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Sergio Rocchi

Sergio Rocchi

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
3279
World Ranking
8504
National Ranking
336

Overview

Sergio Rocchi is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy. The primary field of study encompasses Earth and Planetary Sciences, supported by 24 related publications. Within this broad domain, their work spans several subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology.

Their research topics include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations

They have contributed to various scientific journals and publications. Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Geological Society London Memoirs
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Minerals
  • Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Sergio Rocchi are:

  • Chapter 5.1a Northern Victoria Land: volcanology, 2021, Geological Society London Memoirs
  • Chapter 5.1b Northern Victoria Land: petrology, 2021, Geological Society London Memoirs
  • Timescale of a magmatic-hydrothermal system revealed by 40Ar-39Ar geochronology: the Mio-Pliocene Campiglia Marittima system (Tuscany, Italy), 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Controlling influence of water and ice on eruptive style and edifice construction in the Mount Melbourne Volcanic Field (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica), 2023, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Experimental weathering of historical slags exposed to rhizosphere-like organic acids and various pH conditions, 2022, Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Frequent collaborators in Sergio Rocchi's research include:

  • John L. Smellie
  • Matteo Masotta
  • Gianfranco Di Vincenzo
  • Simone Vezzoni
  • Andréa Dini

Best Publications

  • Cenozoic magmatism in the western Ross Embayment: Role of mantle plume versus plate dynamics in the development of the West Antarctic Rift System

    Sergio Rocchi;Pietro Armienti;Massimo D'Orazio;Sonia Tonarini

  • The magmatic evolution of the late Miocene laccolith–pluton–dyke granitic complex of Elba Island, Italy

    A. Dini;Fabrizio Innocenti;Sergio Rocchi;S. Tonarini

  • Two-stage growth of laccoliths at Elba Island, Italy

    Sergio Rocchi;David S. Westerman;Andrea Dini;Fabrizio Innocenti

  • A review of Pangaea dispersal and Large Igneous Provinces – in search of a causative mechanism.

    Alexander L. Peace;Alexander L. Peace;J.J.J. Phethean;D. Franke;G.R. Foulger

  • The effect of chlorite interlayering on 40 Ar– 39 Ar biotite dating: an 40 Ar– 39 Ar laser-probe and TEM investigations of variably chloritised biotites

    Gianfranco Di Vincenzo;Cecilia Viti;Sergio Rocchi

  • Rise and fall of a nested Christmas-tree laccolith complex, Elba Island, Italy

    D. S. Westerman;A. Dini;F. Innocenti;S. Rocchi

  • Geochemical and isotopic structure of the early Palaeozoic active margin of Gondwana in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

    Sergio Rocchi;Sonia Tonarini;Pietro Armienti;Fabrizio Innocenti

  • Rapid incremental assembly of the Monte Capanne pluton (Elba Island, Tuscany) by downward stacking of magma sheets

    Federico Farina;Andrea Dini;Fabrizio Innocenti;Sergio Rocchi

  • Isotope geochemistry and petrology of granitoid suites from Granite Harbour intrusives of the Wilson Terrane, North Victoria Land, Antarctica

    Pietro Armienti;Claudio Ghezzo;Fabrizio Innocenti;Piero Manetti

  • Oligocene to Holocene erosion and glacial history in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, inferred from exhumation of the Dorrel Rock intrusive complex and from volcano morphologies

    Sergio Rocchi;Wesley E. LeMasurier;Gianfranco Di Vincenzo

  • A new martian meteorite from the Sahara: The shergottite Dar al Gani 489

    Luigi Folco;I. A. Franchi;Massimo D'Orazio;Sergio Rocchi

  • 40Ar–39Ar dating of pseudotachylytes: the effect of clast-hosted extraneous argon in Cenozoic fault-generated friction melts from the West Antarctic Rift System

    Gianfranco Di Vincenzo;Sergio Rocchi;Federico Rossetti;Fabrizio Storti

  • Arc accretion to the early Paleozoic Antarctic margin of Gondwana in Victoria Land

    S. Rocchi;L. Bracciali;G. Di Vincenzo;M. Gemelli

  • Multiple hydro-fracturing by boron-rich fluids in the Late Miocene contact aureole of eastern Elba Island (Tuscany, Italy)

    A. Dini;F. Mazzarini;Giovanni Musumeci;Sergio Rocchi

  • Sr–Nd–Pb–He–O Isotope and Geochemical Constraints on the Genesis of Cenozoic Magmas from the West Antarctic Rift

    Isabella Nardini;Pietro Armienti;Sergio Rocchi;Luigi Dallai

  • Intraplate strike-slip tectonics as an alternative to mantle plume activity for the Cenozoic rift magmatism in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica

    S Rocchi;F. Storti;G. Di Vincenzo;Federico Rossetti

  • Origin and interaction of mafic and felsic magmas in an evolving late orogenic setting: the Early Paleozoic Terra Nova Intrusive Complex, Antarctica

    Gianfranco Di Vincenzo;Sergio Rocchi

  • No plume, no rift magmatism in the West Antarctic Rift

    Sergio Rocchi;Pietro Armienti;Gianfranco Di Vincenzo

  • Eocene initiation of Ross Sea dextral faulting and implications for East Antarctic neotectonics

    Federico Rossetti;Fabrizio Storti;Martina Busetti;Frank Lisker

  • Extreme mineral-scale Sr isotope heterogeneity in granites by disequilibrium melting of the crust

    Federico Farina;Andrea Dini;Sergio Rocchi;Gary Stevens

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Dini
Andrea Dini National Research Council (CNR)
Pietro Armienti
Pietro Armienti University of Pisa
Fabrizio Innocenti
Fabrizio Innocenti University of Pisa
Michele Marroni
Michele Marroni University of Pisa
John L. Smellie
John L. Smellie University of Leicester
Luca Pandolfi
Luca Pandolfi University of Pisa
Massimo D'Orazio
Massimo D'Orazio University of Pisa
Sonia Tonarini
Sonia Tonarini National Research Council (CNR)
Gary Stevens
Gary Stevens Stellenbosch University
Francesco Mazzarini
Francesco Mazzarini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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