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Piergiorgio Scarlato is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Geophysics. Additional areas of study include Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's contributions span various specialized topics, notably:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Piergiorgio Scarlato has published extensively, with particular prominence in several research venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Lithos
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Chemical Geology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Scarlato are:

  • The initial phase of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja ridge eruption (Canary Islands): Products and dynamics controlling edifice growth and collapse, 2022, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Uncovering the eruptive patterns of the 2019 double paroxysm eruption crisis of Stromboli volcano, 2021, Nature Communications
  • High-resolution Digital Surface Model of the 2021 eruption deposit of Cumbre Vieja volcano, La Palma, Spain, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Mush cannibalism and disruption recorded by clinopyroxene phenocrysts at Stromboli volcano: New insights from recent 2003-2017 activity, 2020, Lithos
  • Evolution of textures, crystal size distributions and growth rates of plagioclase, clinopyroxene and spinel crystallized at variable cooling rates from a mid-ocean ridge basaltic melt, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent collaborators contributing to Scarlato's body of work include:

  • Silvio Mollo
  • Manuela Nazzari
  • Elisabetta Del Bello
  • Jacopo Taddeucci
  • Daniele Andronico

Best Publications

  • Conduit processes during the July-August 2001 explosive activity of Mt. Etna (Italy) : inferences from glass chemistry and crystal size distribution of ash particles

    J. Taddeucci;M. Pompilio;P. Scarlato

  • Sector-zoned clinopyroxene as a recorder of magma history, eruption triggers, and ascent rates

    Teresa Ubide;Silvio Mollo;Silvio Mollo;Jian-xin Zhao;Manuela Nazzari

  • A new test for equilibrium based on clinopyroxene-melt pairs: Clues on the solidification temperatures of Etnean alkaline melts at post-eruptive conditions

    Silvio Mollo;Keith Putirka;Valeria Misiti;Michele Soligo

  • Solubility of H2O and CO2 in ultrapotassic melts at 1200 and 1250 °C and pressure from 50 to 500 MPa

    Harald Behrens;Valeria Misiti;Carmela Freda;Francesco Vetere;Francesco Vetere

  • Dependence of clinopyroxene composition on cooling rate in basaltic magmas: Implications for thermobarometry

    Silvio Mollo;Pierdomenico Del Gaudio;Guido Ventura;Gianluca Iezzi

  • High-speed imaging of Strombolian explosions: The ejection velocity of pyroclasts

    J. Taddeucci;P. Scarlato;A. Capponi;E. Del Bello

  • Carbonate assimilation in magmas: A reappraisal based on experimental petrology

    Silvio Mollo;Mario Gaeta;Mario Gaeta;Carmela Freda;Tommaso Di Rocco

  • Eruptive history and petrologic evolution of the Albano multiple maar (Alban Hills, Central Italy)

    Carmela Freda;Mario Gaeta;Daniel B. Karner;Fabrizio Marra

  • Monitoring the explosive activity of the July–August 2001 eruption of Mt. Etna (Italy) by ash characterization

    Jacopo Taddeucci;Massimo Pompilio;Piergiorgio Scarlato

  • Magma–carbonate interaction: An experimental study on ultrapotassic rocks from Alban Hills (Central Italy)

    Carmela Freda;Mario Gaeta;Valeria Misiti;Silvio Mollo

  • The initial phase of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja ridge eruption (Canary Islands): Products and dynamics controlling edifice growth and collapse

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  • The partitioning of trace elements between clinopyroxene and trachybasaltic melt during rapid cooling and crystal growth

    S. Mollo;Jon D Blundy;G. Iezzi;P. Scarlato

  • Time-dependent geochemistry of clinopyroxene from the Alban Hills (Central Italy): Clues to the source and evolution of ultrapotassic magmas

    Mario Gaeta;Carmela Freda;John N. Christensen;Luigi Dallai

  • Volatile diffusion in silicate melts and its effects on melt inclusions

    Don R. Baker;Carmela Freda;Richard A. Brooker;Piergiorgio Scarlato

  • Natural Gas Hazard (CO2, 222Rn) within a Quiescent Volcanic Region and Its Relations with Tectonics: The Case of the Ciampino-Marino Area, Alban Hills Volcano, Italy

    L Pizzino;G Galli;C. Mancini;F Quattrocchi

  • Aggregation-dominated ash settling from the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic cloud illuminated by field and laboratory high-speed imaging

    J. Taddeucci;P. Scarlato;C. Montanaro;C. Cimarelli

  • Post-caldera activity in the Alban Hills volcanic district (Italy): 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and insights into magma evolution

    F. Marra;C. Freda;P. Scarlato;J. Taddeucci

  • From field geology to earthquake simulation: a new state-of-the-art tool to investigate rock friction during the seismic cycle (SHIVA)

    Giulio Di Toro;Giulio Di Toro;André Niemeijer;Antonino Tripoli;Stefan Nielsen

  • CO2-driven large mafic explosive eruptions: the Pozzolane Rosse case study from the Colli Albani Volcanic District (Italy)

    Carmela Freda;Mario Gaeta;Mario Gaeta;Biagio Giaccio;Fabrizio Marra

  • An analytical model for gas overpressure in slug-driven explosions:insights into Strombolian volcanic eruptions

    Elisabetta Del Bello;Edward W. Llewellin;Jacopo Taddeucci;Piergiorgio Scarlato

  • An integrated P-T-H2O-lattice strain model to quantify the role of clinopyroxene fractionation on REE+Y and HFSE patterns of mafic alkaline magmas: Application to eruptions at Mt. Etna

    Silvio Mollo;Silvio Mollo;Jonathan Blundy;Piergiorgio Scarlato;Serena Pia De Cristofaro

  • Plagioclase–melt (dis)equilibrium due to cooling dynamics: Implications for thermometry, barometry and hygrometry

    Silvio Mollo;Keith Putirka;Gianluca Iezzi;Pierdomenico Del Gaudio

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacopo Taddeucci
Jacopo Taddeucci National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Silvio Mollo
Silvio Mollo Sapienza University of Rome
Daniele Andronico
Daniele Andronico National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Carmela Freda
Carmela Freda McGill University
Mario Gaeta
Mario Gaeta Sapienza University of Rome
Ulrich Kueppers
Ulrich Kueppers Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bruce F. Houghton
Bruce F. Houghton University of Hawaii at Manoa
Sergio Vinciguerra
Sergio Vinciguerra University of Turin
Donald B. Dingwell
Donald B. Dingwell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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