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Stefano Lugli is affiliated with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in areas such as geophysics, earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, archeology, and civil and structural engineering.

The research topics that define their work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

Stefano Lugli has published multiple papers in a variety of scientific journals. Notable recent contributions include:

  • "Fruit Quality Characterization of New Sweet Cherry Cultivars as a Good Source of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds with Antioxidant and Neuroprotective Potential," 2020, Antioxidants
  • "Liquefied sites of the 2012 Emilia earthquake: a comprehensive database of the geological and geotechnical features (Quaternary alluvial Po plain, Italy)," 2022, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
  • "Stratigraphic relationships between shallow-water carbonates and primary gypsum: insights from the Messinian succession of the Sorbas Basin (Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain)," 2020, Sedimentary Geology
  • "Synchronous onset of the Messinian salinity crisis and diachronous evaporite deposition: New evidences from the deep Eastern Mediterranean basin," 2021, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "The Messinian salinity crisis in the Adriatic foredeep: Evolution of the largest evaporitic marginal basin in the Mediterranean," 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Vinicio Manzi (14 joint publications)
  • Marco Roveri (13 joint publications)
  • Daniela Fontana (9 joint publications)
  • Matteo Reghizzi (7 joint publications)
  • Rocco Gennari (5 joint publications)

Stefano Lugli commonly publishes in these scholarly venues:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (4 publications)
  • Acta Horticulturae (4 publications)
  • Basin Research (3 publications)
  • Sedimentary Geology (2 publications)
  • Geosciences (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Past and future of a great challenge for marine sciences

    Marco Roveri;Rachel Flecker;Wout Krijgsman;Johanna Lofi

  • Age refinement of the Messinian salinity crisis onset in the Mediterranean

    Vinicio Manzi;Rocco Gennari;Frits Hilgen;Wout Krijgsman

  • The Messinian Sicilian stratigraphy revisited: new insights for the Messinian salinity crisis

    Marco Roveri;Stefano Lugli;Vinicio Manzi;B. Charlotte Schreiber

  • The Messinian Salinity Crisis from mega-deposits to microbiology – A consensus report

    M Roveri;J Anton;M N Cagatay;G J De Lange

  • Deep‐water clastic evaporites deposition in the Messinian Adriatic foredeep (northern Apennines, Italy): did the Mediterranean ever dry out?

    Vinicio Manzi;Stefano Lugli;Franco Ricci Lucchi;Marco Roveri

  • The deep-water counterpart of the Messinian Lower Evaporites in the Apennine foredeep: The Fanantello section (Northern Apennines, Italy)

    Vinicio Manzi;Marco Roveri;Rocco Gennari;Adele Bertini

  • Gypsum-anhydrite transformations in Messinian evaporites of central Tuscany (Italy)

    G Testa;S Lugli

  • The record of the Messinian salinity crisis in the Tertiary Piedmont Basin (NW Italy): The Alba section revisited

    Francesco Dela Pierre;Elisa Bernardi;Simona Cavagna;Pierangelo Clari

  • High-resolution strontium isotope stratigraphy of the Messinian deep Mediterranean basins: Implications for marginal to central basins correlation

    Marco Roveri;Stefano Lugli;Vinicio Manzi;Rocco Gennari

  • A new facies model for the Upper Gypsum of Sicily (Italy): chronological and palaeoenvironmental constraints for the Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean

    Vinicio Manzi;Stefano Lugli;Marco Roveri;B. Charlotte Schreiber

  • A high-resolution stratigraphic framework for the latest Messinian events in the Mediterranean area.

    M Roveri;A Bertini;Domenico Cosentino;A Di Stefano

  • The Messinian “Calcare di Base” (Sicily, Italy) revisited

    V. Manzi;Stefano Lugli;M. Roveri;B. C. Schreiber

  • Dense shelf water cascading and Messinian Canyons: A new scenario for the Mediterranean salinity crisis

    M. Roveri;V. Manzi;A. Bergamasco;F. M. Falcieri

  • Ribosomal RNA gene fragments from fossilized cyanobacteria identified in primary gypsum from the late Miocene, Italy

    G. Panieri;S. Lugli;V. Manzi;M. Roveri

  • Timing of post-depositional events in the Burano Formation of the Secchia valley (Upper Triassic, Northern Apennines), clues from gypsum–anhydrite transitions and carbonate metasomatism

    Stefano Lugli

  • High-Frequency Cyclicity in the Mediterranean Messinian Evaporites: Evidence for Solar–Lunar Climate Forcing

    Vinicio Manzi;Rocco Gennari;Stefano Lugli;Marco Roveri

  • The deep record of the Messinian salinity crisis: Evidence of a non-desiccated Mediterranean Sea

    Stefano Lugli;Vinicio Manzi;Marco Roveri;B. Charlotte Schreiber

  • The Messinian salt of the Mediterranean: geochemical study of the salt from the Central Sicily Basin and comparison with the Lorca Basin (Spain)

    Javier Garcia-Veigas;Federico Orti;Laura Rosell;Carlos Ayora

  • Intra-Messinian truncation surface in the Levant Basin explained by subaqueous dissolution

    Z. Gvirtzman;V. Manzi;R. Calvo;I. Gavrieli

  • Giant Polygons in the Realmonte Mine (Agrigento, Sicily): Evidence for the Desiccation of a Messinian Halite Basin

    Stefano Lugli;B. Charlotte Schreiber;Bruno Triberti

  • 3D Geological model reconstruction for liquefaction hazard assessment in the Po Plain. In Silvestri & Moraci (Ed,s) - "Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering for Protection and Development of Environment and Constructions"

    C. Meisina;R. Bonì;M. Bordoni;C. G. Lai

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Taviani
Marco Taviani Schmidt Ocean Institute
Naohiko Ohkouchi
Naohiko Ohkouchi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo Spanish National Research Council
Hodaka Kawahata
Hodaka Kawahata University of Tokyo
Nanako O. Ogawa
Nanako O. Ogawa Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Francisco Javier Sierro
Francisco Javier Sierro University of Salamanca
Adele Bertini
Adele Bertini University of Florence
Rachel Flecker
Rachel Flecker University of Bristol
Wout Krijgsman
Wout Krijgsman Utrecht University
Domenico Cosentino
Domenico Cosentino Roma Tre University

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