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Pierfrancesco Burrato is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on earthquake and tectonic studies, with an emphasis on geophysics within Earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including geophysics, artificial intelligence, civil and structural engineering, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as atmospheric science.

The scientist has contributed to research in these main topics:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Seismology and earthquake studies
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Seismic performance and analysis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pierfrancesco Burrato include:

  • Paola Vannoli
  • Nicolò Parrino
  • Gianluca Valensise
  • Attilio Sulli
  • Eshaan Srivastava

Their publications have appeared in various scientific journals, with recurring contributions to:

  • Journal of Maps
  • Tectonophysics
  • Annals of Geophysics
  • CATENA
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Earthquake Rupture Forecasts for the MPS19 Seismic Hazard Model of Italy (2021, Annals of Geophysics)
  • Earthquake-induced landslides susceptibility evaluation: A case study from the Abruzzo region (Central Italy) (2021, CATENA)
  • Late Quaternary coastal uplift of southwestern Sicily, central Mediterranean sea (2021, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Buried Alive: Imaging the 9 November 2022, Mw 5.5 Earthquake Source on the Offshore Adriatic Blind Thrust Front of the Northern Apennines (Italy) (2023, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • RETRACE-3D project: A multidisciplinary collaboration to build a crustal model for the 2016-2018 central Italy seismic sequence (2021, ArTS Archivio della ricerca di Trieste)

Best Publications

  • The Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (DISS), version 3: Summarizing 20 years of research on Italy's earthquake geology

    Roberto Basili;Gianluca Valensise;Paola Vannoli;Pierfrancesco Burrato

  • An inventory of river anomalies in the Po Plain, Northern Italy: evidence for active blind thrust faulting

    Pierfrancesco Burrato;Francesca Ciucci;Gianluca Valensise

  • Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (version 3.0.2): A compilation of potential sources for earthquakes larger than M 5.5 in Italy and surrounding areas.

    S. Barba;R. Basili;P. Burrato;U. Fracassi

  • Sources of Mw 5+ earthquakes in northeastern Italy and western Slovenia: An updated view based on geological and seismological evidence

    Pierfrancesco Burrato;Maria Eliana Poli;Paola Vannoli;Adriano Zanferrari

  • Surface ruptures following the 30 October 2016 Mw 6.5 Norcia earthquake, central Italy

    R. Civico;S. Pucci;F. Villani;L. Pizzimenti

  • Active extension in Val d'Agri area, Southern Apennines, Italy: implications for the geometry of the seismogenic belt

    L. Maschio;L. Ferranti;P. Burrato

  • Plio-Quaternary tectonic evolution of the Northern Apennines thrust fronts (Bologna-Ferrara section, Italy): seismotectonic implications

    G. Toscani;P. Burrato;D. Di Bucci;S. Seno

  • A database of the coseismic effects following the 30 October 2016 Norcia earthquake in Central Italy.

    Fabio Villani;Riccardo Civico;Stefano Pucci;Luca Pizzimenti

  • The seismotectonics of the Po Plain (northern Italy): tectonic diversity in a blind faulting domain

    Paola Vannoli;Pierfrancesco Burrato;Gianluca Valensise

  • Liquefaction phenomena associated with the Emilia earthquake sequence of May-June 2012 (Northern Italy)

    G. Alessio;L. Alfonsi;C. A. Brunori

  • Slip-rates of blind thrusts in slow deforming areas: Examples from the Po Plain (Italy)

    Francesco Emanuele Maesano;Chiara D'Ambrogi;Pierfrancesco Burrato;Giovanni Toscani

  • Tectonic evidence for the ongoing Africa-Eurasia convergence in central Mediterranean foreland areas: A journey among long-lived shear zones, large earthquakes, and elusive fault motions

    Daniela Di Bucci;Pierfrancesco Burrato;Paola Vannoli;Gianluca Valensise

  • Is blind faulting truly invisible? Tectonic-controlled drainage evolution in the epicentral area of the May 2012, Emilia-Romagna earthquake sequence (northern Italy)

    Pierfrancesco Burrato;Paola Vannoli;Umberto Fracassi;Roberto Basili

  • Near- and far-field survey report of the 30 December 2002 Stromboli (Southern Italy) tsunami

    A. Maramai;L. Graziani;G. Alessio;P. Burrato

  • Seismogenic sources in the Adriatic Domain

    Vanja Kastelic;Paola Vannoli;Pierfrancesco Burrato;Umberto Fracassi

  • Detecting young, slow‐slipping active faults by geologic and multidisciplinary high‐resolution geophysical investigations: A case study from the Apennine seismic belt, Italy.

    L. Improta;L. Ferranti;P. M. De Martini;S. Piscitelli

  • Overview on the Strong‐Motion Data Recorded during the May–June 2012 Emilia Seismic Sequence

    Lucia Luzi;Francesca Pacor;Gabriele Ameri;Rodolfo Puglia

  • Coseismic deformation pattern of the Emilia 2012 seismic sequence imaged by Radarsat-1 interferometry

    Christian Bignami;Pierfrancesco Burrato;Valentina Cannelli;Marco Chini

  • Coseismic effects of the 2016 Amatrice seismic sequence: first geological results.

    W G Emergeo;S. Pucci;P.M. De Martini;R. Civico

  • Geochemical signatures of large active faults: The example of the 5 February 1783, Calabrian earthquake (southern Italy)

    L. Pizzino;P. Burrato;F. Quattrocchi;G. Valensise

  • Identification of tsunami deposits and liquefaction features in the Gargano area (Italy): paleoseismological implication

    P. M. De Martini;P. Burrato;D. Pantosti;A. Maramai

  • Deriving thrust fault slip rates from geological modeling: Examples from the Marche coastal and offshore contraction belt, Northern Apennines, Italy

    Francesco Emanuele Maesano;Giovanni Toscani;Pierfrancesco Burrato;Francesco Mirabella

  • Database of Potential Sources for Earthquakes larger than M 5.5 in Italy and surrounding areas. Version 3.0 (DISS 3.0)

    P. Vannoli;R. Basili;P. Burrato;G. Valensise

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianluca Valensise
Gianluca Valensise National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Luigi Ferranti
Luigi Ferranti University of Naples Federico II
Roberto Basili
Roberto Basili National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Roberto Basili
Roberto Basili University of Rome Tor Vergata
Daniela Pantosti
Daniela Pantosti National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Fabrizio Galadini
Fabrizio Galadini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Carmelo Monaco
Carmelo Monaco University of Catania
Piergiorgio Scarlato
Piergiorgio Scarlato National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Salvatore Stramondo
Salvatore Stramondo National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Aybige Akinci
Aybige Akinci National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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