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Raffaello Cioni

Raffaello Cioni

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Earth Science

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48
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7639
World Ranking
3853
National Ranking
83

Overview

Raffaello Cioni is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and is active in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a broad range of topics including geophysics, atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, artificial intelligence applications, and archeology. The main areas of study focus on geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, high-pressure geophysics, geochemistry, geological formations, and maritime and coastal archaeology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various publication venues. Their frequent publication outlets include Frontiers in Earth Science, Bulletin of Volcanology, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth.

Recent important papers authored by or associated with Cioni include:

  • "Aeolian Remobilisation of the 2011-Cordón Caulle Tephra-Fallout Deposit: Example of an Important Process in the Life Cycle of Volcanic Ash" (2020), published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Defining the Pre-Eruptive States of Active Volcanoes for Improving Eruption Forecasting" (2022), published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Volcanic evolution of the Somma-Vesuvius Complex (Italy)" (2020), published in Journal of Maps
  • "Tree-Branching-Based Enhancement of Kinetic Energy Models for Reproducing Channelization Processes of Pyroclastic Density Currents" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Strategies for helium pycnometry density measurements of welded ignimbritic rocks" (2020), published in Measurement

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Álvaro Aravena, Marco Pistolesi, Pietro Gabellini, Augusto Neri, and Bruno Scaillet, with whom they have multiple joint publications.

The research topics associated with their work cover a variety of specialized areas:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

Cioni's work bridges interdisciplinary fields, integrating geophysical methods with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, while focusing on both fundamental earth sciences and applications in geological hazard assessment and archaeological contexts.

Best Publications

  • Age and whole rock–glass compositions of proximal pyroclastics from the major explosive eruptions of Somma-Vesuvius: A review as a tool for distal tephrostratigraphy

    Roberto Santacroce;Raffaello Cioni;Paola Marianelli;Alessandro Sbrana

  • Plio-Pleistocene geological evolution of the geothermal area of Tuscany and Latium

    F Barberi;G Buonasorte;R Cioni;A Fiordelisi

  • Developing an Event Tree for probabilistic hazard and risk assessment at Vesuvius

    A. Neri;W. Aspinall;R. Cioni;R. Cioni;A. Bertagnini

  • Pyroclastic deposits as a guide for reconstructing the multi-stage evolution of the Somma-Vesuvius Caldera

    Raffaello Cioni;Roberto Santacroce;Alessandro Sbrana

  • Explosive activity and eruption scenarios at Somma-Vesuvius (Italy): Towards a new classification scheme

    R. Cioni;A. Bertagnini;R. Santacroce;D. Andronico

  • Compositional Layering and Syn-eruptive Mixing of a Periodically Refilled Shallow Magma Chamber: the AD 79 Plinian Eruption of Vesuvius

    Raffaello Cioni;Lucia Civetta;Paola Marianelli;Nicole Metrich

  • Plinian and Subplinian Eruptions

    Raffaello Cioni;Marco Pistolesi;Mauro Rosi

  • Tephra sedimentation during the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption (Iceland) from deposit, radar, and satellite observations

    C Bonadonna;Riccardo Genco;M Gouhier;Marco Pistolesi

  • Tephrostratigraphy, chronology and climatic events of the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene: an overview

    Giovanni Zanchetta;Roberto Sulpizio;Neil Roberts;Raffaello Cioni

  • Breadcrust bombs as indicators of Vulcanian eruption dynamics at Guagua Pichincha volcano, Ecuador

    Heather Michelle Wright;Katherine V Cashman;Mauro Rosi;Raffaello Cioni

  • Magmatic and phreatomagmatic phases in explosive eruptions of Vesuvius as deduced by grain-size and component analysis of the pyroclastic deposits

    F Barberi;Ra Cioni;Mauro Rosi;Roberto Santacroce

  • Thermal and compositional evolution of the shallow magma chambers of Vesuvius: Evidence from pyroxene phenocrysts and melt inclusions

    Raffaello Cioni;Paola Marianelli;Roberto Santacroce

  • Temperatures of the A.D. 79 pyroclastic density current deposits (Vesuvius, Italy)

    R. Cioni;L. Gurioli;R. Lanza;E. Zanella

  • Complex changes in eruption dynamics during the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius

    Lucia Gurioli;Bruce F. Houghton;Katherine V. Cashman;Raffaello Cioni

  • Contrasting styles of Mount Vesuvius activity in the period between the Avellino and Pompeii Plinian eruptions, and some implications for assessment of future hazards

    Daniele Andronico;Raffaello Cioni

  • Petrology and geochemistry of the ultrapotassic rocks from the Sabatini Volcanic District, central Italy: the role of evolutionary processes in the genesis of variably enriched alkaline magmas

    Sandro Conticelli;Lorella Francalanci;Piero Manetti;Raffaello Cioni

  • The major and trace element glass compositions of the productive Mediterranean volcanic sources: tools for correlating distal tephra layers in and around Europe

    Emma L. Tomlinson;Victoria C. Smith;Paul G. Albert;Erkan Aydar

  • Upward migration of Vesuvius magma chamber over the past 20,000 years

    Bruno Scaillet;Bruno Scaillet;Michel Pichavant;Michel Pichavant;R. Cioni

  • Assessing pyroclastic fall hazard through field data and numerical simulations: Example from Vesuvius

    Raffaello Cioni;Antonella Longo;Giovanni Macedonio;Roberto Santacroce

  • Volatile content and degassing processes in the AD 79 magma chamber at Vesuvius (Italy)

    Raffaello Cioni

  • Tephra sedimentation during the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption (Iceland) from deposit, radar and satellite observations

    C Bonadonna;R Genco;M Gouhier;M Pistolesi

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Pistolesi
Marco Pistolesi University of Pisa
Costanza Bonadonna
Costanza Bonadonna University of Geneva
Antonella Bertagnini
Antonella Bertagnini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Augusto Neri
Augusto Neri National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Daniele Andronico
Daniele Andronico National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Mauro Rosi
Mauro Rosi University of Pisa
Alessandro Sbrana
Alessandro Sbrana University of Pisa
Roberto Santacroce
Roberto Santacroce University of Pisa
Lucia Gurioli
Lucia Gurioli University of Clermont Auvergne
Roberto Sulpizio
Roberto Sulpizio University of Bari Aldo Moro

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