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Walter D'Alessandro is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research spans various fields related to Earth and environmental sciences with a notable focus on geophysics and geochemistry.

Their work covers several main fields of study including:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broad fields, their subfields of expertise include:

  • Geophysics
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Engineering

Key topics frequently addressed in their research involve:

  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Heavy Metals in Environment
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration

Walter D'Alessandro has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Italian Journal of Geosciences
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

The following papers represent a selection of recent work, detailing the year of publication and the publishing venue:

  • Active Degassing of Deeply Sourced Fluids in Central Europe: New Evidences From a Geochemical Study in Serbia, 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geothermal Gases Shape the Microbial Community of the Volcanic Soil of Pantelleria, Italy, 2020, mSystems
  • Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide-Utilizing Kyrpidia spormannii Species From Pantelleria Island, Italy, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Scientific response to the 2021 eruption of Nyiragongo based on the implementation of a participatory monitoring system, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Draft genome of a novel methanotrophic Methylobacter sp. from the volcanic soils of Pantelleria Island, 2021, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Sergio Calabrese
  • Lorenza Li Vigni
  • L. Brusca
  • Kyriaki Daskalopoulou
  • Francesco Parello

Best Publications

  • Mobility and fluxes of major, minor and trace metals during basalt weathering and groundwater transport at Mt. Etna volcano (Sicily)

    Alessandro Aiuppa;Patrick Allard;Walter D’Alessandro;Agnes Michel

  • Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting groundwater quality of an active volcano (Mt. Etna, Italy)

    A Aiuppa;S Bellomo;L Brusca;W D'Alessandro

  • Mantle-derived helium and carbon in groundwaters and gases of Mount Etna, Italy

    Patrick Allard;Philippe Jean-Baptiste;Walter D'Alessandro;Francesco Parello

  • Geochemical survey of Levante Bay, Vulcano Island (Italy), a natural laboratory for the study of ocean acidification

    F. Boatta;W. D’Alessandro;A.L. Gagliano;M. Liotta

  • The aquatic geochemistry of arsenic in volcanic groundwaters from southern Italy

    Alessandro Aiuppa;Walter D'Alessandro;Cinzia Federico;Barbara Palumbo

  • Atmospheric sources and sinks of volcanogenic elements in a basaltic volcano (Etna, Italy)

    S. Calabrese;A. Aiuppa;A. Aiuppa;P. Allard;E. Bagnato

  • Degassing of gaseous (elemental and reactive) and particulate mercury from Mount Etna volcano (Southern Italy)

    E. Bagnato;A. Aiuppa;F. Parello;S. Calabrese

  • Mineral control of arsenic content in thermal waters from volcano-hosted hydrothermal systems: Insights from island of Ischia and Phlegrean Fields (Campanian Volcanic Province, Italy)

    A. Aiuppa;R. Avino;L. Brusca;S. Caliro

  • CO2 output and δ13C(CO2) from Mount Etna as indicators of degassing of shallow asthenosphere

    W. D'Alessandro;S. Giammanco;F. Parello;M. Valenza

  • Isotope geochemistry of Pantelleria volcanic fluids, Sicily Channel rift: a mantle volatile end-member for volcanism in southern Europe

    F. Parello;P. Allard;W. D’Alessandro;C. Federico

  • Geochemistry of gases and waters discharged by the mud volcanoes at Paternò, Mt. Etna (Italy)

    G. Chiodini;W. D'Alessandro;F. Parello

  • The tropospheric processing of acidic gases and hydrogen sulphide in volcanic gas plumes as inferred from field and model investigations

    A. Aiuppa;A. Franco;R. von Glasow;R. von Glasow;A. G. Allen

  • Human Fluorosis Related To Volcanic Activity:A Review

    W. D’Alessandro

  • Excess methane in continental hydrothermal emissions is abiogenic

    Jens Fiebig;Alan B. Woodland;Walter D'Alessandro;Wilhelm Püttmann

  • New mafic magma refilling a quiescent volcano: Evidence from He-Ne-Ar isotopes during the 2011-2012 unrest at Santorini, Greece

    A. L. Rizzo;F. Barberi;M. L. Carapezza;A. Di Piazza

  • Unrest signals after 46 years of quiescence at Cumbre Vieja, La Palma, Canary Islands

    Pedro A. Torres-González;Natividad Luengo-Oroz;Héctor Lamolda;Walter D'Alessandro

  • Environmental impact of magmatic fluorine emission in the Mt. Etna area

    Sergio Bellomo;Sergio Bellomo;Alessandro Aiuppa;Alessandro Aiuppa;Walter D’Alessandro;Francesco Parello

  • The Other Side of the Coin: Geochemistry of Alkaline Lakes in Volcanic Areas

    Giovannella Pecoraino;Walter D’Alessandro;Salvatore Inguaggiato;Salvatore Inguaggiato

  • Geochemical mapping of magmatic gas-water-rock interactions in the aquifer of Mount Etna volcano

    L. Brusca;A. Aiuppa;W. D'Alessandro;F. Parello

  • Groundwater radon measurements in the Mt. Etna area

    Walter D’Alessandro;Fabio Vita

  • Methana, the westernmost active volcanic system of the south Aegean arc (Greece): Insight from fluids geochemistry

    W. D'Alessandro;L. Brusca;K. Kyriakopoulos;G. Michas

  • Major-ion bulk deposition around an active volcano (Mt. Etna, Italy)

    A. Aiuppa;S. Bellomo;L. Brusca;W. D'Alessandro

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Parello
Francesco Parello University of Palermo
Alessandro Aiuppa
Alessandro Aiuppa University of Palermo
Franco Tassi
Franco Tassi University of Florence
Orlando Vaselli
Orlando Vaselli University of Florence
Cinzia Federico
Cinzia Federico University of Palermo
Jens Fiebig
Jens Fiebig Goethe University Frankfurt
Salvatore Giammanco
Salvatore Giammanco National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Mariano Valenza
Mariano Valenza University of Palermo
Dario Tedesco
Dario Tedesco University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Francesco Italiano
Francesco Italiano National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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