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Supply of resources, a growing population, and environmental pollution are some of the main challenges facing the contemporary world. The rapid development of mining activities has produced huge amounts of waste. This waste, found in abandoned mine sites, provides the potential opportunity of extracting raw material. The current study, therefore, focuses on testing the validation of a shared methodology to recover extractive waste from abandoned mines, and applies this methodology to a case study in Gorno, northwest Italy. The methods focused on: (1) analyzing the impact of tailings and fine fraction of waste rock (Lepidium Sativum) to assess usability of both as soil additive, and (2) recovering raw materials from tailings and coarse fraction (>2 mm) of waste rock, by means of dressing methods like wet shaking table and froth flotation. The results indicated that the fine fraction of waste rock and tailings did not have detrimental effects on seed germination; however, there was marked decrease in plant growth. As for the recovery of raw materials, the coarse waste rock samples, crushed to <0.5 mm, produced a recovery of Cd, Ga, and Zn—as much as 66%, 56%, and 64%, respectively—using the wet shaking table. The same samples when crushed to 0.063–0.16 mm and used for froth flotation produced a recovery of Cd, Ga, and Zn of up to 61%, 72%, and 47%, respectively. The flotation experiment on tailings showed a recovery of Cd, Ga and Zn at pH 7 of 33%, 6% and 29% respectively. The present investigation highlights the methodologies used for extracting raw materials from extractive waste.
Neha Mehta; Giovanna Dino; Iride Passarella; Franco Ajmone-Marsan; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Domenico De Luca. Assessment of the Possible Reuse of Extractive Waste Coming from Abandoned Mine Sites: Case Study in Gorno, Italy. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2471 .
AMA StyleNeha Mehta, Giovanna Dino, Iride Passarella, Franco Ajmone-Marsan, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Domenico De Luca. Assessment of the Possible Reuse of Extractive Waste Coming from Abandoned Mine Sites: Case Study in Gorno, Italy. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (6):2471.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNeha Mehta; Giovanna Dino; Iride Passarella; Franco Ajmone-Marsan; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Domenico De Luca. 2020. "Assessment of the Possible Reuse of Extractive Waste Coming from Abandoned Mine Sites: Case Study in Gorno, Italy." Sustainability 12, no. 6: 2471.
The focus of the present research is on the exploitation of extractive waste to recover raw materials, considering the technological and economic factors, together with the environmental impacts, associated with extractive waste quarrying and dressing activities. The present study, based on a case history from Northern Italy (Montorfano and Baveno granite quarrying area), was intended to validate the presented interdisciplinary approach for evaluating economic and environmental impacts associated with extractive waste facility exploitation (from granite waste to products for the ceramic industry and by-products for the building industry). A shared methodology was applied to determine extractive waste characteristics (geochemistry, petrography, and mineralogy), waste volume (geophysical, topographic, and morphologic 3D characterization) and potential exploitable products and by-products. Meanwhile, a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was applied to determine the environmental impacts associated with the extraction and processing phases.
Giovanna Antonella Dino; Alessandro Cavallo; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Ernő Garamvölgyi; Renáta Sándor; Frederic Coulon. Towards Sustainable Mining: Exploiting Raw Materials from Extractive Waste Facilities. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2383 .
AMA StyleGiovanna Antonella Dino, Alessandro Cavallo, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Ernő Garamvölgyi, Renáta Sándor, Frederic Coulon. Towards Sustainable Mining: Exploiting Raw Materials from Extractive Waste Facilities. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (6):2383.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanna Antonella Dino; Alessandro Cavallo; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Ernő Garamvölgyi; Renáta Sándor; Frederic Coulon. 2020. "Towards Sustainable Mining: Exploiting Raw Materials from Extractive Waste Facilities." Sustainability 12, no. 6: 2383.
We compare three poorly known, historical Ni–Co-bearing hydrothermal deposits in different geological settings in Italy: The Ni–Co–As–Sb–Au-bearing Arburese vein system (SW Sardinia), the Co–Ni–As-rich Usseglio vein system (Piedmont), and the small Cu–Ag–Co–Ni–Pb–Te–Se stockwork at Piazza (Liguria). These deposits share various (mineralogical, chemical, thermal, and stable isotopic) similarities to the Five Element Vein-type ores but only the first two were economic for Co–Ni. The Sardinian Ni-rich veins occur in Paleozoic basement near two Variscan plutons. Like the Co-rich Usseglio vein system, the uneconomic Piazza deposit is hosted in an ophiolite setting anomalous for Co. The Sardinian and Usseglio deposits share a polyphasic assemblage with Ni–Co–As–Sb–Bi followed by Ag-base metal sulfides, in siderite-rich gangue, whereas Piazza shows As-free, Ag–Pb–Te–Se-bearing Co–Ni–Cu sulfides, in prehnite–chlorite gangue. Fluid inclusions indicated Co–Ni arsenide precipitation at ≈170 °C for Usseglio, whereas for the Sardinian system late sulfide deposition occurred within the 52–126 °C range. Ore fluids in both systems are NaCl-CaCl2-bearing basinal brines. The chlorite geothermometer at Piazza provides the range of 200–280 °C for ore deposition from CO2-poor fluids. Enrichments in Se and negative δ13C in carbonates suggest interaction with carbonaceous shales. These deposits involve issues about source rocks, controls on Co/Ni and possible role of arsenic and carbonate components towards economic mineralization.
Marilena Moroni; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Stefano Naitza; Lorenzo Magnani; Giovanni Ruggieri; Andrea Aquino; Paola Tartarotti; Andrea Franklin; Elena Ferrari; Daniele Castelli; Giacomo Oggiano; Francesco Secchi. Factors Controlling Hydrothermal Nickel and Cobalt Mineralization—Some Suggestions from Historical Ore Deposits in Italy. Minerals 2019, 9, 429 .
AMA StyleMarilena Moroni, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Stefano Naitza, Lorenzo Magnani, Giovanni Ruggieri, Andrea Aquino, Paola Tartarotti, Andrea Franklin, Elena Ferrari, Daniele Castelli, Giacomo Oggiano, Francesco Secchi. Factors Controlling Hydrothermal Nickel and Cobalt Mineralization—Some Suggestions from Historical Ore Deposits in Italy. Minerals. 2019; 9 (7):429.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarilena Moroni; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Stefano Naitza; Lorenzo Magnani; Giovanni Ruggieri; Andrea Aquino; Paola Tartarotti; Andrea Franklin; Elena Ferrari; Daniele Castelli; Giacomo Oggiano; Francesco Secchi. 2019. "Factors Controlling Hydrothermal Nickel and Cobalt Mineralization—Some Suggestions from Historical Ore Deposits in Italy." Minerals 9, no. 7: 429.
In the SW Alps, at the NE margin of the Argentera Massif, the occurrence of isolated bodies of silicate-bearing marbles (Valdieri Marble), laterally passing to non-metamorphic Mesozoic limestones of the Dauphinois succession, appears enigmatic, since their origin cannot be related to the regional metamorphism. The stratigraphic, geometric, petrographic, and geochemical features of the Valdieri Marble indicate that it originated from the upflow of hydrothermal fluids which deeply recrystallised the limestone and provoked the abundant neoblastesis of silicate minerals, at an estimated crystallisation temperature of ca. 350 °C. This paper provides for the first time an absolute U/Pb age, comprised between 30 and 31.6 Ma (early Oligocene), for the Valdieri Marble, which is affected by a syn-genetic shear foliation in turn crosscut by the main Alpine tectonic foliations. The hydrothermal fluids that formed the Valdieri Marble migrated along low-angle shear zones, mostly parallel to the sedimentary primary bedding, which were downward connected with high-angle master faults of the “Alpine SW transfer”, a main Oligocene–early Miocene transcurrent shear zone at the southern termination of the Western Alps. The localized heat flow sustaining the hydrothermal system could be related to the early Oligocene thermal event, well documented by magmatic activity in the Western and Central Alps.
Carlo Bertok; Luca Barale; Anna D’Atri; Luca Martire; Fabrizio Piana; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Axel Gerdes. Unusual marbles in a non-metamorphic succession of the SW Alps (Valdieri, Italy) due to early Oligocene hydrothermal flow. International Journal of Earth Sciences 2019, 108, 693 -712.
AMA StyleCarlo Bertok, Luca Barale, Anna D’Atri, Luca Martire, Fabrizio Piana, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Axel Gerdes. Unusual marbles in a non-metamorphic succession of the SW Alps (Valdieri, Italy) due to early Oligocene hydrothermal flow. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 2019; 108 (2):693-712.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlo Bertok; Luca Barale; Anna D’Atri; Luca Martire; Fabrizio Piana; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Axel Gerdes. 2019. "Unusual marbles in a non-metamorphic succession of the SW Alps (Valdieri, Italy) due to early Oligocene hydrothermal flow." International Journal of Earth Sciences 108, no. 2: 693-712.
Giovanna Antonella Dino; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Luigi Perotti; Walter Alberto; Heikki Sarkka; Frederic Coulon; Stuart Wagland; Zoe Griffiths; Franco Rodeghiero. Landfill mining from extractive waste facilities: The importance of a correct site characterisation and evaluation of the potentialities. A case study from Italy. Resources Policy 2018, 59, 50 -61.
AMA StyleGiovanna Antonella Dino, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Luigi Perotti, Walter Alberto, Heikki Sarkka, Frederic Coulon, Stuart Wagland, Zoe Griffiths, Franco Rodeghiero. Landfill mining from extractive waste facilities: The importance of a correct site characterisation and evaluation of the potentialities. A case study from Italy. Resources Policy. 2018; 59 ():50-61.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanna Antonella Dino; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Luigi Perotti; Walter Alberto; Heikki Sarkka; Frederic Coulon; Stuart Wagland; Zoe Griffiths; Franco Rodeghiero. 2018. "Landfill mining from extractive waste facilities: The importance of a correct site characterisation and evaluation of the potentialities. A case study from Italy." Resources Policy 59, no. : 50-61.
Giovanna Antonella Dino; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Giulio Biglia; Maria Luisa Sapino; Francesco Di Mauro; Heikki Sarkka; Frederic Coulon; Diogo Gomes; Lucia Parejo-Bravo; Pilar Zapata Aranda; Antonia Lorenzo Lopez; Jorge Lopez; Erno Garamvolgyi; Sandra Stojanovic; Antonietta Pizza; Marco De La Feld. SMART GROUND PROJECT: A NEW APPROACH TO DATA ACCESSIBILITY AND COLLECTION FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS IN EUROPE. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 2017, 16, 1673 -1684.
AMA StyleGiovanna Antonella Dino, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Giulio Biglia, Maria Luisa Sapino, Francesco Di Mauro, Heikki Sarkka, Frederic Coulon, Diogo Gomes, Lucia Parejo-Bravo, Pilar Zapata Aranda, Antonia Lorenzo Lopez, Jorge Lopez, Erno Garamvolgyi, Sandra Stojanovic, Antonietta Pizza, Marco De La Feld. SMART GROUND PROJECT: A NEW APPROACH TO DATA ACCESSIBILITY AND COLLECTION FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS IN EUROPE. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. 2017; 16 (8):1673-1684.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanna Antonella Dino; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Giulio Biglia; Maria Luisa Sapino; Francesco Di Mauro; Heikki Sarkka; Frederic Coulon; Diogo Gomes; Lucia Parejo-Bravo; Pilar Zapata Aranda; Antonia Lorenzo Lopez; Jorge Lopez; Erno Garamvolgyi; Sandra Stojanovic; Antonietta Pizza; Marco De La Feld. 2017. "SMART GROUND PROJECT: A NEW APPROACH TO DATA ACCESSIBILITY AND COLLECTION FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS IN EUROPE." Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 16, no. 8: 1673-1684.
The issue of resource security has come to the forefront of the debate as Critical Materials (CRM) and Raw Materials (RM) supply is fundamental to maintain and develop EU economy. Considering the increasing scarcity and raising prices of RM, their recycling and recovery from anthropogenic deposits is essential. To date there is no homogeneous inventory available of SRM and CRM present in EU landfills, and best management practices to recover SRM from landfill activities are inefficient. In this context, the EU SMART GROUND project intends to foster resource recovery in landfills by improving the availability and the accessibility of data and information on SRM in the EU
Giovanna Antonella Dino; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Giulio Biglia; Frederic Coulon; Diogo Antonio Martins Gomes; Stuart Wagland; Sami Luste; Heikki Särkkä; Csaba Ver; Marco Delafeld; Antonietta Pizza. SMART GROUND Project: SMART Data Collection and Integration Platform to Enhance Availability and Accessibility of Data and Information in the EU Territory on Secondary Raw Materials. Energy Procedia 2016, 97, 15 -22.
AMA StyleGiovanna Antonella Dino, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Giulio Biglia, Frederic Coulon, Diogo Antonio Martins Gomes, Stuart Wagland, Sami Luste, Heikki Särkkä, Csaba Ver, Marco Delafeld, Antonietta Pizza. SMART GROUND Project: SMART Data Collection and Integration Platform to Enhance Availability and Accessibility of Data and Information in the EU Territory on Secondary Raw Materials. Energy Procedia. 2016; 97 ():15-22.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanna Antonella Dino; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Giulio Biglia; Frederic Coulon; Diogo Antonio Martins Gomes; Stuart Wagland; Sami Luste; Heikki Särkkä; Csaba Ver; Marco Delafeld; Antonietta Pizza. 2016. "SMART GROUND Project: SMART Data Collection and Integration Platform to Enhance Availability and Accessibility of Data and Information in the EU Territory on Secondary Raw Materials." Energy Procedia 97, no. : 15-22.
When making decisions impacting public utility and encouraging and/or enforcing behavioral rules, public administrators need to rely on data and knowledge supporting their choices, which can be used to better inform those citizens who will be affected by such decisions. Many open data repositories exist and can be accessed and used by both decision makers and citizens. Similarly, semantic tagging is now commonly used as a way to allow users provide their own knowledge to be associated to data. In this paper, we present a novel participatory system which allows traditional databases and semantic tagging modules coexist in the same knowledge base, and provides the users with query enrichment functionalities to enable ontology-based query expansion. We describe CroSSE, our CrowdSourced Semantic Enrichment query system architecture, define the enrichment specification language, and discuss a use case in which the proposed technology is being applied in a participatory e-government setting. The use case is in the context of our SmartGround EU funded project, in which a relational database platform is designed to collect data of interest concerning secondary raw materials from mines as well as municipality waste. CroSSE semantic enrichment architecture interacts with this platform to expand queries and results on the basis of users' domain knowledge.
Francesco Di Mauro; Paolo Pasteris; Maria Luisa Sapino; K. Selçuk Candan; Giovanna Antonella Dino; Piergiorgio Rossetti. CrowdSourced semantic enrichment for participatory e-Government. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Digital Arts 2016, 82 -89.
AMA StyleFrancesco Di Mauro, Paolo Pasteris, Maria Luisa Sapino, K. Selçuk Candan, Giovanna Antonella Dino, Piergiorgio Rossetti. CrowdSourced semantic enrichment for participatory e-Government. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Digital Arts. 2016; ():82-89.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Di Mauro; Paolo Pasteris; Maria Luisa Sapino; K. Selçuk Candan; Giovanna Antonella Dino; Piergiorgio Rossetti. 2016. "CrowdSourced semantic enrichment for participatory e-Government." Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Digital Arts , no. : 82-89.
Gold, among all conventional metals subject to a progressive increase in value in the international market, has jumped powerfully into the spotlight during all economic crises. This contingency led to reconsider the dismissing process of some Italian mining sites and in particular at Pestarena- in the Anzasca Valley near Macugnaga (NW Alps) -the most important historical gold mine in the Alps. This mine site interests an area of 4 km2 through about 40 km of tunnels. The orebodies are composed of gold-bearing post-metamorphic structures, represented by mineralized cataclasites and veins, often discontinuous and with complex structural geometry. Such a structural complexity makes it difficult to assume a profitable method of exploitation without a whole prospection of the deposit, pursuing the goals of safety and sustainability of the mine. In order to visualize the geometric relationships between orebodies and mine levels, it was necessary to digitalize the unique still existing mining plan, updated at the end of 1960 when the mine was closed. This process led to the creation of a 3D digital map. This has proven critical in the understanding of spatial relationships between surface topography and mine elements. The study allowed us to plan further field surveys based on new criteria that gave a better geo-mining knowledge of the site. It also demonstrates a potential interest for the exploitation of immediately exploitable gold resources and give interesting highlights on the possible future development of the mine activities.
Andrea Giuliani; Giuseppe Mandrone; Piergiorgio Rossetti. Preliminary Studies Aimed at the Re-Opening of Pestarena Gold Mine (North-Western Alps, Italy). American Journal of Environmental Sciences 2015, 11, 145 -156.
AMA StyleAndrea Giuliani, Giuseppe Mandrone, Piergiorgio Rossetti. Preliminary Studies Aimed at the Re-Opening of Pestarena Gold Mine (North-Western Alps, Italy). American Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2015; 11 (3):145-156.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrea Giuliani; Giuseppe Mandrone; Piergiorgio Rossetti. 2015. "Preliminary Studies Aimed at the Re-Opening of Pestarena Gold Mine (North-Western Alps, Italy)." American Journal of Environmental Sciences 11, no. 3: 145-156.
Susanna Carbonin; Silvana Martin; Simone Tumiati; Piergiorgio Rossetti. Magnetite from the Cogne serpentinites (Piemonte ophiolite nappe, Italy). Insights into seafloor fluid–rock interaction. European Journal of Mineralogy 2015, 27, 31 -50.
AMA StyleSusanna Carbonin, Silvana Martin, Simone Tumiati, Piergiorgio Rossetti. Magnetite from the Cogne serpentinites (Piemonte ophiolite nappe, Italy). Insights into seafloor fluid–rock interaction. European Journal of Mineralogy. 2015; 27 (1):31-50.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSusanna Carbonin; Silvana Martin; Simone Tumiati; Piergiorgio Rossetti. 2015. "Magnetite from the Cogne serpentinites (Piemonte ophiolite nappe, Italy). Insights into seafloor fluid–rock interaction." European Journal of Mineralogy 27, no. 1: 31-50.
Sulfides entering subduction zones can play an important role in the release of sulfur and metals to the mantle wedge and contribute to the formation of volcanic arc‐associated ores. Fractionation of stable sulfur isotopes recorded by sulfides during metamorphism can provide evidence of fluid‐rock interactions during metamorphism and give insights on sulfur mobilization. A detailed microtextural and geochemical study was performed on mineralized samples from two ocean floor‐related sulfide deposits (Servette and Beth‐Ghinivert) in high‐pressure units of the Italian Western Alps, which underwent different metamorphic evolutions. The combination of microtextural investigations with δ34S values from in situ ion probe analyses within individual pyrite and chalcopyrite grains allowed evaluation of the effectiveness of metamorphism in modifying the isotopic record and mobilizing sulfur and metals and have insights on fluid circulation within the slab. Textures and isotopic compositions inherited from the protolith are recorded at Beth‐Ghinivert, where limited metamorphic recrystallization is attributed to limited interaction with metamorphic fluids. Isotopic modification by metamorphic processes occurred only at the submillimeter scale at Servette, where local interactions with infiltrating hydrothermal fluid are recorded by metamorphic grains. Notwithstanding the differences recorded by the two deposits, neither underwent intensive isotopic reequilibration or records evidence of intense fluid‐rock interaction and S mobilization during metamorphism. Therefore, subducted sulfide deposits dominated by pyrite and chalcopyrite are unlikely to release significant quantities of sulfur to the mantle wedge and to arc magmatism sources at metamorphic grades below the lower eclogite facies.
Fabio Giacometti; Katy Evans; Gisella Rebay; John Cliff; Andrew Tomkins; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Gloria Vaggelli; David Adams. Sulfur isotope evolution in sulfide ores from Western Alps: Assessing the influence of subduction-related metamorphism. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 2014, 15, 3808 -3829.
AMA StyleFabio Giacometti, Katy Evans, Gisella Rebay, John Cliff, Andrew Tomkins, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Gloria Vaggelli, David Adams. Sulfur isotope evolution in sulfide ores from Western Alps: Assessing the influence of subduction-related metamorphism. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2014; 15 (10):3808-3829.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabio Giacometti; Katy Evans; Gisella Rebay; John Cliff; Andrew Tomkins; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Gloria Vaggelli; David Adams. 2014. "Sulfur isotope evolution in sulfide ores from Western Alps: Assessing the influence of subduction-related metamorphism." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15, no. 10: 3808-3829.
Marta Padoan; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Daniela Rubatto. The Choco 10 gold deposit (El Callao, Bolivar State, Venezuela): Petrography, geochemistry and U–Pb geochronology. Precambrian Research 2014, 252, 22 -38.
AMA StyleMarta Padoan, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Daniela Rubatto. The Choco 10 gold deposit (El Callao, Bolivar State, Venezuela): Petrography, geochemistry and U–Pb geochronology. Precambrian Research. 2014; 252 ():22-38.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Padoan; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Daniela Rubatto. 2014. "The Choco 10 gold deposit (El Callao, Bolivar State, Venezuela): Petrography, geochemistry and U–Pb geochronology." Precambrian Research 252, no. : 22-38.
In the Piedmont plain of NW Italy the Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre (IMA) is a remarkable evidence of the Quaternary glaciations. It consists of a wide (505 km2) complex of lateral moraines (i.e. the Serra d’Ivrea), end moraines and kame terraces, encircling a 200 km2 wide flat internal depression above which a subglacially moulded rocky hills (the Colli d’Ivrea) elevates. The glacigenic succession ranges from the end of the Early Pleistocene (dated on palaeomagnetic basis) to the end of the Late Pleistocene (14C radiometric and 10Be exposure ages) (about 900–20 ky BP). The IMA has recently been parted into ten stratigraphical units, potentially correlable to the whole sequence of the main Quaternary glaciations recorded by the marine oxygen isotope stratigraphy. Natural (glacigenic deposits and forms) and archaeological (i.e. the Roman gold mines) features make the IMA a very interesting topic for a multidisciplinary research with educational, cultural and tourist purposes. Some recent and present activities for the land promoting are presented. A candidature to the UNESCO global geopark network is considered as a suitable and ambitious goal.
Franco Gianotti; M. Gabriella Forno; Roberto Ajassa; Fernando Cámara; Emanuele Costa; Simona Ferrando; Marco Giardino; Stefania Lucchesi; Luigi Motta; Michele Motta; Luigi Perotti; Piergiorgio Rossetti. The Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre as a Well Preserved Record of the Quaternary Climate Variability (PROGEO-Piemonte Project, NW Italy). Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8 2014, 235 -238.
AMA StyleFranco Gianotti, M. Gabriella Forno, Roberto Ajassa, Fernando Cámara, Emanuele Costa, Simona Ferrando, Marco Giardino, Stefania Lucchesi, Luigi Motta, Michele Motta, Luigi Perotti, Piergiorgio Rossetti. The Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre as a Well Preserved Record of the Quaternary Climate Variability (PROGEO-Piemonte Project, NW Italy). Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8. 2014; ():235-238.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFranco Gianotti; M. Gabriella Forno; Roberto Ajassa; Fernando Cámara; Emanuele Costa; Simona Ferrando; Marco Giardino; Stefania Lucchesi; Luigi Motta; Michele Motta; Luigi Perotti; Piergiorgio Rossetti. 2014. "The Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre as a Well Preserved Record of the Quaternary Climate Variability (PROGEO-Piemonte Project, NW Italy)." Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8 , no. : 235-238.
The Monviso Ophiolite Geopark (MOG) is one of the strategic geothematic areas chosen to represent the geodiversity of Piemonte within the research project “PROactive management of GEOlogical heritage in the PIEMONTE region”. The MOG is an extraordinary well preserved ophiolite body in the Italian Western Alps. It is one of the best known relics of oceanic crust in the Alps and formed during opening of the Mesozoic western Alpine Tethys and underwent high pressure metamorphism during Alpine subduction. The MOG encompasses the whole lithological spectrum of the Piemonte-Ligurian ophiolites, i.e. metamorphosed peridotite, gabbro, dolerite, basalt, and cover sediments. The MOG gives the almost unique chance for everybody to see and appreciate different portions of the ancient ocean along a mountain trail; from the Po river springs at Pian del Re, to Lago Fiorenza, Lago Lausetto and Lago Superiore, a path rises from 2,000 up to about 2,350 m a.s.l. and shows all different ophiolitic lithologies within few kilometers. The inventory of a number of different geosites at the MOG, whose conservation and development require different expertises, is considered as the first and essential starting point for the geoconservation of geological heritage and geosites.
Franco Rolfo; Gianni Balestro; Alessandro Borghi; Daniele Castelli; Simona Ferrando; Chiara Groppo; Pietro Mosca; Piergiorgio Rossetti. The Monviso Ophiolite Geopark, a Symbol of the Alpine Chain and Geological Heritage in Piemonte, Italy. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8 2014, 239 -243.
AMA StyleFranco Rolfo, Gianni Balestro, Alessandro Borghi, Daniele Castelli, Simona Ferrando, Chiara Groppo, Pietro Mosca, Piergiorgio Rossetti. The Monviso Ophiolite Geopark, a Symbol of the Alpine Chain and Geological Heritage in Piemonte, Italy. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8. 2014; ():239-243.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFranco Rolfo; Gianni Balestro; Alessandro Borghi; Daniele Castelli; Simona Ferrando; Chiara Groppo; Pietro Mosca; Piergiorgio Rossetti. 2014. "The Monviso Ophiolite Geopark, a Symbol of the Alpine Chain and Geological Heritage in Piemonte, Italy." Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8 , no. : 239-243.
In order to promote geosite conservation in the project entitled ‘PROactive management of GEOlogical heritage in the PIEMONTE Region’, we propose a comprehensive study involving the Monviso Massif (MM) geothematic area, one of the most outstanding symbols of the Alps and particularly of the Cottian Alps. Specifically, at the MM, the inventory of a number of different geosites whose conservation and development require different geologic and some additional non-geological expertise is considered: (1) some of the best preserved ophiolites in the Alps and the associated Cu–Fe mineralizations; (2) the lithostructural units in the Germanasca Valley; (3) the first primary source of jade in the Alps at the MM and its importance in terms of Neolithic to Bronze Age-polished stone implements; (4) the world-famous minerals such as coesite and giant pyrope, as well as type localities for new minerals (including carlosturanite); (5) the area, now buried under a debris flow, where Hannibal is thought to have regrouped his army while crossing the Alps; and (6) the biodiversity of lichens, microfungi and cyanobacteria colonizing the ophiolites, which can give additional value for the environmental assessment and evaluation of the MM outcrops. Following geodiversity identification, further stages will be devoted to develop appropriate plans for geodiversity conservation in this area.
Franco Rolfo; Piera Benna; Paola Cadoppi; Daniele Castelli; Sergio Enrico Favero Longo; Marco Giardino; Gianni Balestro; Elena Belluso; Alessandro Borghi; Fernando Cámara; Roberto Compagnoni; Simona Ferrando; Andrea Festa; M. Gabriella Forno; Fabio Giacometti; Franco Gianotti; Chiara Groppo; Bruno Lombardo; Pietro Mosca; Gianluigi Perrone; Rosanna Piervittori; Gisella Rebay; Piergiorgio Rossetti. The Monviso Massif and the Cottian Alps as Symbols of the Alpine Chain and Geological Heritage in Piemonte, Italy. Geoheritage 2014, 7, 65 -84.
AMA StyleFranco Rolfo, Piera Benna, Paola Cadoppi, Daniele Castelli, Sergio Enrico Favero Longo, Marco Giardino, Gianni Balestro, Elena Belluso, Alessandro Borghi, Fernando Cámara, Roberto Compagnoni, Simona Ferrando, Andrea Festa, M. Gabriella Forno, Fabio Giacometti, Franco Gianotti, Chiara Groppo, Bruno Lombardo, Pietro Mosca, Gianluigi Perrone, Rosanna Piervittori, Gisella Rebay, Piergiorgio Rossetti. The Monviso Massif and the Cottian Alps as Symbols of the Alpine Chain and Geological Heritage in Piemonte, Italy. Geoheritage. 2014; 7 (1):65-84.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFranco Rolfo; Piera Benna; Paola Cadoppi; Daniele Castelli; Sergio Enrico Favero Longo; Marco Giardino; Gianni Balestro; Elena Belluso; Alessandro Borghi; Fernando Cámara; Roberto Compagnoni; Simona Ferrando; Andrea Festa; M. Gabriella Forno; Fabio Giacometti; Franco Gianotti; Chiara Groppo; Bruno Lombardo; Pietro Mosca; Gianluigi Perrone; Rosanna Piervittori; Gisella Rebay; Piergiorgio Rossetti. 2014. "The Monviso Massif and the Cottian Alps as Symbols of the Alpine Chain and Geological Heritage in Piemonte, Italy." Geoheritage 7, no. 1: 65-84.
Ilaria Giorgis; Sabrina Bonetto; Roberto Giustetto; Abdou Lawane; Anne Pantet; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Jean-Hugues Thomassin; Raffaele Vinai. The lateritic profile of Balkouin, Burkina Faso: Geochemistry, mineralogy and genesis. Journal of African Earth Sciences 2014, 90, 31 -48.
AMA StyleIlaria Giorgis, Sabrina Bonetto, Roberto Giustetto, Abdou Lawane, Anne Pantet, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Jean-Hugues Thomassin, Raffaele Vinai. The lateritic profile of Balkouin, Burkina Faso: Geochemistry, mineralogy and genesis. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 2014; 90 ():31-48.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIlaria Giorgis; Sabrina Bonetto; Roberto Giustetto; Abdou Lawane; Anne Pantet; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Jean-Hugues Thomassin; Raffaele Vinai. 2014. "The lateritic profile of Balkouin, Burkina Faso: Geochemistry, mineralogy and genesis." Journal of African Earth Sciences 90, no. : 31-48.
In Piemonte, stone has always been the most widely used raw material for buildings, characterizing the architectural identity of the city of Turin. All kinds of rocks, metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary, are represented, including gneisses, marbles, granitoids, and, less commonly, limestones. The great variety of ornamental stones is clearly due to the highly composite geological nature of the Piemonte region related to the presence of the orogenic Alpine chain and the sedimentary Tertiary Piemonte Basin. This paper provides a representative list of the most historic ornamental stones of Piemonte, which have been used over the centuries in buildings and architecture. The main stones occurring in Turin have been identified and described from a petrographic and mineralogical point of view in order to find out the corresponding geological units and quarry sites, from which they were exploited. This allows the associated cultural and scientific interest of stones to be emphasized in the architecture of a town which lies between a mountain chain and a hilly region.
A. Borghi; Anna Raffaella D'Atri; L. Martire; D. Castelli; E. Costa; Giovanna Antonella Dino; Sergio Enrico Favero Longo; Simona Ferrando; L. M. Gallo; Marco Giardino; C. Groppo; R. Piervittori; Franco Rolfo; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Gloria Vaggelli. Fragments of the Western Alpine Chain as Historic Ornamental Stones in Turin (Italy): Enhancement of Urban Geological Heritage through Geotourism. Geoheritage 2013, 6, 41 -55.
AMA StyleA. Borghi, Anna Raffaella D'Atri, L. Martire, D. Castelli, E. Costa, Giovanna Antonella Dino, Sergio Enrico Favero Longo, Simona Ferrando, L. M. Gallo, Marco Giardino, C. Groppo, R. Piervittori, Franco Rolfo, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Gloria Vaggelli. Fragments of the Western Alpine Chain as Historic Ornamental Stones in Turin (Italy): Enhancement of Urban Geological Heritage through Geotourism. Geoheritage. 2013; 6 (1):41-55.
Chicago/Turabian StyleA. Borghi; Anna Raffaella D'Atri; L. Martire; D. Castelli; E. Costa; Giovanna Antonella Dino; Sergio Enrico Favero Longo; Simona Ferrando; L. M. Gallo; Marco Giardino; C. Groppo; R. Piervittori; Franco Rolfo; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Gloria Vaggelli. 2013. "Fragments of the Western Alpine Chain as Historic Ornamental Stones in Turin (Italy): Enhancement of Urban Geological Heritage through Geotourism." Geoheritage 6, no. 1: 41-55.
The modern approach to the design and management of tunnel excavation, and muck reuse, can be influenced to a great extent by the possible presence of rock formations containing asbestos minerals. This situation creates problems concerning the protection of theworkers' health and the expectable environmental criticalities, while a drastic re-consideration of the muck destination is necessary. Since, in the case of carcinogens, corrective action following exposure or dispersion is not acceptable, detailed knowledge of the haracteristics of the material to be excavated is all the more essential. Only on this basis it is possible to design the unneling operations in a prevention through design approach, so that the tunnel driving techniques, fittings and technologies, and special equipment and modus operandi, can grant, where necessary, minimized risk conditions, and make a correct decision on whether, how and when these measures must be fully activated, since such an approach involves a remarkable impact on costs and work organization. In the Western Alps a detailed identification and quantification of the asbestos content in rocks is a difficult task, due to the fact that the asbestos in the host rocks, mainly serpentinite, shows a highly variable distribution, typical of ophiolitic belts throughout the world, as it is mostly associated with joints and shear zones. The possibilities of a predictive assessment of the asbestos content in the formations to be excavated are here discussed, with special reference to the reliability of the achievable results
Davide Labagnara; Mario Patrucco; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Valeria Pellegrino. Predictive assessment of the asbestos content in the Western Italian Alps: an essential tool for an effective approach to risk analysis and management in tunneling operations and muck reuse. Environmental Earth Sciences 2012, 70, 857 -868.
AMA StyleDavide Labagnara, Mario Patrucco, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Valeria Pellegrino. Predictive assessment of the asbestos content in the Western Italian Alps: an essential tool for an effective approach to risk analysis and management in tunneling operations and muck reuse. Environmental Earth Sciences. 2012; 70 (2):857-868.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Labagnara; Mario Patrucco; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Valeria Pellegrino. 2012. "Predictive assessment of the asbestos content in the Western Italian Alps: an essential tool for an effective approach to risk analysis and management in tunneling operations and muck reuse." Environmental Earth Sciences 70, no. 2: 857-868.
Corrado Cigolini; Mario Di Martino; Marco Laiolo; Diego Coppola; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Marco Morelli. Endogenous and nonimpact origin of the Arkenu circular structures (al‐Kufrah basin—SE Libya). Meteoritics & Planetary Science 2012, 47, 1772 -1788.
AMA StyleCorrado Cigolini, Mario Di Martino, Marco Laiolo, Diego Coppola, Piergiorgio Rossetti, Marco Morelli. Endogenous and nonimpact origin of the Arkenu circular structures (al‐Kufrah basin—SE Libya). Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 2012; 47 (11):1772-1788.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCorrado Cigolini; Mario Di Martino; Marco Laiolo; Diego Coppola; Piergiorgio Rossetti; Marco Morelli. 2012. "Endogenous and nonimpact origin of the Arkenu circular structures (al‐Kufrah basin—SE Libya)." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 47, no. 11: 1772-1788.
In the southern Aosta Valley (Italian Western Alps), several massive magnetite bodies occur within serpentinized ultramafic rocks belonging to the Mesozoic meta-ophiolite nappe. The ultramafic rocks consist of lherzolite with minor dunite bodies and show a high pressure metamorphic overprint. The results of a multi-methodological study, based on optical microscopy, electron microprobe analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, are reported here in order to give new insights into (1) the mineralogy and crystal chemistry of spinels and silicates and (2) the genesis of the massive magnetite bodies. Chromium-rich relict cores inside the magnetite grains suggest a derivation from primary chromite concentrations. The major-element behaviour shows the presence of two chromite types: a Cr2O3-rich (Al2O3-poor) type and a Cr2O3-poor (Al2O3-rich) type. Magnetite ore deposits probably represent the product of transformation from a chromite proto-ore which formed in ultramafic rocks pertaining to an ophiolite suite. The transformation of chromite to magnetite occurred during multiple stages: the pre- metamorphic setting of the ultramafics and the petrographic evidence suggest that metasomatism started before the onset of the alpine metamorphism and was active during the early alpine, eclogite- facies metamorphic overprint related to a subduction process under high fluid activity.
Piergiorgio Rossetti; G. Diego Gatta; Valeria Diella; S. Carbonin; A. Della Giusta; A. Ferrario. The magnetite ore districts of the southern Aosta Valley (Western Alps, Italy): a mineralogical study of metasomatized chromite ore. Mineralogical Magazine 2009, 73, 737 -751.
AMA StylePiergiorgio Rossetti, G. Diego Gatta, Valeria Diella, S. Carbonin, A. Della Giusta, A. Ferrario. The magnetite ore districts of the southern Aosta Valley (Western Alps, Italy): a mineralogical study of metasomatized chromite ore. Mineralogical Magazine. 2009; 73 (5):737-751.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiergiorgio Rossetti; G. Diego Gatta; Valeria Diella; S. Carbonin; A. Della Giusta; A. Ferrario. 2009. "The magnetite ore districts of the southern Aosta Valley (Western Alps, Italy): a mineralogical study of metasomatized chromite ore." Mineralogical Magazine 73, no. 5: 737-751.