Tectonics, Structural Geology and related Hazards

Staff: Prof. Luigi Ferranti, Prof. David Iacopini, Prof. Stefano Tavani, Prof. Stefano Vitale, Dr. Francesco Iezzi, Dr. Francesco Pavano

Postgrads: Alberto Bacchiani, Antonio Sepe, Fabio Pagliara, Pietro Boni, Sakshi Yadav, Mubashir Mehmood

Main research topics

The main research topics of the group are:

1) Regional tectonics

2) Structural geology and tectonophysics

3) Active tectonics

4) Volcano-tectonics

5) Planetary tectonics

6) Subsurface structures

A key aspect of our research is a multidisciplinary approach that integrates our expertise with different disciplines, including stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrology, geochronology, geomorphology, geodesy, seismicity and marine geophysics. The research topics currently developed in the individual research areas are:

1) Regional tectonics

Structural and kinematic evolution of fold and thrust belts (collaboration with the University of Benevento; University of Catania; University of Potenza; University of Perugia; University of Barcelona-Spain; CSIC; University of Valdivia-Chile)
Rift margins and strike-slip fault zones tectonics (collaboration with the University of Aberdeen; Dalhousie University, Louisiana State University; University of Edinburgh; China University of Geosciences; Western Washington University)

2) Structural geology and tectonophysics

Structure, evolution and petrography of fault zones (collaboration with University College Dublin; University of Chieti; INGV-Rome)
seismic Imaging of damage structures (collaboration with the University of Aberdeen; University of Stavanger; University of Bergen)
Characterization of structures in sedimentary basins (collaboration Sorbonne University, University of Modena, University of Louisiana Lafayatte, Imperial College London, Universidade Sao Paolo).

3) Active tectonics

Parameterization of active faults (collaboration with University of Chieti, University of Molise; University Partenope; ISPRA, INGV-Rome)
Paleoseismology, speleoseismology and archaeoseismology (collaboration with University of Chieti, ISPRA, Birkbeck, University of London; INGV Catania)
Geophysical-structural imaging of active faults onshore and offshore (collaboration with University of Palermo, INGV- Vesuvius Observatory, Naples)
Tectonic geodesy (collaboration with University of Palermo, University of Catania)

4) Volcano-tectonics

Volcano-tectonic evolution of Campanian volcanoes (collaboration with CNR-ISMAR, Naples, INGV-Vesuvian Observatory, Naples; University of Bremen).

5) Planetary tectonics

Geometry and kinematics of faults on Mercury (collaboration with INAF-IAPS, Rome; University of Padua; University of Fribourg; The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK)
Impact basins – Moon and Mercury (collaboration with INAF-IAPS, Rome; Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris)
Tectonics of Jupiter’s icy satellites (collaboration with INAF-IAPS, Rome)