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Sergio Vinciguerra

Sergio Vinciguerra

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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
5583
World Ranking
6167
National Ranking
184

Overview

Sergio Vinciguerra is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial contributions in the subfields of Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The main topics of their work include seismic waves and analysis, rock mechanics and modeling, geophysical methods and applications, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, earthquake and tectonic studies, landslides and related hazards, and drilling and well engineering.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Vinciguerra are Philip Benson, Thomas King, Luca De Siena, Federico Vagnon, and Thomas Alcock. Their joint efforts have resulted in multiple publications across several reputable scientific venues.

Publication venues where Vinciguerra has contributed multiple works include Geophysical Journal International, Heliyon, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Entropy, and Géotechnique Letters.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Sergio Vinciguerra are:

  • Acoustic Emissions in Rock Deformation and Failure: New Insights from Q-Statistical Analysis (2023), Entropy
  • Relating physical properties to temperature-induced damage in carbonate rocks (2021), Géotechnique Letters
  • Mapping faults in the laboratory with seismic scattering 1: the laboratory perspective (2022), Geophysical Journal International
  • Acoustic Emission Waveform Picking with Time Delay Neural Networks during Rock Deformation Laboratory Experiments (2020), Seismological Research Letters
  • Source Mechanisms of Laboratory Earthquakes During Fault Nucleation and Formation (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Best Publications

  • Ultrasonic Velocities, Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Crack Damage of Basalt and Granite

    Sergei Stanchits;Sergio Vinciguerra;Georg Dresen

  • Brittle creep in basalt and its application to time-dependent volcano deformation

    Michael Heap;Michael Heap;Patrick Baud;Philip Meredith;Sergio Vinciguerra

  • The evolution of elastic moduli with increasing crack damage during cyclic stressing of a basalt from Mt. Etna volcano

    M.J. Heap;S. Vinciguerra;P.G. Meredith

  • Relating seismic velocities, thermal cracking and permeability in Mt. Etna and Iceland basalts

    S. Vinciguerra;C. Trovato;P. G. Meredith;Philip Benson

  • Laboratory simulation of volcano seismicity.

    Philip M Benson;Philip M Benson;Sergio Vinciguerra;Philip G Meredith;R Paul Young

  • Characterization of nucleation during laboratory earthquakes

    S. Latour;A. Schubnel;S. Nielsen;R. Madariaga

  • Elastic moduli evolution and accompanying stress changes with increasing crack damage: implications for stress changes around fault zones and volcanoes during deformation

    M. J. Heap;D. R. Faulkner;P. G. Meredith;S. Vinciguerra

  • Influence of thermal and mechanical cracks on permeability and elastic wave velocities in a basalt from Mt. Etna volcano subjected to elevated pressure

    J. Fortin;S. Stanchits;S. Vinciguerra;Y. Guéguen

  • Power-law time distribution of large earthquakes.

    Mirko S. Mega;Paolo Allegrini;Paolo Grigolini;Paolo Grigolini;Vito Latora

  • Experimental observation of stick‐slip instability fronts

    S. Nielsen;J. Taddeucci;S. Vinciguerra

  • Analysis of self-organized criticality in the Olami-Feder-Christensen model and in real earthquakes

    F. Caruso;A. Pluchino;V. Latora;Sergio Carmelo Vinciguerra

  • Laboratory simulations of fluid/gas induced micro-earthquakes: application to volcano seismology

    Philip M. Benson;Sergio Vinciguerra;Sergio Vinciguerra;Mohamed H. B. Nasseri;R. Paul Young

  • Compaction and Failure in High Porosity Carbonates: Mechanical Data and Microstructural Observations

    P. Baud;S. Vinciguerra;C. David;A. Cavallo

  • Imaging slow failure in triaxially deformed Etna basalt using 3D acoustic-emission location and X-ray computed tomography

    Philip M. Benson;Philip M. Benson;Ben D. Thompson;Philip G. Meredith;Sergio Vinciguerra

  • Deformation bands in porous carbonate grainstones: Field and laboratory observations

    Antonino Cilona;Patrick Baud;Emanuele Tondi;Fabrizio Agosta

  • Thermal weakening of the carbonate basement under Mt. Etna volcano (Italy): implications for volcano instability

    Michael Heap;Silvio Mollo;Sergio Vinciguerra;Yan Lavallée

  • Micromechanics of brittle faulting and cataclastic flow in Alban Hills tuff

    Wei Zhu;Patrick Baud;Sergio Vinciguerra;Teng-fong Wong

  • Seismicity preceding volcanic eruptions: New experimental insights

    Luigi Burlini;Sergio Vinciguerra;Giulio Di Toro;Giuseppe De Natale

  • Modeling the permeability evolution of microcracked rocks from elastic wave velocity inversion at elevated isostatic pressure

    Philip Benson;Philip Benson;Alexandre Schubnel;Sergio Vinciguerra;Concetta Trovato

  • Increase in radon emission due to rock failure: An experimental study

    Silvio Mollo;P. Tuccimei;Michael Heap;Sergio Vinciguerra

  • The permeability and elastic moduli of tuff from Campi Flegrei, Italy: implications for ground deformation modelling

    Michael Heap;Patrick Baud;Philip Meredith;Sergio Vinciguerra;Sergio Vinciguerra

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Baud
Patrick Baud University of Strasbourg
Philip G. Meredith
Philip G. Meredith University College London
Vito Latora
Vito Latora Queen Mary University of London
Alexandre Schubnel
Alexandre Schubnel École Normale Supérieure
Michael J. Heap
Michael J. Heap University of Strasbourg
Fabrizio Agosta
Fabrizio Agosta University of Basilicata
Emanuele Tondi
Emanuele Tondi University of Camerino
Piergiorgio Scarlato
Piergiorgio Scarlato National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Stefan Nielsen
Stefan Nielsen Durham University
Jacopo Taddeucci
Jacopo Taddeucci National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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