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Paola Petrosino 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 Paola Petrosino sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Paola Petrosino 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 Paola Petrosino sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Paola Petrosino is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy and works primarily within the Earth and Planetary Sciences field. Their research spans several subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Archeology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their scientific contributions focus on a range of topics:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Paola Petrosino has published extensively on topics related to tephrostratigraphy, volcanism, faulting, and climate variability, contributing to the understanding of Mediterranean geological processes and their implications.

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Mediterranean tephrostratigraphy and peri-Tyrrhenian explosive activity revaluated in light of the 430-365 ka record from Fucino Basin (central Italy)" (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Magmatic stoping during the caldera-forming Pomici di Base eruption (Somma-Vesuvius, Italy) as a fuel of eruption explosivity" (2020, Lithos)
  • "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, Global and Planetary Change)
  • "Late Quaternary faulting in the southern Matese (Italy): implications for earthquake potential and slip rate variability in the southern Apennines" (2022, Solid Earth)
  • "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, Quaternary Science Reviews)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Ilenia Arienzo
  • Massimo D'Antonio
  • Biagio Giaccio
  • Giovanni Zanchetta
  • Federica Totaro

Paola Petrosino regularly publishes in leading journals relevant to their field, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Minerals
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Best Publications

  • The interplinian activity at Somma–Vesuvius in the last 3500 years

    G. Rolandi;P. Petrosino;J. Mc Geehin

  • The Ottaviano eruption of Somma-Vesuvio (8000 y B.P.): a magmatic alternating fall and flow-forming eruption

    G. Rolandi;S. Maraffi;P. Petrosino;L. Lirer

  • The late Quaternary tephrostratigraphical record of the San Gregorio Magno basin (southern Italy)

    R. Munno;P. Petrosino

  • A methodology for the evaluation of long-term volcanic risk from pyroclastic flows in Campi Flegrei (Italy)

    I. Alberico;L. Lirer;P. Petrosino;Roberto Scandone

  • A decoupled kinematic model for active normal faults: Insights from the 1980, MS = 6.9 Irpinia earthquake, southern Italy

    Alessandra Ascione;Stefano Mazzoli;Paola Petrosino;Ettore Valente

  • Marine response to climate changes during the last five millennia in the central Mediterranean Sea

    G. Margaritelli;M. Vallefuoco;F. Di Rita;L. Capotondi

  • Research progress in volcanology in the Neapolitan area, southern Italy: a review and some alternative views

    Benedetto De Vivo;Paola Petrosino;Annamaria Lima;Giuseppe Rolandi

  • Integrated stratigraphy for the Late Quaternary in the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea

    F. Lirer;M. Sprovieri;L. Ferraro;M. Vallefuoco

  • Ce, La and Y concentrations in agricultural and grazing-land soils of Europe

    Martiya Sadeghi;Paola Petrosino;Anna Ladenberger;Stefano Albanese

  • Tephrostratigraphy of the A.D. 79 pyroclastic deposits in perivolcanic areas of Mt. Vesuvio (Italy)

    Lucio Lirer;Rosalba Munno;Paola Petrosino;Anna Vinci

  • Volcanic hazard and risk assessment in a multi-source volcanic area: the example of Napoli city (Southern Italy)

    I. Alberico;P. Petrosino;L. Lirer

  • Late Holocene forest dynamics in the Gulf of Gaeta (central Mediterranean) in relation to NAO variability and human impact

    Federico Di Rita;Fabrizio Lirer;Sergio Bonomo;Antonio Cascella

  • An integrated stratigraphical approach to the Middle Pleistocene succession of the Sessano basin (Molise, Italy)

    Elda Russo Ermolli;Pietro P.C. Aucelli;Andrea Di Rollo;Massimo Mattei

  • Occurrence of inter-eruption debris flow and hyperconcentrated flood-flow deposits on Vesuvio volcano, Italy

    L Lirer;A Vinci;I Alberico;T Gifuni

  • Major and trace element characterization of tephra layers offshore Pantelleria Island: insights into the last 200 ka of volcanic activity and contribution to the Mediterranean tephrochronology

    Stella Tamburrino;Donatella D. Insinga;Mario Sprovieri;Paola Petrosino

  • A Late Middle Pleistocene Climatic Cycle in Southern Italy Inferred From Pollen Analysis and Tephrostratigraphy of the Acerno Lacustrine Succession

    Rosalba Munno;Paola Petrosino;Paola Romano;Elda Russo Ermolli

  • Integrated stratigraphy and astronomical tuning of lower-middle Pleistocene Montalbano Jonico section (southern Italy)

    N. Ciaranfi;F. Lirer;L. Lirer;L.J. Lourens

  • Zeolite chemistry and distribution in a Neapolitan yellow tuff deposit

    Maurizio De'Gennaro;Paola Petrosino;Maria Teresa Conte;Rοsalba Munno

  • A multidisciplinary approach for reconstructing the stratigraphic framework of the last 40 ka in a bathyal area of the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea

    Simona Morabito;Paola Petrosino;Alfonsa Milia;Mario Sprovieri

  • J. volcanol. geotherm. res.. Tephrostratigraphy of the A.D. 79 pyroclastic deposits in perivolcanic areas of Mt. Vesuvio (Italy) (58 (1993) 133-149)

    Lucio Lirer;Rosalba Munno;Paola Petrosino;Anna Vinci

  • A high resolution tephrochronological record of MIS 14–12 in the Southern Apennines (Acerno Basin, Italy)

    P. Petrosino;B.R. Jicha;F.C. Mazzeo;E. Russo Ermolli

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio Lirer
Fabrizio Lirer Sapienza University of Rome
Brian R. Jicha
Brian R. Jicha University of Wisconsin–Madison
Massimo D'Antonio
Massimo D'Antonio University of Naples Federico II
Annamaria Lima
Annamaria Lima University of Naples Federico II
Maria Marino
Maria Marino University of Bari Aldo Moro
Mario Sprovieri
Mario Sprovieri National Research Council (CNR)
Adele Bertini
Adele Bertini University of Florence
Biagio Giaccio
Biagio Giaccio Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering
Fabio Florindo
Fabio Florindo National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Donatella Magri
Donatella Magri Sapienza University of Rome

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