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Valeria Luciani

Valeria Luciani

Valeria Luciani publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Valeria Luciani sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Valeria Luciani D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Valeria Luciani sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Valeria Luciani is affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing extensively across several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Paleontology, Ecology, and Geophysics. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to geology, paleoclimatology, paleontology, isotope analysis in ecology, geological and geochemical analysis, as well as marine and coastal ecosystems.

Luciani has published research in notable scientific journals reflecting their multi-disciplinary expertise. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Episodes
  • Applied Sciences

Their recent significant papers include the following:

  • "Proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Priabonian Stage (Eocene) at the Alano section (Italy)," 2020, Episodes
  • "Impact of the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) on Foraminiferal and Calcareous Nannofossil Assemblages in the Neo-Tethyan Baskil Section (Eastern Turkey): Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Reconstructions," 2021, Applied Sciences
  • "Demise of the Planktic Foraminifer Genus Morozovella during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: New Records from ODP Site 1258 (Demerara Rise, Western Equatorial Atlantic) and Site 1263 (Walvis Ridge, South Atlantic)," 2020, Geosciences
  • "The western Durkan Complex (Makran Accretionary Prism, SE Iran): A Late Cretaceous tectonically disrupted seamounts chain and its role in controlling deformation style," 2021, Geoscience Frontiers
  • "Which was the habitat of early Eocene planktic foraminifer Chiloguembelina? Stable isotope paleobiology from the Atlantic Ocean and implication for paleoceanographic reconstructions," 2020, Global and Planetary Change

Luciani collaborates regularly with several researchers, with the most frequent co-authors including:

  • Roberta D'Onofrio
  • Cesare Andrea Papazzoni
  • Giulia Filippi
  • Eliana Fornaciari
  • Luca Giusberti

Their work encompasses detailed analysis of paleoenvironments and paleoclimatic conditions, often utilizing isotope studies and fossil stratigraphy to reconstruct climatic and ecological conditions from past geological epochs. This research contributes to understanding changes in marine biology and ecology across different geological periods, particularly within the Eocene epoch.

Best Publications

  • Paleoecology of the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction in planktonic foraminifera

    Gerta Keller;Thierry Adatte;W. Stinnesbeck;Valeria Luciani

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

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Valeria Luciani;Andrea Marsili

  • An early Eocene carbon cycle perturbation at ~52.5 Ma in the Southern Alps: Chronology and biotic response

    Claudia Agnini;Patrizia Macrì;Jan Backman;Henk Brinkhuis

  • The Bonarelli Level and other black shales in the Cenomanian-Turonian of the northeastern Dolomites (Italy): calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal data

    Valeria Luciani;Miriam Cobianchi

  • Integrated biomagnetostratigraphy of the Alano section (NE Italy): A proposal for defining the middle-late Eocene boundary

    Claudia Agnini;Eliana Fornaciari;Luca Giusberti;Paolo Grandesso

  • 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

  • Organic carbon burial following the middle Eocene climatic optimum in the central western Tethys

    D. J. A. Spofforth;C. Agnini;H. Pälike;D. Rio

  • Platform margin collapses and sequence stratigraphic organization of carbonate slopes: Cretaceous–Eocene, Gargano Promontory, southern Italy

    Alfonso Bosellini;Claudio Neri;Valeria Luciani

  • Ecological and evolutionary response of Tethyan planktonic foraminifera to the middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO) from the Alano section (NE Italy)

    Valeria Luciani;Luca Giusberti;Claudia Agnini;Eliana Fornaciari

  • The middle Eocene climatic optimum (MECO): A multiproxy record of paleoceanographic changes in the southeast Atlantic (ODP Site 1263, Walvis Ridge)

    F. Boscolo Galazzo;Ellen Thomas;Ellen Thomas;M. Pagani;C. Warren

  • An integrated stratigraphic record of the Palaeocene-lower Eocene at Gubbio (Italy): new insights into the early Palaeogene hyperthermals and carbon isotope excursions

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Giuseppe Bancalà;Rita Catanzarit;Eliana Fornaciari

  • High-resolution geochemical and biotic records of the Tethyan ‘Bonarelli Level’ (OAE2, latest Cenomanian) from the Calabianca–Guidaloca composite section, northwestern Sicily, Italy

    Giovanna Scopelliti;Adriana Bellanca;Rodolfo Coccioni;Valeria Luciani

  • Biotic and geochemical response to anoxic events: the Aptian pelagic succession of the Gargano Promontory (southern Italy)

    Valeria Luciani;Miriam Cobianchi;Hugh C. Jenkyns

  • The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum as recorded by Tethyan planktonic foraminifera in the Forada section (northern Italy)

    Valeria Luciani;Luca Giusberti;Claudia Agnini;Jan Backman

  • High-resolution planktonic foraminiferal analysis from the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary at Ain Settara (Tunisia): evidence of an extended mass extinction

    Valeria Luciani

  • Planktonic foraminifers across the Bonarelli Event (OAE2, latest Cenomanian): The Italian record

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Valeria Luciani

  • Paleoenvironmental changes during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) and its aftermath: The benthic foraminiferal record from the Alano section (NE Italy)

    F. Boscolo Galazzo;L. Giusberti;V. Luciani;E. Thomas;E. Thomas;E. Thomas

  • Stratigrafia sequenziale del Terziario nella Catena del Monte Baldo (Provincie di Verona e Trento)

    Valeria Luciani

  • AN EXPANDED CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY TRANSITION IN A PELAGIC SETTING OF THE SOUTHERN ALPS (CENTRAL-WESTERN TETHYS).

    Eliana Fornaciari;Luca Giusberti;Valeria Luciani;Fabio Tateo

  • Changes in calcareous nannofossil assemblages during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum: Clues from the central-western Tethys (Alano section, NE Italy)

    Federica Toffanin;Claudia Agnini;Eliana Fornaciari;Domenico Rio

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliana Fornaciari
Eliana Fornaciari University of Padua
Domenico Rio
Domenico Rio University of Padua
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Gerald R. Dickens
Gerald R. Dickens Trinity College Dublin
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London
Giovanni Muttoni
Giovanni Muttoni University of Milan
Ellen Thomas
Ellen Thomas Yale University
Luca Lanci
Luca Lanci University of Urbino
Jan Backman
Jan Backman Stockholm University
Rodolfo Coccioni
Rodolfo Coccioni University of Urbino

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