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William Cavazza

William Cavazza

William Cavazza 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 William Cavazza sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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William Cavazza 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 William Cavazza sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

William Cavazza is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and specializes primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses several subfields, notably Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by William Cavazza include:

  • Structural inversion of back-arc basins-The Neogene Adjara-Trialeti fold-and-thrust belt (SW Georgia) as a far-field effect of the Arabia-Eurasia collision, 2021, Tectonophysics
  • Temporal and spatial significance of volcanic particles in sand(stone): implications for provenance and palaeotectonic reconstructions, 2022, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Validating far-field deformation styles from the Adjara-Trialeti fold-and-thrust belt to the Greater Caucasus (Georgia) through multi-proxy thermal maturity datasets, 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Pre-Zanclean end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis: new evidence from central Mediterranean reference sections, 2021, Journal of the Geological Society
  • Alpine tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Corsica basement, 2022, Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William Cavazza include:

  • Thomas Gusmeo
  • Massimiliano Zattin
  • Victor Alania
  • Onise Enukidze
  • Sveva Corrado

The scientist regularly publishes in specific venues, with repeated contributions in:

  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Geoscience Frontiers
  • Tectonophysics
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Journal of the Geological Society

William Cavazza has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • The TRANSMED Atlas: the Mediterranean Region from Crust to Mantle

    William Cavazza;François Roure;Wim Spakman;Gerard M. Stampfli

  • Apatite fission-track data for the Miocene Arabia-Eurasia collision

    Aral I. Okay;Massimiliano Zattin;William Cavazza

  • Calabria-Peloritani terrane and northern Ionian Sea

    Glauco Bonardi;William Cavazza;Vincenzo Perrone;Sergio Rossi

  • A comparison of fluvial megafans in the Cordilleran (Upper Cretaceous) and modern Himalayan foreland basin systems

    P. G. DeCelles;W. Cavazza

  • Provenance Modelling as a Technique for Analysing Source Terrane Evolution and Controls on Foreland Sedimentation

    S. A. Graham;R. B. Tolson;P. G. Decelles;R. V. Ingersoll

  • Palaeotectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of the western Tethys and PeriTethyan domain (IGCP Project 369)

    G. M. Stampfli;G. D. Borel;W. Cavazza;Jon Mosar

  • Cenozoic sedimentation and paleotectonics of north-central New Mexico: Implications for initiation and evolution of the Rio Grande rift

    Raymond V. Ingersoll;William Cavazza;W. Scott Baldridge;Muhammad Shafiqullah

  • The Mediterranean region—a geological primer

    William Cavazza;Forese Carlo Wezel

  • Laramide Thrust-Generated Alluvial-Fan Sedimentation, Sphinx Conglomerate, Southwestern Montana

    P. G. DeCelles;R. B. Tolson;S. A. Graham;G. A. Smith

  • Rapid early-middle Miocene exhumation of the Kazdağ Massif (western Anatolia)

    W. Cavazza;A. I. Okay;Massimiliano Zattin

  • An Oligocene ductile strike-slip shear zone: The Uludag Massif, northwest Turkey--Implications for the westward translation of Anatolia

    Ai Okay;M Satir;Massimiliano Zattin;W Cavazza

  • The Mediterranean Area and the Surrounding Regions: Active Processes, Remnants of Former Tethyan Oceans and Related Thrust Belts

    William Cavazza;François Roure;Peter A. Ziegler

  • Stratigrafia e sedimentologia della sequenza sedimentaria oligocenica-quaternaria del bacino calabro-ionico

    William Cavazza;John Blenkinsop;Peter G. de Celles;R. Timothy Patterson

  • Upper Messinian siliciclastic rocks in southeastern Calabria (southern Italy): palaeotectonic and eustatic implications for the evolution of the central Mediterranean region

    William Cavazza;Peter G DeCelles

  • Heterogeneous Distribution of Calcite Cement at the Outcrop Scale in Tertiary Sandstones, Northern Apennines, Italy

    Earle F. McBride;Kitty L. Milliken;William Cavazza;Ubaldo Cibin

  • Detrital Modes of the Ionian Forearc Basin Fill (Oligocene-Quaternary) Reflect the Tectonic Evolution of the Calabria-Peloritani Terrane (Southern Italy)

    William Cavazza;Raymond V. Ingersoll

  • Reconstruction of Oligo-Miocene Volcaniclastic Dispersal Patterns in North-Central New Mexico Using Sandstone Petrofacies

    Raymond V. Ingersoll;William Cavazza

  • Apatite fission‐track analysis of Neogene exhumation in northern Corsica (France)

    W. Cavazza;M. Zattin;B. Ventura;G. G. Zuffa

  • Fission‐track evidence for late Oligocene and mid‐Miocene activity along the North Anatolian Fault in south‐western Thrace

    Massimiliano Zattin;Massimiliano Zattin;Aral I Okay;William Cavazza

  • Basement Types, Lower Eocene Series, Upper Eocene Olistostromes and the Initiation of the Southern Thrace Basin, NW Turkey

    Aral I. Okay;Ercan Ozcan;William Cavazza;Nilguen Okay

  • Detrital modes and provenance of the Stilo‐Capo d'Orlando Formation (Miocene), southern Italy

    William Cavazza

  • Thermochronology of the Miocene Arabia-Eurasia collision zone of southeastern Turkey

    William Cavazza;Silvia Cattò;Massimiliano Zattin;Aral I. Okay

  • The transmed atlas : the mediterranean region from crust to mantle : geological and geophysical framework of the mediterranean and the surrounding areas

    William Cavazza;François Roure;Wim Spakman;Gerard M. Stampfli

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimiliano Zattin
Massimiliano Zattin University of Padua
Aral I. Okay
Aral I. Okay Istanbul Technical University
Raymond V. Ingersoll
Raymond V. Ingersoll University of California, Los Angeles
Peter G. DeCelles
Peter G. DeCelles University of Arizona
Peter A. Ziegler
Peter A. Ziegler University of Basel
Sveva Corrado
Sveva Corrado Roma Tre University
Peter W. Reiners
Peter W. Reiners University of Arizona
Sandro Conticelli
Sandro Conticelli University of Florence
R. Timothy Patterson
R. Timothy Patterson Carleton University
Salvatore Critelli
Salvatore Critelli University of Calabria

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