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Prof. Paola Petrosino
Department of Earth, Environment and Resources Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

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Published: 04 March 2021
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The dissemination of resilience concept to citizens, politicians, entrepreneurs, territorial planners is the first and most important step to shelter urbanized areas from natural hazards.

In this frame we propose a procedure to draw resilience maps as tools to facilitate the communication of inherent resilience status of cities. The core of the research is the assessment of this status for the environmental component that deeply influences the livability and development of urban systems. The procedure, implemented in a Geographic Information System framework named “Resilience and Disaster Risk Management”, defines and maps indices and indicators at the census district scale. It considers the different nature of data (attribute data, urban system components represented with primitive features, polygon, line and point) and for each of them indicates the necessary steps to draw the resilience indicator maps.  Through their ranking into the same number of classes, the procedure makes the indicators fully comparable to each other and allows the definition of indices as aggregation of indicators.

The procedure was tested at Ischia Island (Southern Italy) exposed to volcanic, seismic, landslide, flood and coastal erosion hazards. The spatial variability of environmental resilience is shown into several maps that discretize the island into high, medium and low resilience classes.

From our analysis emerged that the historic centers of the towns, in general show the lower resilience, mostly due to poor quality and age of buildings. The lack of building surplus acts negatively on resilience making it difficult to redraw the urban structure during the preparedness phases, when several interventions could be carried out with the aim of lowering the number of people to put in safe from a possible disaster. Our analysis brought also to the consideration that the distribution of green areas on the island results unable to counterbalance the negative effects of urbanization and enhance the environmental resilience. In as much, no official program of fruition of green areas currently involves Ischia Island, although many geovolcanological and naturalistic valuables would deserve promotion and conservation, contributing to enhance the capability of the territory to cope with adverse events.

The mapping procedure can be applied to larger areas at risk keeping the censual districts as the minimum territorial reference units or using municipal, regional or national administrative units. The expected integration of resilience assessment in territorial planning (e.g. Regional Territorial Plan, Provincial Territorial Plan, and Municipality Territorial Plan) could greatly benefit from the outcomes of the present research for overcoming sectoral approaches in territorial management.

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Paola Petrosino; Ines Alberico. Mapping resilience to natural hazards in urban systems: the case study of Ischia Island (southern Italy) . 2021, 1 .

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Paola Petrosino, Ines Alberico. Mapping resilience to natural hazards in urban systems: the case study of Ischia Island (southern Italy) . . 2021; ():1.

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Paola Petrosino; Ines Alberico. 2021. "Mapping resilience to natural hazards in urban systems: the case study of Ischia Island (southern Italy) ." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 13 February 2021 in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
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Two boreholes, both about 16 m-deep, have been drilled in the Garigliano Plain, a coastal-alluvial plain located at the boundary between southern Latium and northern Campania, Italy. The drill holes have been planned and carried out in the southern part of the plain, near to the bordering ridge of Mount Massico. The multidisciplinary analyses performed on sediment samples from both cores revealed the presence of several marine and continental sedimentation environments, transitional facies and volcanic rocks. All these data, together with the stratigraphic correlation between the two logs, allowed the reconstruction of the sedimentary and morphological evolution of the plain during the Late Quaternary. Further, such an evolutionary sequence has been used as a comparison scheme with regard to other coastal plains of the Tyrrhenian side of central and southern Italy to stress similar or different behaviours among them on a distance of about 400 km of coastal belt. Some remarkable differences have been actually enlighten, with particular reference to the MIS 5.5 and the Holocene. The occurrence in both cores of products of the Campanian Ignimbrite – a ~ 40 ka pyroclastic unit – and associated reworked deposits (about five metres-thick in both cases), has been here reported for the first time in the subsurface of the southern part of the Garigliano Plain. In addition, a tephra layer has been detected at −14.50 m of depth (i.e. 13.50 m a.s.l.) in the northernmost core. This layer has been 40Ar/39Ar dated at 124.5 ± 0.5 ka. In the upper part of the same drill core, deposits interpreted as lagoonal-swamp facies have been recognized. On the basis of 14C dating, we can attribute the starting stage of such a sedimentation to the effects induced by the Post-glacial sea-level rise at about 8000 yr BP. These chronological constraints permitted us to obtain from the paleoecological, palynological, and granulometric analyses of the sampled successions helpful and precise information about sea-level changes along that coastal belt.

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Giuseppe Aiello; Vincenzo Amato; Pietro P.C. Aucelli; Diana Barra; Giuseppe Corrado; Paola Di Leo; Halinka Di Lorenzo; Brian Jicha; Gerardo Pappone; Roberta Parisi; Paola Petrosino; Elda Russo Ermolli; Marcello Schiattarella. Multiproxy study of cores from the Garigliano Plain: An insight into the Late Quaternary coastal evolution of Central-Southern Italy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2021, 567, 110298 .

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Giuseppe Aiello, Vincenzo Amato, Pietro P.C. Aucelli, Diana Barra, Giuseppe Corrado, Paola Di Leo, Halinka Di Lorenzo, Brian Jicha, Gerardo Pappone, Roberta Parisi, Paola Petrosino, Elda Russo Ermolli, Marcello Schiattarella. Multiproxy study of cores from the Garigliano Plain: An insight into the Late Quaternary coastal evolution of Central-Southern Italy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2021; 567 ():110298.

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Giuseppe Aiello; Vincenzo Amato; Pietro P.C. Aucelli; Diana Barra; Giuseppe Corrado; Paola Di Leo; Halinka Di Lorenzo; Brian Jicha; Gerardo Pappone; Roberta Parisi; Paola Petrosino; Elda Russo Ermolli; Marcello Schiattarella. 2021. "Multiproxy study of cores from the Garigliano Plain: An insight into the Late Quaternary coastal evolution of Central-Southern Italy." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 567, no. : 110298.

Journal article
Published: 28 May 2020 in Geological Society, London, Special Publications
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A marine sediment core from the western Mediterranean provides a new high-resolution 4500 year record of palaeomagnetic secular variation and relative palaeointensity. In 2013, the 7.1 m C5 core was recovered from the Tyrrhenian Sea as part of the NextData climate data project. The coring site, 15 km offshore from the Volturno river mouth, is well located to record combined marine and terrestrial palaeoclimatic influences, and the fine-grained, rapidly deposited sediments are effective palaeomagnetic recorders. We investigate the palaeomagnetic field direction and strength recorded in the core, which provide a valuable high-resolution record of Holocene geomagnetic variation in the area. Using rock magnetic techniques, we constrain the magnetic mineralogy of the studied sediments and confirm their suitability for palaeomagnetic analysis. Palaeomagnetic declination and inclination records were determined by stepwise alternating-field demagnetization, and relative palaeointensity estimates were obtained based on normalization to anhysterestic and isothermal remanent magnetization and to magnetic susceptibility. The age of the core is well constrained with a tephra and biostratigraphic age model, and its magnetic records are compared with relevant core and model data for the region, demonstrating that our record is compatible with previous results from the area. An automated curve matching approach is applied to assess the compatibility of our data with the existing secular variation path for the Mediterranean area.

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Pontus Lurcock; Fabio Florindo; Sergio Bonomo; Antonio Cascella; Federico Di Rita; Luciana Ferraro; Donatella Domenica Insinga; Donatella Magri; Giulia Margaritelli; Nicola Pelosi; Paola Petrosino; Mattia Vallefuoco; Claudia Cosentino; Fabrizio Lirer. A 4500 year record of palaeomagnetic secular variation and relative palaeointensity from the Tyrrhenian Sea. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2020, 497, 159 -178.

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Pontus Lurcock, Fabio Florindo, Sergio Bonomo, Antonio Cascella, Federico Di Rita, Luciana Ferraro, Donatella Domenica Insinga, Donatella Magri, Giulia Margaritelli, Nicola Pelosi, Paola Petrosino, Mattia Vallefuoco, Claudia Cosentino, Fabrizio Lirer. A 4500 year record of palaeomagnetic secular variation and relative palaeointensity from the Tyrrhenian Sea. Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 2020; 497 (1):159-178.

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Pontus Lurcock; Fabio Florindo; Sergio Bonomo; Antonio Cascella; Federico Di Rita; Luciana Ferraro; Donatella Domenica Insinga; Donatella Magri; Giulia Margaritelli; Nicola Pelosi; Paola Petrosino; Mattia Vallefuoco; Claudia Cosentino; Fabrizio Lirer. 2020. "A 4500 year record of palaeomagnetic secular variation and relative palaeointensity from the Tyrrhenian Sea." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 497, no. 1: 159-178.

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Published: 25 February 2020 in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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A methodology for the evaluation of damage that the buildings exposed to pyroclastic currents from a possible small-size eruption at Campi Flegrei could suffer is proposed. It was implemented in a structured GIS framework named BuilD (Building Damage) that integrates spatial and no-spatial data and allows to quantify and map the differences in building composition of censual districts and the damage they could undergo. BuilD uses the fragility curves to assess the damage at censual district scale and requires as input data the building features (ISTAT data and Google Earth images) and the dynamic pressure exerted by Pyroclastic Density Currents. 16 maps of percentage probability of exceeding a damage threshold resulting from 4 increasing damage levels by an eruption occurring at 4 hypothetical volcanic vents were drawn. In the single map, five classes (from high to very low) depict the spatial distribution of potential harms that the built environment could suffer. The methodology is implemented for the knowledge of the current status of the built environment; it can be easily managed also by non-technical stakeholders, exported in areas with similar requirements and profitably used for other hazards. The BuilD frame is scalable to larger areas at risk, keeping the censual districts, available for the whole European territory, as the minimum territorial reference units, useful for comparisons of building damages at regional scale. The produced maps can be used for addressing available funds to ameliorate the structural features of the buildings and to support local authorities in better land management and land use.

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Ines Alberico; Paola Petrosino; Federica Totaro. PDC-BuilD framework: Assessing building damage probability for pyroclastic currents of a small-size explosive eruption at Campi Flegrei (Southern Italy). International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 2020, 47, 101541 .

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Ines Alberico, Paola Petrosino, Federica Totaro. PDC-BuilD framework: Assessing building damage probability for pyroclastic currents of a small-size explosive eruption at Campi Flegrei (Southern Italy). International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2020; 47 ():101541.

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Ines Alberico; Paola Petrosino; Federica Totaro. 2020. "PDC-BuilD framework: Assessing building damage probability for pyroclastic currents of a small-size explosive eruption at Campi Flegrei (Southern Italy)." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 47, no. : 101541.

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Published: 03 January 2020 in Journal of Maps
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In the last years, metropolitan areas are more and more exposed to natural risks often intensified by the effects of climatic changes. Clear and complete information about hazards impending on the territory is indispensable for local authorities to define efficient territorial management strategies focused on the risk reduction. A flexible hazard tool which works at different scale and with several sources of hazard is here proposed. We drew maps of monothematic and synthetic indices to describe the hazard status of metropolitan areas. A hazard hotspot map was also elaborated to identify both the areas with high hazard for the single dangerous event and the areas characterized by the concomitance of several hazards. We computed hazard indices for Napoli and Pozzuoli, a densely populated area, located in the Somma-Vesuvio and Campi Flegrei multi-source volcanic zone and also exposed to landslide, flood and coastal erosion hazard.

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Federica Totaro; Ines Alberico; Diego Di Martire; Concettina Nunziata; Paola Petrosino. The key role of hazard indices and hotspot in disaster risk management: the case study of Napoli and Pozzuoli municipalities (Southern Italy). Journal of Maps 2020, 16, 68 -78.

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Federica Totaro, Ines Alberico, Diego Di Martire, Concettina Nunziata, Paola Petrosino. The key role of hazard indices and hotspot in disaster risk management: the case study of Napoli and Pozzuoli municipalities (Southern Italy). Journal of Maps. 2020; 16 (2):68-78.

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Federica Totaro; Ines Alberico; Diego Di Martire; Concettina Nunziata; Paola Petrosino. 2020. "The key role of hazard indices and hotspot in disaster risk management: the case study of Napoli and Pozzuoli municipalities (Southern Italy)." Journal of Maps 16, no. 2: 68-78.

Journal article
Published: 09 November 2019 in Global and Planetary Change
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A multidisciplinary study, based on integration of eco-biostratigraphy and tephrostratigraphy, was applied to the sedimentary record of core CET2, recovered in a bathyal area of the Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, along the Campania Continental Margin. An event stratigraphy of the Late Pleistocene–Holocene succession was obtained, also through the integration of the results coming from the study of the nearby CET1 core. A very detailed integrated stratigraphic framework was reconstructed for the last 40-ka time span, basing on the planktonic foraminifera eco-biozones and correlations of tephra layers. In the time interval older than 40 ka, the relationship between climatic events and tephra layers were highlighted. Some reworked intervals were identified at different stratigraphic levels; the thickest among these was identified just below the Campanian Ignimbrite tephra and interpreted as a debris flow. This deposit is here considered as the stratigraphic signature of the volcano-tectonic event of the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption. Other mass-transport deposits were identified below tephra layers related to very energetic eruptions, thus suggesting a possible link between the huge volcanic explosive eruptions of the Campania Volcanic Zone, coeval fault activity and the occurrence of mass-transport events in the study area.

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Alfonsa Milia; Simona Morabito; Paola Petrosino. Late Pleistocene–Holocene climatic and volcanic events in the bathyal area of the Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea and the stratigraphic signature of the 39 ka Campanian Ignimbrite eruption. Global and Planetary Change 2019, 185, 103074 .

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Alfonsa Milia, Simona Morabito, Paola Petrosino. Late Pleistocene–Holocene climatic and volcanic events in the bathyal area of the Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea and the stratigraphic signature of the 39 ka Campanian Ignimbrite eruption. Global and Planetary Change. 2019; 185 ():103074.

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Alfonsa Milia; Simona Morabito; Paola Petrosino. 2019. "Late Pleistocene–Holocene climatic and volcanic events in the bathyal area of the Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea and the stratigraphic signature of the 39 ka Campanian Ignimbrite eruption." Global and Planetary Change 185, no. : 103074.

Special issue article
Published: 03 November 2019 in Journal of Quaternary Science
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Five cores from the southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas were studied for their tephra and cryptotephra content in the 4.4–2.0 ka time interval. The chronological framework for each core was obtained by accelerator mass spectrometry 14C dating, the occurrence of distinct marker tephra and stratigraphic correlation with adjacent records. Tephrochronology allowed us to correlate the analyzed deposits with tephra markers associated with Somma‐Vesuvius (79 ad), Ischia Island (Cretaio), Mt Etna (FG, FL and FS) and Campi Flegrei (Astroni‐Agnano Monte Spina) events. For the first time in the marine setting, a large single glass data set is provided for the Late Holocene Etnean marker beds including the FS tephra (ca. 4.3 ka). Moreover, unknown deposits from Lipari (ca. 2.2–2.0 ka) and Vulcano (3.6–3.3 ka) are also recognized at more distal sites than previously reported. These results contribute to improve the high‐resolution tephrostratigraphic framework of the central Mediterranean Sea. They also provide new insights into the chemical composition and dispersal pattern of tephras that can be used as inter‐archive tools for regional and ‘local’ stratigraphic correlations and for addressing paleoclimate research.

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D. D. Insinga; P. Petrosino; I. Alberico; G. J. De Lange; C. Lubritto; F. Molisso; Marco Sacchi; R. Sulpizio; J. Wu; F. Lirer. The Late Holocene tephra record of the central Mediterranean Sea: Mapping occurrences and new potential isochrons for the 4.4–2.0 ka time interval. Journal of Quaternary Science 2019, 35, 213 -231.

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D. D. Insinga, P. Petrosino, I. Alberico, G. J. De Lange, C. Lubritto, F. Molisso, Marco Sacchi, R. Sulpizio, J. Wu, F. Lirer. The Late Holocene tephra record of the central Mediterranean Sea: Mapping occurrences and new potential isochrons for the 4.4–2.0 ka time interval. Journal of Quaternary Science. 2019; 35 (1-2):213-231.

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D. D. Insinga; P. Petrosino; I. Alberico; G. J. De Lange; C. Lubritto; F. Molisso; Marco Sacchi; R. Sulpizio; J. Wu; F. Lirer. 2019. "The Late Holocene tephra record of the central Mediterranean Sea: Mapping occurrences and new potential isochrons for the 4.4–2.0 ka time interval." Journal of Quaternary Science 35, no. 1-2: 213-231.

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Published: 26 October 2019 in Geoheritage
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The Vesuvio National Park, established in June 1995, is the green area closest to Napoli megacity, which suffers the absence of urban green spaces and could hence offer to citizens the opportunity to enjoy healthy places in a peculiar environment as the landscape of an active volcano. We here propose two trails with several stops, named the Ancient Railway Track and the Valle dell’Inferno. They start from San Sebastiano al Vesuvio and Ottaviano towns, located on two opposite sides of northern Somma-Vesuvio area, and are both directed towards the Vesuvio crater. Along the trails, the visitors can enjoy several volcanic forms and products (the Somma caldera rim, dykes, lava domes, ropy lava flows, pyroclastic fall deposits) together with historical remains, such as the Cook Railway track, and the typical botanic association, the Mediterranean bush. The stops were illustrated with panels describing in detail both geological and landscape features with pictures and simple text boxes, clear and engaging for a wide set of excursionists of different ages and cultural backgrounds. The quality of the two trails was assessed through a quantitative evaluation of the single stops considering the different typologies of expected visitors. The project of promotion and fruition of green spaces in an active volcanic area here proposed contributes to encourage healthy living and raise well-being and could represent one of the means to achieve a better level of resilience for a society exposed to high volcanic risk.

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Paola Petrosino; Roberta Iavarone; Ines Alberico. Enhancing Social Resilience Through Fruition of Geological Heritage in the Vesuvio National Park. Geoheritage 2019, 11, 2005 -2024.

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Paola Petrosino, Roberta Iavarone, Ines Alberico. Enhancing Social Resilience Through Fruition of Geological Heritage in the Vesuvio National Park. Geoheritage. 2019; 11 (4):2005-2024.

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Paola Petrosino; Roberta Iavarone; Ines Alberico. 2019. "Enhancing Social Resilience Through Fruition of Geological Heritage in the Vesuvio National Park." Geoheritage 11, no. 4: 2005-2024.

Journal article
Published: 18 July 2019 in Journal of Quaternary Science
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P. Petrosino; I. Arienzo; F. C. Mazzeo; J. Natale; Maurizio Petrelli; A. Milia; D. Perugini; M. D′antonio. The San Gregorio Magno lacustrine basin (Campania, southern Italy): improved characterization of the tephrostratigraphic markers based on trace elements and isotopic data. Journal of Quaternary Science 2019, 34, 393 -404.

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P. Petrosino, I. Arienzo, F. C. Mazzeo, J. Natale, Maurizio Petrelli, A. Milia, D. Perugini, M. D′antonio. The San Gregorio Magno lacustrine basin (Campania, southern Italy): improved characterization of the tephrostratigraphic markers based on trace elements and isotopic data. Journal of Quaternary Science. 2019; 34 (6):393-404.

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P. Petrosino; I. Arienzo; F. C. Mazzeo; J. Natale; Maurizio Petrelli; A. Milia; D. Perugini; M. D′antonio. 2019. "The San Gregorio Magno lacustrine basin (Campania, southern Italy): improved characterization of the tephrostratigraphic markers based on trace elements and isotopic data." Journal of Quaternary Science 34, no. 6: 393-404.

Journal article
Published: 06 June 2018 in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
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Deltaic and shallow marine sediments represent unique natural archives to study the evolution of surface coastal ocean water properties as compared to environmental changes in adjacent continents. Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and higher plant biomarker records were generated from the Rhone and Var River deltaic sediments (NW Mediterranean Sea), and three sites in the South Adriatic Sea (Central/Eastern Mediterranean Sea), spanning all or part of the past three millennia. Because of the high sediment accumulation rates at all core sites, we were able to produce time series at decadal time scale. SSTs in the Gulf of Lion and the convection area of the South Adriatic Sea indicate similar cold mean values (around 17°C), and pronounced cold spells, reflecting strong wind‐driven surface water heat loss. However, they differ in the rate of post‐industrial warming, which is steeper in the Gulf of Lion. The three Adriatic Sea SST records are notably different reflecting different hydrological influence from near‐shore to open sea sites. The compositional features of higher plant n‐alkanes in the Rhone and Var delta sediments and inferred vegetation types show differences consistent with the latitudinal extension of the drainage basins of both river‐streams. In the Adriatic Sea, both coastal and open sea sediments indicate enhanced land‐derived material over the past 500 years, that is not seen in the NW Mediterranean cores. We suggest that increased erosion as the result of changes in land use practices is the most likely cause for this trend.

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Bassem Jalali; Marie-Alexandrine Sicre; Vincent Klein; Sabine Schmidt; Vittorio Maselli; Fabrizio Lirer; Maria-Angela Bassetti; Samuel Toucanne; Stéphan J. Jorry; Donatella Domenica Insinga; Paola Petrosino; Fanny Châles. Deltaic and Coastal Sediments as Recorders of Mediterranean Regional Climate and Human Impact Over the Past Three Millennia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 2018, 33, 579 -593.

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Bassem Jalali, Marie-Alexandrine Sicre, Vincent Klein, Sabine Schmidt, Vittorio Maselli, Fabrizio Lirer, Maria-Angela Bassetti, Samuel Toucanne, Stéphan J. Jorry, Donatella Domenica Insinga, Paola Petrosino, Fanny Châles. Deltaic and Coastal Sediments as Recorders of Mediterranean Regional Climate and Human Impact Over the Past Three Millennia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 2018; 33 (6):579-593.

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Bassem Jalali; Marie-Alexandrine Sicre; Vincent Klein; Sabine Schmidt; Vittorio Maselli; Fabrizio Lirer; Maria-Angela Bassetti; Samuel Toucanne; Stéphan J. Jorry; Donatella Domenica Insinga; Paola Petrosino; Fanny Châles. 2018. "Deltaic and Coastal Sediments as Recorders of Mediterranean Regional Climate and Human Impact Over the Past Three Millennia." Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 33, no. 6: 579-593.

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Published: 01 January 2018 in Quaternary Science Reviews
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A new high-resolution pollen record, spanning the last five millennia, is presented from the Gulf of Gaeta (Tyrrhenian Sea, central Italy), with the aim of verifying if any vegetation change occurred in the central Mediterranean region in relation to specific well-known global and/or regional climate events, including the 4.2 ka event, the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) and the Little Ice Age (LIA), and to detect possible vegetation changes related to still under-investigated climate signals, for example the so-called “Bond 2” cold event around 2.8 ka BP. The vegetation dynamics of the Gaeta record shows a recurrent pattern of forest increase and decline punctuating the mid- and late Holocene. When the timing of these patterns is compared with the climate proxy data available from the same core (planktonic foraminifera assemblages and oxygen stable isotope record) and with the NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) index, it clearly appears that the main driver for the forest fluctuations is climate, which may even overshadow the effects of human activity. We have found a clear correspondence between phases with negative NAO index and forest declines. In particular, around 4200 cal BP, a drop in AP (Arboreal Pollen) confirms the clearance recorded in many sites in Italy south of 43°N. Around 2800 cal BP, a vegetation change towards open conditions is found at a time when the NAO index clearly shows negative values. Between 800 and 1000 AD, a remarkable forest decline, coeval with a decrease in the frequencies of both Castanea and Olea, matches a shift in the oxygen isotope record towards positive values, indicating cooler temperatures, and a negative NAO. Between 1400–1850 AD, in the time period chronologically corresponding to the LIA (Little Ice Age), the Gaeta record shows a clear decline of the forest cover, particularly evident after 1550 AD, once again in correspondence with negative NAO index. © 2017 Elsevier Lt

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Federico Di Rita; Fabrizio Lirer; Sergio Bonomo; Antonio Cascella; Luciana Ferraro; Fabio Florindo; Donatella Domenica Insinga; Pontus Conrad Lurcock; Giulia Margaritelli; Paola Petrosino; Roberto Rettori; Mattia Vallefuoco; Donatella Magri. Late Holocene forest dynamics in the Gulf of Gaeta (central Mediterranean) in relation to NAO variability and human impact. Quaternary Science Reviews 2018, 179, 137 -152.

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Federico Di Rita, Fabrizio Lirer, Sergio Bonomo, Antonio Cascella, Luciana Ferraro, Fabio Florindo, Donatella Domenica Insinga, Pontus Conrad Lurcock, Giulia Margaritelli, Paola Petrosino, Roberto Rettori, Mattia Vallefuoco, Donatella Magri. Late Holocene forest dynamics in the Gulf of Gaeta (central Mediterranean) in relation to NAO variability and human impact. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2018; 179 ():137-152.

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Federico Di Rita; Fabrizio Lirer; Sergio Bonomo; Antonio Cascella; Luciana Ferraro; Fabio Florindo; Donatella Domenica Insinga; Pontus Conrad Lurcock; Giulia Margaritelli; Paola Petrosino; Roberto Rettori; Mattia Vallefuoco; Donatella Magri. 2018. "Late Holocene forest dynamics in the Gulf of Gaeta (central Mediterranean) in relation to NAO variability and human impact." Quaternary Science Reviews 179, no. : 137-152.

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Published: 01 April 2017 in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
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A ~. 5. m thick pyroclastic and volcaniclastic sequence, never reported before, comprising a pumice fall deposit has been recognized in a disused quarry near Pollena Trocchia, on the NW slope of Somma-Vesuvius. It is composed of three stratigraphic units: a pumice fall deposit that underlies a pyroclastic density current deposit; they are overlain by a volcaniclastic unit emplaced during a quiescent period of the volcano. The pyroclastic deposits are separated by a horizon of reworked material indicating the emplacement from two distinct eruptive events. The pumice fall deposit has been subject of a detailed investigation. It consists of an ash bed overlaid by a roughly stratified pumice fall layer. The presence of ballistic clasts indicates the proximal nature of this deposit and its stratigraphic position below the Pomici di Base (22. ka) Plinian deposit allows constraining its age to the pre-caldera period (22-39. ky) of activity of Somma-Vesuvius. Samples have been collected in order to perform sedimentological (grain size and componentry), geochemical and isotopic analyses. Samples range from moderately to poorly sorted and show a trachytic composition. The comparison with literature data of compatible deposits vented from Somma-Vesuvius (Schiava, Taurano and Codola eruptions as well as borehole data) allows excluding any correlation with already known Vesuvian products suggesting that the analysed products are ascribable to a new, pre-caldera, explosive eruption. We name this new event "Carcavone eruption". Based on thickness, maximum lithic clasts and orientation of impact sags, showing a provenance from SE, we envisage the emplacement from a Plinian style eruption vented in the northern sector of the current calder

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Domenico Sparice; Claudio Scarpati; Fabio Carmine Mazzeo; Paola Petrosino; Ilenia Arienzo; Guillem Gisbert; Maurizio Petrelli. New proximal tephras at Somma-Vesuvius: evidences of a pre-caldera, large (?) explosive eruption. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 2017, 335, 71 -81.

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Domenico Sparice, Claudio Scarpati, Fabio Carmine Mazzeo, Paola Petrosino, Ilenia Arienzo, Guillem Gisbert, Maurizio Petrelli. New proximal tephras at Somma-Vesuvius: evidences of a pre-caldera, large (?) explosive eruption. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 2017; 335 ():71-81.

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Domenico Sparice; Claudio Scarpati; Fabio Carmine Mazzeo; Paola Petrosino; Ilenia Arienzo; Guillem Gisbert; Maurizio Petrelli. 2017. "New proximal tephras at Somma-Vesuvius: evidences of a pre-caldera, large (?) explosive eruption." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 335, no. : 71-81.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2016 in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
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The basal portion (2.92 – 5.08 m from core top) of the CET1 core located in a bathyal area of the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea is the subject of a multidisciplinary investigation, encompassing tephrostratigraphy, quantitative analyses of planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossil assemblages, and δ18O measurements, supported by a 40Ar/39Ar age determination. Calcareous nannofossil assemblages allowed the attribution of the analysed sediments to the biozone MMN21a, and the succession spans from more than 48 to ca. 105 ka, although there are at least two stratigraphic gaps and minor resedimentation episodes. A paleoclimatic reconstruction obtained via δ18O and planktonic foraminifera data identifies several of the major climatic events that occurred in the investigated time span. A total of 13 visible tephra layers and cryptotephras are recognized and correlated with their volcanic sources (Campanian Volcanic Zone and Pantelleria volcano) and, when possible, with well known and dated events or with widespread marker tephras. Using a combination of biostratigraphic, oxygen isotope, and tephrostratigraphic correlations, we develop a chronostratigraphy for the main climatic events and tephra layers in the core and pinpoint tephra markers for the climatic events comprised between GS 22 and GI 24 in the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea.

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Paola Petrosino; Simona Morabito; Brian R. Jicha; Alfonsa Milia; Mario Sprovieri; Stella Tamburrino. Multidisciplinary tephrochronological correlation of marker events in the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea between 48 and 105ka. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 2016, 315, 79 -99.

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Paola Petrosino, Simona Morabito, Brian R. Jicha, Alfonsa Milia, Mario Sprovieri, Stella Tamburrino. Multidisciplinary tephrochronological correlation of marker events in the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea between 48 and 105ka. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 2016; 315 ():79-99.

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Paola Petrosino; Simona Morabito; Brian R. Jicha; Alfonsa Milia; Mario Sprovieri; Stella Tamburrino. 2016. "Multidisciplinary tephrochronological correlation of marker events in the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea between 48 and 105ka." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 315, no. : 79-99.

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Published: 01 October 2015 in Engineering Geology
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The best knowledge of hazardous events and the precise mapping of the zones that they could involve are essential to plan the actions aimed at reducing the territorial vulnerability and promoting the development of a resilient community. In this framework, the main goal of the present research is to propose a quantitative spatial modeling approach that, starting from hazard indicators, defines multi-hazard indices to compare the degree of hazard among different zones allowing the establishment of intervention priorities for risk reduction. The method was applied to the case study of Ischia island, located in the north-western zone of Napoli bay (Southern Italy): indeed, the exposure to many natural hazards (seismic, volcanic, landslide, coastal erosion and marine inundation) coupled with the intense urbanization make the island a good test area to validate the methodology here proposed. Taking into account the different recurrence times of natural events, two multi-hazard indices were quantified, the total multi-hazard index that illustrates the hazard status of the territory considering all the natural events and the partial-hazard index that only takes into account those occurring yearly to decadally. Moreover, with the aim of easily and globally visualizing the hazard status of the territory, the indices were depicted into maps that could facilitate the communication to stakeholders and consequently the reduction of social vulnerability.The municipalities of Serrara Fontana, Barano d'Ischia and Casamicciola Terme show the highest total multi-hazard index of the study area, all the other municipalities display a value (always exceeding 0.5) that, although lower than in the previous three, signifies that the entire island needs attention with regard to natural hazards. The partial multi-hazard index confirms the highest value for Serrara Fontana and Barano d'Ischia. Multi-hazard hotspots, identified at the censual district scale for the Forio d'Ischia municipality, enlighten the areas where a comprehensive risk assessment is needed. We also took advantage of spatial and temporal analysis in order to compare the evolution of population and urban development to spatial distribution of hazard zones over the last 80. years. This analysis evidenced that the urban development was insensitive to the dangers impending on the territory, as the expansion in the zones with medium-high level of hazard testifies. Because of this, the present status of the island postulates the urgent need of integrating disaster risk reduction into future spatial planning

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Ines Alberico; Paola Petrosino. The hazard indices as a tool to support the territorial planning: The case study of Ischia island (Southern Italy). Engineering Geology 2015, 197, 225 -239.

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Ines Alberico, Paola Petrosino. The hazard indices as a tool to support the territorial planning: The case study of Ischia island (Southern Italy). Engineering Geology. 2015; 197 ():225-239.

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Ines Alberico; Paola Petrosino. 2015. "The hazard indices as a tool to support the territorial planning: The case study of Ischia island (Southern Italy)." Engineering Geology 197, no. : 225-239.

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Published: 01 September 2015 in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
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The analysis of tsunami catalogues and of data published on the NOAA web site pointed out that in the Mediterranean basin, from 2000 B.C. to present, about 480 tsunamis occurred, of which at least a third involved the Italian peninsula. Within this framework, a GIS-aided procedure that takes advantage of spatial analysis to apply the Papathoma Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment model of urban environments is presented, with the main purpose of assessing the vulnerability of wide areas at spatial resolution of the census district. The method was applied to the sector of Napoli city enclosed between Posillipo Hill and the Somma-Vesuvio volcano because of the high population rates (apex value of 5000 inh/km2) and potential occurrence of hazardous events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and mass failures that can trigger tsunamis. The vulnerability status of the urban environment was depicted on a map. About 21% of the possibly inundated area, corresponding with the lowlands along the shoreline, shows a very high tsunami vulnerability. High vulnerability characterizes 26% of inundable zones while medium-low vulnerability typifies a wide area of the Sebeto-Volla plain, ca 800 m away from the shoreline. This map represents a good tool to plan the actions aimed at reducing risk and promoting resilience of the territory.

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Ines Alberico; Vincenzo Di Fiore; Roberta Iavarone; Paola Petrosino; Luigi Piemontese; Daniela Tarallo; Michele Punzo; Ennio Marsella. The Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Environments through Freely Available Datasets: The Case Study of Napoli City (Southern Italy). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2015, 3, 981 -1005.

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Ines Alberico, Vincenzo Di Fiore, Roberta Iavarone, Paola Petrosino, Luigi Piemontese, Daniela Tarallo, Michele Punzo, Ennio Marsella. The Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Environments through Freely Available Datasets: The Case Study of Napoli City (Southern Italy). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2015; 3 (3):981-1005.

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Ines Alberico; Vincenzo Di Fiore; Roberta Iavarone; Paola Petrosino; Luigi Piemontese; Daniela Tarallo; Michele Punzo; Ennio Marsella. 2015. "The Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Environments through Freely Available Datasets: The Case Study of Napoli City (Southern Italy)." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 3, no. 3: 981-1005.

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Published: 24 February 2015 in Quaternary International
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Quantitative analyses on pollen and ostracods were performed on the Montalbano Jonico succession (MJS) through Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 18–21 in order to acquire details of paleoenvironmental changes and climate pattern during MIS 19, which includes the Matuyama–Brunhes paleomagnetic boundary (MBB). While the MJS does not record the MBB, which is the main criterion for defining the Early–Middle Pleistocene boundary, it is a candidate Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Ionian Stage and Middle Pleistocene Subseries because of its excellent exposure, continuous deposition, and astronomically tuned record between MIS 37 and MIS 16. The new 40Ar/39Ar age of 773.9 ± 1.3 ka for volcaniclastic layer V4 allows the age-model for the succession to be refined. Ostracod assemblages show significant paleodepth fluctuations at the glacial–interglacial scale, in agreement with the pollen distality index (Pinus vs. Caryophyllaceae, Amaranthaceae and Ephedra) which also suggests higher values during MIS 19. Pollen analysis provides supplementary paleoclimate data that are valuable to reconstruct temperature variation during the identified phases. A major expansion of steppic vegetation at 790 ka in the uppermost MIS 20 correlates with a significant cold and arid Northern Hemisphere climate phase, as documented by a concurrent peak both in North Atlantic ice rafted debris and Mediterranean dust records. Climate conditions recorded in MIS 19.3 were similar to those of the present interglacial, whereas a dry climate phase marks MIS 19.2 at 771.84 ka, slightly above the V4 layer. Millennial scale climate variability occurred during MIS 19 as evidenced by two abrupt short-term moderately dry pollen events at 783.5 ka and 774.8 ka that could be related to a period of reduced geomagnetic field intensity through the MBB transition. Additional environmental/chronological events accompanied this stratigraphic interval: i) the volcaniclastic layers V3 and V4, radiometrically dated at 801.2 ± 19.5 ka and 773.9 ± 1.3 ka, respectively; ii) the co-occurrence of maximum flooding and thermal maximum in agreement with the previously recorded co-occurrence of the Neopycnodonte community and tropical–subtropical mesopelagic teleostean Bonapartia pedaliota, close to the increase of Quercus; and iii) the maximum depth (MD) between 777.3 and 773.25 ka as recorded by outer shelf/upper slope macroinvertebrate fauna, close to the highest value of pollen distality index in MIS 19. Results enhance the understanding of orbital-suborbital paleoenvironmental change during the mid-Pleistocene, and particularly of the climate pattern during MIS 19 and across the MBB.

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Maria Marino; Adele Bertini; Neri Ciaranfi; Giuseppe Aiello; Diana Barra; Salvatore Gallicchio; Angela Girone; Rafael La Perna; Fabrizio Lirer; Patrizia Maiorano; Paola Petrosino; Francesco Toti. Paleoenvironmental and climatostratigraphic insights for Marine Isotope Stage 19 (Pleistocene) at the Montalbano Jonico succession, South Italy. Quaternary International 2015, 383, 104 -115.

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Maria Marino, Adele Bertini, Neri Ciaranfi, Giuseppe Aiello, Diana Barra, Salvatore Gallicchio, Angela Girone, Rafael La Perna, Fabrizio Lirer, Patrizia Maiorano, Paola Petrosino, Francesco Toti. Paleoenvironmental and climatostratigraphic insights for Marine Isotope Stage 19 (Pleistocene) at the Montalbano Jonico succession, South Italy. Quaternary International. 2015; 383 ():104-115.

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Maria Marino; Adele Bertini; Neri Ciaranfi; Giuseppe Aiello; Diana Barra; Salvatore Gallicchio; Angela Girone; Rafael La Perna; Fabrizio Lirer; Patrizia Maiorano; Paola Petrosino; Francesco Toti. 2015. "Paleoenvironmental and climatostratigraphic insights for Marine Isotope Stage 19 (Pleistocene) at the Montalbano Jonico succession, South Italy." Quaternary International 383, no. : 104-115.

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Published: 01 December 2014 in Global and Planetary Change
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A detailed integrated stratigraphic framework for the last 40 ka in the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea (central\ud Mediterranean) was obtained through quantitative analyses of planktonic foraminifera assemblages,\ud tephrostratigraphical studies and δ18O measurements on the basinal CET1 cored succession.\ud Relative abundance fluctuations in the planktonic foraminifera assemblages allowed the identification of nine\ud known eco-biozones and several bioevents recognized in the Tyrrhenian area and that are useful for correlations\ud between Mediterranean marine records. Compositional changes in the planktonic foraminifera assemblages\ud together with variations in the oxygen isotope record allowed us to detect the major climatic global fluctuations\ud and some of the minor events that occurred during the investigated time interval.\ud A total of 12 visible tephra layers and cryptotephras have been recognized and correlated with their volcanic\ud sources and/or with known explosive events of Campanian and Sicilian–Aeolian volcanoes.\ud A stratigraphic relationship between foraminiferal and climatic events and tephra layers has been highlighted.\ud For the first time ecostratigraphic and tephrostratigraphic methodswere combined to obtain a detailed integrated\ud stratigraphy for the last 40 ka in the Tyrrhenian area. The achieved stratigraphic framework provides a useful\ud stratigraphic reference record for the investigated area

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Simona Morabito; Paola Petrosino; Alfonsa Milia; Mario Sprovieri; Stella Tamburrino. A multidisciplinary approach for reconstructing the stratigraphic framework of the last 40ka in a bathyal area of the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea. Global and Planetary Change 2014, 123, 121 -138.

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Simona Morabito, Paola Petrosino, Alfonsa Milia, Mario Sprovieri, Stella Tamburrino. A multidisciplinary approach for reconstructing the stratigraphic framework of the last 40ka in a bathyal area of the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea. Global and Planetary Change. 2014; 123 ():121-138.

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Simona Morabito; Paola Petrosino; Alfonsa Milia; Mario Sprovieri; Stella Tamburrino. 2014. "A multidisciplinary approach for reconstructing the stratigraphic framework of the last 40ka in a bathyal area of the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea." Global and Planetary Change 123, no. : 121-138.

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Published: 18 November 2014 in Quaternary International
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The lithological content and mineralogical assemblage of main tephra layers (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7) embedded in the Montalbano Jonico succession have been fully characterized. Major-element analyses were carried out on the juvenile glass fractions and main crystal phases, and trace-element contents were determined on glasses extracted from the thickest layer of the sequence (V5). Single crystal 40Ar/39Ar laser fusions were performed on sanidine from the V4 layer, yielding a weighted mean age of 773.9 ± 1.3 ka. The Vulture volcano is likely the source of two tephra layers, V3 and V4, embedded to the middle part of the Interval B of the sequence, which represent the oldest products of this center ever found. Moreover, the V4 layer was emplaced near the Matuyama–Bruhnes Chron boundary, and thus serves as an important chronostratigraphic marker. Complete chemical characterization of V5 allows us to suggest the Campanian Volcanic Zone as its eruptive source; corroborating the idea that activity there began at ∼720 ka and spanned most of the Middle Pleistocene. Finally, we insert our new framework from the Montalbano Jonico sequence into a reappraised tephra sequence from the Middle Pleistocene to present in southern Italy, which results in a more robust series of tephrostratotypes and improves the reliability of inter-archive correlations.

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P. Petrosino; B.R. Jicha; F.C. Mazzeo; N. Ciaranfi; A. Girone; Patrizia Maiorano; Maria Marino. The Montalbano Jonico marine succession: An archive for distal tephra layers at the Early–Middle Pleistocene boundary in southern Italy. Quaternary International 2014, 383, 89 -103.

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P. Petrosino, B.R. Jicha, F.C. Mazzeo, N. Ciaranfi, A. Girone, Patrizia Maiorano, Maria Marino. The Montalbano Jonico marine succession: An archive for distal tephra layers at the Early–Middle Pleistocene boundary in southern Italy. Quaternary International. 2014; 383 ():89-103.

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P. Petrosino; B.R. Jicha; F.C. Mazzeo; N. Ciaranfi; A. Girone; Patrizia Maiorano; Maria Marino. 2014. "The Montalbano Jonico marine succession: An archive for distal tephra layers at the Early–Middle Pleistocene boundary in southern Italy." Quaternary International 383, no. : 89-103.

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Published: 15 November 2014 in Mineralogy and Petrology
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The Sabatini Volcanic District belongs to the Roman magmatic province of Central Italy, and the Tufo Giallo della Via Tiberina was one of the most voluminous pyroclastic flow-forming eruptions in this district. Post-depositional processes strongly affected this pyroclastic flow deposit leading to the crystallization of different authigenic phases (chabazite, phillipsite, feldspar). A field volcanological survey, along with a careful mineralogical characterization of a large amount of samples of the lithified facies, allowed us to reconstruct a type section primarily based on the amounts of the main authigenic phases. Chabazite always prevailed over phillipsite throughout the entire section, although in the innermost portions of the deposit, where temperatures remained high, chabazite mostly converted into a more stable phase such as an adularia-like phase. In addition to the zeolitization process, the fairly strong mechanical properties of this tuff can be also ascribed to the diffuse occurrence of microcrystalline calcite, which re-precipitated as a secondary phase after the dissolution of carbonaceous clasts.

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P. Cappelletti; Paola Petrosino; M. de Gennaro; A. Colella; Sossio Fabio Graziano; M. D’Amore; M. Mercurio; Guido Cerri; G. Rapisardo; A. Langella. The “Tufo Giallo della Via Tiberina” (Sabatini Volcanic District, Central Italy): a complex system of lithification in a pyroclastic current deposit. Mineralogy and Petrology 2014, 109, 85 -101.

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P. Cappelletti, Paola Petrosino, M. de Gennaro, A. Colella, Sossio Fabio Graziano, M. D’Amore, M. Mercurio, Guido Cerri, G. Rapisardo, A. Langella. The “Tufo Giallo della Via Tiberina” (Sabatini Volcanic District, Central Italy): a complex system of lithification in a pyroclastic current deposit. Mineralogy and Petrology. 2014; 109 (1):85-101.

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P. Cappelletti; Paola Petrosino; M. de Gennaro; A. Colella; Sossio Fabio Graziano; M. D’Amore; M. Mercurio; Guido Cerri; G. Rapisardo; A. Langella. 2014. "The “Tufo Giallo della Via Tiberina” (Sabatini Volcanic District, Central Italy): a complex system of lithification in a pyroclastic current deposit." Mineralogy and Petrology 109, no. 1: 85-101.

Intermontane basins in central southern italy
Published: 04 September 2014 in Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali
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An integrated morpho-stratigraphic approach has been used to reconstruct the Quaternary history of the Boiano basin, the largest tectonic depression of the Molise Apennine (Italy). Lacustrine, marshy and fluvial environments alternate all along the investigated infilling succession as a response to tectonic subsidence, volcaniclastic inputs and climate changes, from ca. 500 ka. Two tephra layers 40Ar/39Ar have been dated and referred to the Middle Pleistocene explosive activity of the Roccamonfina volcano, while a younger tephra layer has been related to the Campi Flegrei Neapolitan Yellow Tuff (ca. 15 ka). Pollen analysis has highlighted the vegetation changes related to the 100 ka glacial–interglacial cyclicity, between MIS 13 and 2. From 500 to 350 ka, a strong subsidence led to lacustrine deposition, while between 350 and 250 ka, a decrease in subsidence rates caused the transition to fluvial–marshy conditions and, at a later stage, to floodplain environments. The analysis of palaeosurfaces allowed the geomorphological evolution of the basin to be reconstructed since the Middle Pleistocene and the morpho-sedimentary events to be related to the SW-NE extensional tectonics affecting this sector of the central-southern Apennine. This tectonic behavior is also testified by the differential subsidence rates recorded within the basin through the analysis of two deep cores drilled in the center of the Boiano town.

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Vincenzo Amato; Pietro P. C. Aucelli; Massimo Cesarano; Brian Jicha; Vincent Lebreton; Ronan Orain; Gerardo Pappone; Paola Petrosino; Elda Russo Ermolli. Quaternary evolution of the largest intermontane basin of the Molise Apennine (central-southern Italy). Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 2014, 25, 197 -216.

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Vincenzo Amato, Pietro P. C. Aucelli, Massimo Cesarano, Brian Jicha, Vincent Lebreton, Ronan Orain, Gerardo Pappone, Paola Petrosino, Elda Russo Ermolli. Quaternary evolution of the largest intermontane basin of the Molise Apennine (central-southern Italy). Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali. 2014; 25 (2):197-216.

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Vincenzo Amato; Pietro P. C. Aucelli; Massimo Cesarano; Brian Jicha; Vincent Lebreton; Ronan Orain; Gerardo Pappone; Paola Petrosino; Elda Russo Ermolli. 2014. "Quaternary evolution of the largest intermontane basin of the Molise Apennine (central-southern Italy)." Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 25, no. 2: 197-216.