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Rodolfo Coccioni

Rodolfo Coccioni

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
8571
World Ranking
2490
National Ranking
39

Overview

Rodolfo Coccioni is affiliated with the University of Urbino in Italy and primarily conducts research in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses diverse subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geophysics, Oceanography, and Ecology.

The main topics of Rodolfo Coccioni's research focus on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological formations and processes, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Coccioni has contributed to several recent scientific papers, including:

  • Mid-Cretaceous marine Os isotope evidence for heterogeneous cause of oceanic anoxic events, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Indicative value of benthic foraminifera for biomonitoring: Assignment to ecological groups of sensitivity to total organic carbon of species from European intertidal areas and transitional waters, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Determining the style and provenance of magmatic activity during the Early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1a), 2021, Global and Planetary Change
  • Marine Os isotopic evidence for multiple volcanic episodes during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Environmental RNA outperforms eDNA metabarcoding in assessing impact of marine pollution: A chromium-spiked mesocosm test, 2022, Chemosphere

The scientist often publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Communications, Global and Planetary Change, Scientific Reports, and Episodes.

Frequent collaborations feature co-authors including Fabrizio Frontalini, Luigi Jovane, Jairo F. Savian, Ricardo I.F. Trindade, and Hironao Matsumoto.

Best Publications

  • Ontong Java Plateau eruption as a trigger for the early Aptian oceanic anoxic event

    Maria Luisa G. Tejada;Maria Luisa G. Tejada;Katsuhiko Suzuki;Junichiro Kuroda;Rodolfo Coccioni

  • Benthic foraminifera for heavy metal pollution monitoring: A case study from the central Adriatic Sea coast of Italy

    F. Frontalini;R. Coccioni

  • Benthic foraminifera as bioindicators of pollution: A review of Italian research over the last three decades

    Fabrizio Frontalini;Rodolfo Coccioni

  • Benthic foraminifera as bio-indicators of trace element pollution in the heavily contaminated Santa Gilla lagoon (Cagliari, Italy).

    Fabrizio Frontalini;Carla Buosi;Stefania Da Pelo;Rodolfo Coccioni

  • Revised Upper Albian – Maastrichtian planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and magneto-stratigraphy of the classical Tethyan Gubbio section (Italy)

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Isabella Premoli Silva

  • Barremian-Aptian calcareous plankton biostratigraphy from the Gorgo Cerbara section (Marche, central Italy) and implications for plankton evolution

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Elisabetta Erba;Isabella Premoli-Silva

  • Benthic foraminifera and trace element distribution: A case-study from the heavily polluted lagoon of Venice (Italy)

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Fabrizio Frontalini;Andrea Marsili;Davide Mana

  • Meiofauna as a Tool for Marine Ecosystem Biomonitoring

    Maria Balsamo;Federica Semprucci;Fabrizio Frontalini;Rodolfo Coccioni

  • The mid-Cenomanian Event: prelude to OAE 2

    R. Coccioni;S. Galeotti

  • Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events and radially elongated chambered planktonic foraminifera: Paleoecological and paleoceanographic implications

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Valeria Luciani;Andrea Marsili

  • Miocene stratigraphy : an integrated approach

    Alessandro Montanari;Gilles S. Odin;R. Coccioni

  • K-T boundary extinction: Geologically instantaneous or gradual event? Evidence from deep-sea benthic foraminifera

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Simone Galeotti

  • Oceanic anoxic cycles? Orbital prelude to the Bonarelli Level (OAE 2)

    Ross N. Mitchell;David M. Bice;Alessandro Montanari;Laura C. Cleaveland

  • A high-resolution marine 187Os/188Os record for the late Maastrichtian: Distinguishing the chemical fingerprints of Deccan volcanism and the KP impact event

    Nicole Robinson;Greg Ravizza;Rodolfo Coccioni;Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink

  • The middle Eocene climatic optimum event in the Contessa Highway section, Umbrian Apennines, Italy

    Luigi Jovane;Fabio Florindo;Rodolfo Coccioni;Jaume Dinarès-Turell

  • Orbital tuning of a lower Cretaceous composite record (Maiolica Formation, central Italy)

    Mario Sprovieri;Rodolfo Coccioni;Fabrizio Lirer;Nicola Pelosi

  • The Eocene–Oligocene transition: Changes in sea level, temperature or both?

    Alexander J.P. Houben;Caroline A. van Mourik;Alessandro Montanari;Rodolfo Coccioni

  • PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ACROSS THE BONARELLI EVENT (OAE2, LATEST CENOMANIAN) IN ITS TYPE AREA: A HIGH-RESOLUTION STUDY FROM THE TETHYAN REFERENCE BOTTACCIONE SECTION (GUBBIO, CENTRAL ITALY)

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Valeria Luciani

  • Orbitally induced cycles in benthonic foraminiferal morphogroups and trophic structure distribution patterns from the Late Albian “Amadeus Segment” (Central Italy)

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Simone Galeotti

  • The Dan-C2 hyperthermal event at Gubbio (Italy): Global implications, environmental effects, and cause(s)

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Fabrizio Frontalini;Giuseppe Bancalà;Eliana Fornaciari

  • Late Cretaceous orbitally-paced carbon isotope stratigraphy from the Bottaccione Gorge (Italy)

    Mario Sprovieri;Nadia Sabatino;Nicola Pelosi;Sietske J. Batenburg

  • The Aptian stage

    Elisabetta Erba;Roque Aguado;Emil Avram;Evgenii J. Baraboschkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio Frontalini
Fabrizio Frontalini University of Urbino
Alessandro Montanari
Alessandro Montanari Mines ParisTech
Luigi Jovane
Luigi Jovane Universidade de São Paulo
Mario Sprovieri
Mario Sprovieri National Research Council (CNR)
Simonetta Monechi
Simonetta Monechi University of Florence
Naohiko Ohkouchi
Naohiko Ohkouchi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Elisabetta Erba
Elisabetta Erba University of Milan
Katsuhiko Suzuki
Katsuhiko Suzuki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Ricardo I.F. Trindade
Ricardo I.F. Trindade Universidade de São Paulo
Valeria Luciani
Valeria Luciani University of Ferrara

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