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Pierfrancesco Dellino

Pierfrancesco Dellino

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
5500
World Ranking
5613
National Ranking
159

Overview

Pierfrancesco Dellino is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant work in the subfields of Geophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Engineering, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research topics cover various aspects of natural hazards, environmental processes, and disaster management. Key topics include:

  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Landslides and Related Hazards
  • Disaster Management and Resilience

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Daniela Mele
  • Roberto Sulpizio
  • Domenico Capolongo
  • Marco La Salandra
  • Rosa Colacicco

Common publication venues for their work include:

  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Selected recent publications exemplify the focus and scope of their research:

  • Deep-sea eruptions boosted by induced fuel-coolant explosions, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • The impact of pyroclastic density currents duration on humans: the case of the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • An Effective Approach for Automatic River Features Extraction Using High-Resolution UAV Imagery, 2023, Drones
  • Probabilistic hydro-geomorphological hazard assessment based on UAV-derived high-resolution topographic data: The case of Basento river (Southern Italy), 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A review of statistical tools for morphometric analysis of juvenile pyroclasts, 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology

Best Publications

  • Identifying magma–water interaction from the surface features of ash particles

    Ralf Büttner;Pierfrancesco Dellino;Bernd Zimanowski

  • Thermohydraulic explosions in phreatomagmatic eruptions as evidenced by the comparison between pyroclasts and products from Molten Fuel Coolant Interaction experiments

    R. Büttner;P. Dellino;L. La Volpe;V. Lorenz

  • Pyroclastic density currents: state of the art and perspectives

    R Sulpizio;P Dellino;D M Doronzo;D Sarocchi

  • The analysis of the influence of pumice shape on its terminal velocity

    Pierfrancesco Dellino;Daniela Mele;Rosanna Bonasia;Giuseppe Braia

  • The volcanic ash problem

    Bernd Zimanowski;Kenneth Wohletz;Pierfrancesco Dellino;Ralf Büttner

  • A complex, Subplinian-type eruption from low-viscosity, phonolitic to tephri-phonolitic magma: the AD 472 (Pollena) eruption of Somma-Vesuvius, Italy

    Roberto Sulpizio;Daniela Mele;Pierfrancesco Dellino;Luigi La Volpe

  • Deposits and physical properties of pyroclastic density currents during complex Subplinian eruptions: the AD 472 (Pollena) eruption of Somma-Vesuvius, Italy

    Roberto Sulpizio;Daniela Mele;Pierfrancesco Dellino;Luigi La Volpe

  • Fragmentation versus transportation mechanisms in the pyroclastic sequence of Monte Pilato-Rocche Rosse (Lipari, Italy)

    P. Dellino;L. La Volpe

  • Geology, volcanic history and petrology of Vulcano (central Aeolian archipelago)

    G. De Astis;F. Lucchi;P. Dellino;L. La Volpe

  • Image processing analysis in reconstructing fragmentation and transportation mechanisms of pyroclastic deposits. The case of Monte Pilato-Rocche Rosse eruptions, Lipari (Aeolian islands, Italy)

    P. Dellino;L. La Volpe

  • Statistical analysis of textural data from complex pyroclastic sequences: implications for fragmentation processes of the Agnano-Monte Spina Tephra (4.1 ka), Phlegraean Fields, southern Italy

    P. Dellino;R. Isaia;La L. Volpe;G. Orsi

  • A New One-Equation Model of Fluid Drag for Irregularly Shaped Particles Valid Over a Wide Range of Reynolds Number

    F. Dioguardi;D. Mele;P. Dellino

  • Ash from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption (Iceland): Fragmentation processes and aerodynamic behavior

    P. Dellino;M. T. Gudmundsson;G. Larsen;D. Mele

  • Chapter 2 Sedimentology, Depositional Mechanisms and Pulsating Behaviour of Pyroclastic Density Currents

    Roberto Sulpizio;Pierfrancesco Dellino

  • A method for the calculation of the impact parameters of dilute pyroclastic density currents based on deposit particle characteristics

    Pierfrancesco Dellino;Daniela Mele;Roberto Sulpizio;Luigi La Volpe

  • Phreatomagmatic explosions of rhyolitic magma: Experimental and field evidence

    A. Austin-Erickson;R. Büttner;P. Dellino;M. H. Ort

  • The Pomici di Avellino eruption of Somma–Vesuvius (3.9 ka BP). Part II: sedimentology and physical volcanology of pyroclastic density current deposits

    R. Sulpizio;Rossana Bonasia;P. Dellino;D. Mele

  • Large-scale experiments on the mechanics of pyroclastic flows: Design, engineering, and first results

    Pierfrancesco Dellino;Bernd Zimanowski;Ralf Büttner;Luigi La Volpe

  • The fractal and multifractal dimension of volcanic ash particles contour: a test study on the utility and volcanological relevance

    P. Dellino;G. Liotino

  • The Pomici di Avellino eruption of Somma-Vesuvius (3.9 ka bp). Part I: stratigraphy, compositional variability and eruptive dynamics

    R. Sulpizio;R. Cioni;M. A. Di Vito;D. Mele

  • Discriminating the long distance dispersal of fine ash from sustained columns or near ground ash clouds: The example of the Pomici di Avellino eruption (Somma-Vesuvius, Italy)

    Roberto Sulpizio;Rosanna Bonasia;Pierfrancesco Dellino;Mauro A. Di Vito

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Sulpizio
Roberto Sulpizio University of Bari Aldo Moro
Bernd Zimanowski
Bernd Zimanowski University of Würzburg
James D. L. White
James D. L. White University of Otago
Roberto Isaia
Roberto Isaia National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Greg A. Valentine
Greg A. Valentine University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Magnús T. Gudmundsson
Magnús T. Gudmundsson University of Iceland
Antonio Costa
Antonio Costa National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Giovanni Zanchetta
Giovanni Zanchetta University of Pisa
Joan Martí
Joan Martí Spanish National Research Council
Nicola Senesi
Nicola Senesi University of Bari Aldo Moro

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