkan Peninsula)

    V Cvetković;D Prelević;H Downes;M Jovanović

  • Geochemical modeling of CO2 storage in deep reservoirs: The Weyburn Project (Canada) case study

    Barbara Cantucci;Giordano Montegrossi;Orlando Vaselli;Franco Tassi

  • January 2002 volcano‐tectonic eruption of Nyiragongo volcano, Democratic Republic of Congo

    Dario Tedesco;Orlando Vaselli;Paolo Papale;Simon A Carn

  • Petrology and geochemistry of late Tertiary/Quaternary mafic alkaline volcanism in Romania

    H. Downes;I. Seghedi;A. Szakacs;G. Dobosi

  • Compositional diversity of Eocene-Oligocene basaltic magmatism in the Eastern Rhodopes, SE Bulgaria: implications for genesis and tectonic setting

    Peter Marchev;Raya Raicheva;Hilary Downes;Orlando Vaselli

  • Isotopic and geochemical evidence for a heterogeneous mantle plume origin of the Virunga volcanics, Western rift, East African Rift system

    Ramananda Chakrabarti;Asish R. Basu;Alba P. Santo;Dario Tedesco

  • Concentration, distribution, and translocation of mercury and methylmercury in mine-waste, sediment, soil, water, and fish collected near the Abbadia San Salvatore mercury mine, Monte Amiata district, Italy

    Valentina Rimondi;John E. Gray;Pilario Costagliola;Orlando Vaselli

  • Multiple source components in gas manifestations from north-central Italy

    Angelo Minissale;Williams C. Evans;Gabriella Magro;Orlando Vaselli

  • Sulfur species in volcanic gases.

    Giordano Montegrossi;Franco Tassi;Orlando Vaselli;and Antonella Buccianti

  • Fluid geochemical transect in the Northern Apennines (central-northern Italy): fluid genesis and migration and tectonic implications

    A. Minissale;G. Magro;G. Martinelli;O. Vaselli

  • Origin and evolution of ‘intracratonic’ thermal fluids from central-western peninsular India

    A. Minissale;O. Vaselli;D. Chandrasekharam;G. Magro

  • Geochemistry of water and gas discharges from the Mt. Amiata silicic complex and surrounding areas (central Italy)

    A Minissale;G Magro;O Vaselli;C Verrucchi

  • Water and gas chemistry at Lake Kivu (DRC): Geochemical evidence of vertical and horizontal heterogeneities in a multibasin structure

    Franco Tassi;Orlando Vaselli;D. Tedesco;D. Tedesco;G. Montegrossi

  • Granulite and pyroxenite xenoliths from the Deccan Trap: insight into the nature and composition of the lower lithosphere beneath cratonic India

    A.G. Dessai;A. Markwick;O. Vaselli;H. Downes

  • A geochemical traverse across the Eastern Carpathians (Romania): constraints on the origin and evolution of the mineral water and gas discharges

    O Vaselli;A Minissale;F Tassi;G Magro

  • Hydrogeochemistry and strontium isotopes in the Arno River Basin (Tuscany, Italy): Constraints on natural controls by statistical modeling

    B. Nisi;A. Buccianti;O. Vaselli;G. Perini

  • Source conditions and degradation processes of light hydrocarbons in volcanic gases: an example from El ChichÓn volcano (Chiapas State, Mexico)

    Bruno Capaccioni;Yuri Taran;Franco Tassi;Orlando Vaselli

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Tassi
Franco Tassi University of Florence
Angelo Minissale
Angelo Minissale National Research Council (CNR)
Bruno Capaccioni
Bruno Capaccioni University of Bologna
Dario Tedesco
Dario Tedesco University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Giovanni Chiodini
Giovanni Chiodini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Robert J. Poreda
Robert J. Poreda University of Rochester
Thomas H. Darrah
Thomas H. Darrah The Ohio State University
Hilary Downes
Hilary Downes Birkbeck, University of London
Walter D'Alessandro
Walter D'Alessandro National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Stefano Caliro
Stefano Caliro National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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