Program Sessions

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [11.00-12.45] - Auditorium

11:00‐11:15 Graham. L., Krabbendam M., Kelly M., Goodenough K., Clarke S., Williams G. ‐ Cross‐strike discontinuities in the Moine Thrust Belt of NW Scotland; their identity, tectonic significance, and evolution.

11:15‐11:30 Mantovani E., Viti M., Babbucci D., Cenni N. ‐ Seismotectonic implications of transversal discontinuities in the Apennine belt.

11:30‐11:45 Lena G., Barchi M.R., Alvarez W., Felici F. ‐ Structural analysis of foliated fault zones of the Umbria‐ Marche Apennines (Central Italy).

11:45‐12:00 Pietrosante A., Berti D., Di Stefano R. ‐ Structural analysis of some tectonic lines within 348 "Antrodoco" sheet.

12:00‐12:15 Giunta G., Giorgianni A. ‐ Il contributo delle faglie longitudinali e trasversali nell'evoluzione delle Maghrebidi siciliane e dei margini peri‐caraibici.

12:15‐12:30 Pace P., Satolli S., Calamita F. ‐ Along‐strike variation of fault‐related folding in a curve‐shaped foreland fold‐and‐thrust belt: a case from the Northern Apennines.

12:30‐12:45 Coco G., Corrao M., Dipasquale M., Occhipinti R., Petralia M., Tavarnelli E. ‐ L'influenza della Linea Scicli‐Ragusa sulla tettonica quaternaria e la pericolosità geologica presso l'abitato di Scicli (Sicilia sud‐orientale).

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Calamita F., Seno S., Tavarnelli E. ‐ Deformazioni oblique nel sistema orogenico Alpi‐Appennino: vincoli cinematici.

Dallagiovanna G., Decarlis A., Maino M., Seno S., Toscani G. ‐ Structural setting of the easternmost Dauphinois: stratigraphic and tectonic characters from the Ventimiglia area.

Di Domenica A., Turtù A., Satolli S., Calamita F. ‐ Inherited discontinuities in curved belt development: the oblique thrust front of the Central‐Northern Apennines.

Giorgianni A., Luzio D., Sulli A.,   Giunta G., Capizzi P., Martorana R. ‐ Nuovi contributi sismologici e geologico‐ strutturali a supporto di un modello sismotettonico della zona di cerniera tra la Sicilia settentrionale ed il Tirreno meridionale.

Pace P., Scisciani V., Calamita F. ‐ Structural inheritance in two circum‐Mediterranean fold‐and‐thrust belts: Preliminary results from a comparison.

Pace P., Scisciani V., Calamita F., Paltrinieri W. ‐ Positive flower structures as reactivated normal faults along oblique thrust ramps: examples from the Apulian structures, Central‐Southern Apennines.

Turtù A., Satolli S., Calamita F. ‐ Oblique vs. frontal thrust shear zones: The curve‐shaped Olevano‐Antrodoco‐ Sibillini thrust (Central‐Northern Apennines, Italy).

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [15.00-16.30] - Auditorium

15:00‐15:15 Catalano R., Valenti V., Albanese C., Sulli A., Gasparo Morticelli M., Accaino F., Tinivella U., Giustiniani M., Zanolla C., Avellone G., Basilone L. ‐ Crustal structures of the Sicily orogene along the SIRIPRO seismic profile.

15:15‐15:30 Pozzovivo V., Galbiati M., Barchi M. R., Rocchini P., Cairo E. ‐ Interpretation of a 3D seismic survey of an anticline in the Po Plain subsurface: Seismic Geomorphology analysis and reconstruction of the Plio‐Pleistocene syn‐tectonic depositional systems.

15:30‐15:45 Donda F., Civile D., Forlin E., Volpi V., Zecchin M., Gordini E., Merson B., De Santis L. ‐ Evidences of recent tectonics in the Northern Adriatic sea?

15:45‐16:00 Argnani A. ‐ The Apulian platform and the structural styles along the front of the Hellenide fold belt (south‐eastern Adriatic).

16:00‐16:15 Albino I., Cavazza W., Zattin M., Okay A. I., Adamia S., Sadradze N. ‐ Apatite fission‐track analysis of the tectonic effects of the Arabia‐Eurasia collision.

16:15‐16:30 Radeff G., Cosentino D., Cipollari P., Schildgen T. F., Strecker M. R., Darbaş G., Gürbüz K. ‐ Uplift of the SE margin of the Central Anatolian plateau: Temporal constraints from the Adana Basin, southern Turkey.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Campagnoni V., Tomassetti L., Brandano M., Lipparini L., Romi A. ‐ 3D Outcrop Modeling: the Oligo‐Miocene Carbonate System of the Maiella Mountain, Rapina Mountain area - Abruzzo Region, Italy.

Capraro L., Carobene L., Ghinassi M., ‐ The Crosia‐Calopezzati basin (Cosenza, Calabria): a paradigm of coastal to open‐marine correlation.

Centamore E., Dramis F., Fubelli G. ‐ Plio‐Pleistocene tectonics in the Marche‐Abruzzi peri‐Adriatic belt.

Cianflone G., Dominici R., Sonnino M. ‐ Studio preliminare delle facies evaporitiche e carbonatiche del Messiniano della Stretta di Catanzaro (Calabria Centrale).

Ciarcia S., Vitale S. ‐ Sedimentary and tectonic evolution of the Pliocene Ariano wedge‐top basin (southern Apennines, Italy).

Cipollari P., Cosentino D., Radeff G., Schildgen T. F., Faranda C., Gliozzi E., Grossi F., Smedile A., Gennari R., Darbaş G., Dudas F. O., Gürbüz K., Nazik A. ‐ Evidence of the Mediterranean early Zanclean flooding in the Adana Basin (southern Turkey).

Fabbi S., Galluzzo F., Pichezzi R. M., Santantonio M. ‐ Calcarenites in the upper Miocene terrigenous units of Central Apennines: composition, age and paleogeographic significance.

Fabbi S. ‐ Late Miocene extension in the Central Apennines: field evidence from the Simbruini Mts. Famiani F., Pierantoni P., Macchiavelli C., Baldanza A., Turco E. ‐ Stratigraphic and tectonic evolution of Crati basin: extension along strike of northern part of Calabrian Arc.

Gugliotta C., Avellone G., Gasparo Morticelli M.,    Agate M., Barchi M. R., vTectono‐sedimentary evolution of Miocene – Pliocene wedge‐top basins in the North‐Western Sicilian Maghrebides (Italy).

Massa B., Graziano R., D'Onofrio M. ‐ Tectonic evolution of southern Matese Mounts (Southern Apennine).

Muto F., Critelli S., Tripodi V. ‐ Tectono‐stratigraphic relations along a transect between the Neogene Ionian foreland and Tyrrhenian backarc basins (Northern Calabria).

Sabatino C., D'assisi F. T., Stefano V. ‐ Structural analysis and stratigraphy of Internal units (Calabria‐Lucania boundary, Southern Italy).

Senatore M. R., Boscaino M., Roberto A. ‐ The evaporitic succession of Monte Castello (Savignano Irpino, Campania). Stratigraphy and facies analysis.

Tripodi V., Muto F., Critelli S. ‐ Tectono‐stratigraphic evolution of the Siderno Basin, southern Calabrian Arc, Italy.

Zecchin  M., Caffau  M., Civile D., Critelli S., Di Stefano A., Maniscalco R., Muto F., Sturiale G., Roda C. ‐ The Plio‐ Pleistocene evolution of the Crotone Basin (southern Italy).

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [17.00-18.30] - Auditorium

17:00‐17:15 Carminati E., Lustrino M., Doglioni C.‐ Geodynamic evolution of the central and western Mediterranean: Tectonics vs. igneous petrology constraints.

17:15‐17:30 Langone A., Micheletti F. ‐ Provenance of Hercynian medium‐low grade metasediments in northern Calabria (southern Italy): evidence from LA‐ICP‐MS U‐Pb data of detrital zircons from the Mandatoriccio complex   .

17:30‐17‐45 Liberi F., Piluso E. ‐ Permo‐Triassic gabbroic magmatism whitin the lower Variscan continental crust section of the Northern Calabrian Arc, Southern Italy.

17:45‐18:00 Casini L., Maino M., Cuccuru S., Puccini A., Longo V., Testone V., Oggiano G., Edel J.B. ‐  Crustal melting in the Corsica‐Sardinia Batholith: where the heat came from?

18:00‐18:15 Caironi V. ‐ Petrogenetic meaning of zircon growth stages in metasediments.

18:15‐18:30 Zucali M., Manzotti P., Diella V., Pesenti C., Spalla M. I., Govetto L. ‐ Migmatite structures development in the Austroalpine continental basement (Valpelline unit) during Permian extension.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Caggianelli A., Festa V., Langone A., Prosser G. ‐ Effects of incremental growth of granite plutons on the thermal evolution of the continental crust exposed in Calabria.

Cirrincione R., Fazio E., Fiannacca P., Ortolano G., Pezzino A., Punturo R. ‐ Quartz annealing microstructures in sheared rocks from the Serre Massif (Calabria, Italy).

Cirrincione R., Fiannacca P., Lo Pò D., Ortolano G., Pezzino A. ‐ Tectono‐metamorphic evolution of middle crustal metapelites    from the greenschist fascies    basement of the Peloritani Mountains (North‐eastern Sicily).

Festa V., Spiess R., Caggianelli A., Prosser G. ‐ The amount of thinning recorded in the Hercynian continental crust exposed in the Serre Massif (Calabria, southern Italy).

Fiannacca P., William I.S., Cirrincione R., Pezzino A. ‐ Late Cadomian and late Variscan granitoid magmatism in the southern Calabria‐Peloritani Orogen (southern Italy).

Muschitiello A., Fornelli A., Micheletti F. ‐ Basic magmatism in the lower crust of the Serre (Calabria): petrographic and geochemical study.

Piccarreta G., Fornelli A., Langone A., Micheletti F. ‐ Memory of the pre‐Triassic events in the Calabria Terrane Punturo R. ‐ Contribution to a possible reconstruction of the Hyblean lithospheric column on the basis of deep‐ seated xenoliths from Miocene tuff breccias.

Punturo R., Cirrincione R., Fazio E., Fiannacca P., Kern H., Mengel K., Ortolano G., Pezzino A. ‐ Quartz deformation mechanisms in shear zones inferred by quantitative microstructural investigation: the case study of Kavala (Rhodope Massif, north‐eastern Greece).

Romano V., Cirrincione R., Fiannacca P., Tranchina A., Villa I.M. ‐ Petrologic constraints on post‐Variscan andesite dyke magmatism in the Sila Massif (northern Calabria).

Sacco V., Cirrincione R., Ortolano G., Pezzino A. ‐ Structural and petrological investigations on a crustal‐scale ductile shear zone in the Sila Piccola Massif: new geodynamic implications for the Castagna Unit (Northern Calabria, Southern Italy).

Sansone M.T.C., Prosser G., Rizzo G. ‐ Orogenic metamorphism recorded in amphibolites from Liguride accretionary wedge (Southern Apennine‐Italy).

Scicchitano M.R., Liberi F., Piluso E. ‐ Migmatization processes in the Sila Unit of the Northern Catena Costiera (Calabria, southern Italy).

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [11.00-12.30] - Caldora Room

11:00‐11:15 Bonforte A., Catalano S., Maniscalco R., Romagnoli G., Sturiale G., Tortorici G. ‐Active deformation along the northern margin of the Hyblean Plateau (SE Sicily) from GPS and geological data.

11:15‐11:30 Roberts G., Cowie P., Phillips R. McCaffrey K., Sammonds P., McCloskey J., Nalbant S., Freeman S. ‐ Earthquake hazard from in situ 36Cl exposure dating of elapsed time and Coulomb stress transfer.

11:30‐11:45 Riguzzi F., Barba S., Carminati E., Crespi M., Devoti R., Doglioni C., Pietrantonio G., Pisani A.R. ‐ The brittle ‐ductile transition as the switch for earthquakes.

11:45‐12:00 Finocchio D., Barba S. ‐ Fault locking as an indicator of seismogenic potential.

12:00‐12:15 Cowie P.A., Roberts G.P., Bull J.M., Visini F. ‐ Relationships between fault geometry, slip rate variability and earthquake recurrence in extensional settings.

12:15‐12:30 Gulen L. ‐ October 23, 2011 Van Earthquake (Mw=7.1), Turkey : Was it improbable or unexpected?

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Caputo R., Pavlides S., Sotiris S., Theodoros T., Eleni K. ‐ Geologically‐based seismic zonation of Greece.

Carafa M., Cosimo M. ‐ Long‐term seismicity predicted by crustal flow in the Mediterranean region.

D'Amato D., Di Nicola L., Pace B., Visini F., Stuart M.F., Azzaro R. ‐ Cosmogenic He exposure dating as a tool to calculate slip rates: example from the Pernicana fault system (Mt. Etna).

Puglisi S., Palano M., Monaco C., Tavarnelli E., Alparone S. ‐ Multi‐disciplinary Approach to the Study of the Pernicana Fault System, Mt. Etna, Sicily: Integration of Structural, Geodetic and Seismological Data.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [11.00-12.30] - Room B

11:00‐11:15 Cinti F.R., Cucci L. ‐ Downtown faults.

11:15‐11:30 Boncio P., Galli P., Naso G., Pizzi A. ‐ Zoning Surface Rupture Hazard along Normal Faults.

11:30‐11:45 Gori S., Falcucci E., Moro M., Saroli M., Chiarabba C., Fubelli G., Galadini F. ‐ Active normal faulting, rupture segmentation and structural "complexities": insight from geological, paleoseismological and seismological data along the middle Aterno river valley, in the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake region (Central Italy).

11:45‐12:00 Civico R., Pantosti D., Pucci S., De Martini P.M.  ‐  The contribution of airborne LiDAR data to the assessment of surface faulting hazard.

12:00‐12:15 Livio F., Berlusconi A., Michetti A.M., Sileo G., Zerboni A., Trombino L., Spoetl C., Rodnight H. ‐ Late Pleistocene to Holocene activity of a blind thrust deduced from surface secondary faulting: preliminary paleoseismological results on the Monte Netto site (N Italy).

12:15‐12:30 Pirrotta C., Barbano M.S., Pantosti D., De Martini P.M. ‐ Sub‐bottom Chirp analysis for active tectonics and seismo‐induced features investigation: application in the Augusta Bay (Italy).

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Barbano M.S., De Martini P.M., Pantosti D., Pirrotta C. ‐ Smedile A., Pinzi S., Historical tsunamis and paleotsunami deposits on eastern Sicily.

Bonadeo L., Michetti A. M., Brunamonte , Fioraso G., Livio F., Ferrario F., Serva L., Vittori E.  ‐  The seismic landscape of the F. Monferrato Arc ‐ NW Po Plain (N Italy).

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [11.00-12.30] - Room B

15:00‐15:15 Scarascia Mugnozza G., Prestininzi A., Bozzano F., Martino S., Esposito C., Bianchi Fasani G., Bretschneider A. ‐ Deep Seated Slope Deformations and Large Rockslides: from geological modeling to risk management.

15:15‐15:30 Chelli A., Tellini C., Ruffini A., Vescovi P. ‐ Large landslides and recently uplifted antiforms in the Northern Apennines (Italy): the Ossella landslide (T. Mozzola Valley).

15:30‐15:45 Faccini F., Firpo M., Robbiano A., Roccati A. ‐ A large‐scale landslide in the recently uplifted coastal area between Moneglia and Punta Rospo (Eastern Liguria, Italy).

15:45‐16:00 Guerricchio A., Doglioni A., Simeone V. ‐ Tectonic‐gravitational deep‐seated failures and macro‐ landslides in Scilla and Punta Pezzo area (Southern Calabria ‐ Italy).

16:00‐16:15 Guerricchio A., Simeone V. ‐ Preliminary remarks on gravitational tectonic deformations and DSGSD in mount Poro headland (Calabria ‐ South Italy).

16:15‐16:30 Bozzano F., Esposito C., Martini G., Martino S., Prestininzi A., Rinaldis D., Romeo R.W., Scarascia Mugnozza G. ‐ Seismically‐induced re‐activation of landslides along the Southern Calabria Tyrrhenian coast: co‐seismic displacements computed by a spectrum compatibility approach.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Ponte M., Guerricchio A., Fortunato G. ‐ DSGSD and big landslides between the territories of Paola‐San Lucido and Rende‐Cosenza (Calabria Region ‐ Italy).

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [11.00-12.45] - Room A

11:00‐11.15 Stanley JD., Bernasconi M.P. ‐ Did powerful land uplift and offshore subsidence events displace ancient Hipponion's port facilities on Calabria's Trainiti coastal margin?  

11:15‐11:30 Greco G., Ferrara B., Tomeo A. ‐ South‐western area of the Forum of Cumae. Analysis of fabrics and pottery productions.

11:30‐11:45 Ciarallo A., De Carolis E., Senatore M.R. ‐ Water supply and water circulation in ancient Pompeii: resource management and catastrophic events in the past and in the present.

11:45‐12:00 Ferranti L., Pagliarulo R., Antonioli F., Randisi A. ‐ Holocene episodic subsidence and steady tectonic motion at the ancient Sybaris (Calabria, southern Italy).

12:00‐12:15 Del Gaudio S., Cirillo A., Di Bernardo G., Galderisi U., Thanasoulas T., Pitsios T., Cipollaro M. ‐ Molecular analysis of ancient Greek human remains.

12.15‐12:30 Marabini S., Scardozzi G. ‐ Geo‐archaeological research in Hierapolis of Phrygia (Turkey): preliminary results.

12:30‐12:45 Cubellis E., Delizia I., Luongo G., Obrizzo F. ‐ Sea level change, ground deformations, human settlements in the bay of Naples.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Bellotti P., Calderoni G., Dall'Aglio P.L., Davoli L., D'Orefice M., Ferrari K., Mazzanti M., Torri P. ‐ Landscape evolution around Minturnae.

Bianchi Fasani G., Bretschneider A., Di Luzio E. ‐ The "Geological Heritage" of the Palatino Hill (Rome, Italy): landscape evolution, rock slope instability and anthropic modifications.

Cirillo C., Acampora G., Scarpa L., Zannini U. ‐ Exploring the landscape of Northern Campania in Roman times and the route of the Appian Way from Sinuessa to Capua.

Cubellis E., Delizia I., Luongo G., Obrizzo F. ‐ Sea level changes, ground deformations, human settlements in the bay of Naples.

Florenzano A., Mercuri A.M. ‐ Palynology of archaeological sites: the example of economy and human impact of the Metaponto area (6th‐1st century BC).

Greco G., Paternoster G., Ferrara B., Franco M., Giacco M. ‐ The Sanctuary of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele: non destructive analysis of archaeological finds.

Ietto F., Salvo F. ‐ Methodological approach for the evaluation of the sustainability of man made environments.

Pirrera G., Greco V. ‐ Ancient Landscape in Sicily: a net of experiences for ecological restoration in archaeological sites.

Zannini U., Scarpa L., Cirillo C., Acampora G. ‐ Changes to the route of Appian Way in northern Campania: subsidence and waterlogging of coastal areas.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [15.00-16.30] - Room A

15:00‐15:15 Anzidei M., Antonioli F., Benini A., Auriemma R., Solinas E. ‐ Archaeological sites and relative sea level changes: recent results in the Mediterranean: a review.

15:15‐15:30 Capizzi P., Martorana R., Messina P., Schiavone S. ‐ A constrained geophysical model of the landslide that affects the Agrigento Cathedral.

15:30‐15‐45 Fichera G V., Barca D., Belfiore C M., La Russa M F., Pezzino A. ‐ Technological and geochemical study of historical mortars from the Roman "Villa dei Quintili" (Rome, Italy).

15:45‐16:00 Vola G., Cavallo G., Corredig G. ‐ Geo‐petrographic and litho‐applicative characterization of the Sarnico Stone, Lombard Southern Alps, Italy.

16:00‐16:15 Pezzino A., De Francesco A.M., Montana G., Azzaro E.M., Belfiore C.M., Fazio E., La Russa M.F., Polito A.M., Punturo R., Randazzo L. ‐ Innovative experimental approaches applied to the study of ceramics from underwater archaeological excavations.

16:15‐16:30 Testone V., Longo V., Algeri G., Bottacchi M C, Campo D. ‐ Ground Penetrating Radar and Geoelectrical Surveys to investigate the Santa Filitica Archaeological Complex (Northern Sardinia).

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Apollaro C., Miriello D.,  Bloise A., Critelli T., Dotsika E., Marabini S., Crisci G.M. ‐ New geochemical data relating to the interactions between thermal waters and the archaeological site of Hierapolis (Turkey).

Barca D., Belfiore C.M., Crisci G.M., La Russa M.F., Pezzino A., Ruffolo S.A. ‐ Genesis of black crusts on building stones from three Italian cities: relations with environmental pollution.

Beneduce P.,Guarino P. M.  , Longhitano S., Schiattarella M. ‐ New insights on the possible location of the Roman Harbour of Pompeii.

Cefalà M., Perito B., Perri E. ‐ Nano‐structural analysis of bio‐mediated Ca‐carbonate.

Comite V., Barca D., Belfiore C.M., Bonazza A.,. Crisci G.M, La Russa M.F., Pezzino A., Sabbioni C. ‐ Potentialities of spectrometric analysis for the evaluation of pollution impact in deteriorating stone heritage materials.

De Francesco A.M., Scarpelli R., Perri F. ‐ New evidence for sub‐geometric ceramics from Baragiano and Torre di Satriano archaeological sites.

De Luca R., Miriello D., Crisci G.M., Bloise A., Apollaro C., D'Andria F. ‐ The Roman mortars of the archeological site of Hierapolis (Turkey): petrographic‐ mineralogical and chemical characterization.

Fugazzotto M., Braga R. ‐ A petrographic gateway to the Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (NE Sicily) built environment in B. subtilis cultures.

Gattuso C., Recchia B. ‐ Il ruolo della geologia e  la gestione della complessità della conoscenza Perri E.  ‐  Multi‐scale study of the role of the biofilm in the formation of minerals and fabrics in calcareous ambient‐water travertine.

Rovella N., La Russa M., Ruffolo S.A., Crisci G.M. ‐ Characterization of Cappadocian tuff cave churches: preliminary results.

Scarpelli R., De Francesco A.M., Cottica D. ‐ Archaeometric characterisation of votive materials from the sanctuary of Apollo at Pompeii.

Somma R., Bonfiglio L., Lanza S., Mangano G., Miccichè R., Pavia G., Randazzo G., Sineo L., Tigano G., Zaffino G. ‐ The new finding of a Mycenaean tholos in the alluvial deposits of the Messina coastal plain (north‐ eastern Sicily): stratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental consequences.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [17.00-18.30] - Room A

17:00‐17:15 Battisti G. ‐ Teaching Geography Outdoor. The Case of Ce.P.E.A.

17:15‐17:30 Todesco R., Casarotto C., Ferretti P., Ceccato F., Trentini D., Matassoni I., Cainelli G., Valenti V. ‐ The role of geological excursion to face visual impairment: the experience of Museo delle Scienze, Trento.

17:30‐17:45 Trento S. ‐ Discovering an Open‐Air Geological Workshop. The Regional Natural Reserve of the Rosandra Valley near Trieste.

17:45‐18:00 Giurco G. ‐ The Discovery of Landscapes Based on Geological Boundaries. A Study Visit in the Regional Reserve of Rosandra Valley (Trieste).

18:00‐18:15 Casarotto C. ‐ Glaciers one‐time. A century of climate change on glaciers of Italy. A popular project with direct involvement of the society that becomes protagonist and shares the research.

18:15‐18:30 Stoppa M. ‐ Field Activities in the Training of Teachers.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

La Porta R. ‐ The Discovery of Mineral Resource. A Geo‐Science Itinerary for Primary School.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [11.00-12.30] - Small Theater

11:00‐11:15 Di Sipio E., Destro E., Galgaro A., Chiesa S., Manzella A. ‐ Shallow geothermal energy use: mapping of E. geothermal potential and legal status in Italy.

11:15‐11:30 Battaglini A.G., Guerra I., Ungarelli C. ‐ Integrating geology and magnetotelluric data in geothermal exploration: an example from West Anatolia.

11:30‐11:45 Inversi B., Scrocca D., Montegrossi G., Petracchini L., Livani M., Brilli M., Brandano M., Romi A.  ‐  Characterization of medium enthalpy geothermal resource in the Campania region (Southern Apennines, Italy), within the framework of the vigor project: from geological data to resource modeling.

11:45‐12:00 Di Pasquale M., Monteleone S. ‐ Geothermal, hydro‐structural and neo‐tectonic features of the Sciacca basin.

12:00‐12:15 Petrullo A.V., Prosser G., Agosta F., Rizzo E., Chiarella D., Tamburriello G.  ‐ The geothermal area of Venosa (Southern Italy): preliminary results of a multi‐disciplinary analysis.

12:15‐12:30 Trippetta F., Collettini C., Barchi M.R., Lupattelli A., Mirabella F. ‐A multidisciplinary study of a natural site for CO₂ Geological storage in central Italy.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Barcelona H., Ungarelli C., Favetto A., Pomposiello C., Peri V. ‐ Audiomagnetotelluric study at the hotsprings of the northern segment of the la candelaria range: preliminary results.

Chiodi A., Tassi F., Baez W., Maffucci R., Di Paolo L., Viramonte J. ‐ Chemical and isotope characteristics of the Rosario de la Frontera geothermal fluids, La Candelaria Range (Salta, Argentina).

Cocchi L., Muccini F., Carmisciano C., Bortoluzzi G., Caratori Tontini F. ‐ Deep water hydrothermalism in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: potential field features of the Marsili and Palinuro volcanic seamounts.

De Filippis L., Billi A.  ‐  Morphotectonics of fissure ridge travertines from geothermal areas of Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyoming) and Bridgeport (California).

De Filippis L., Faccenna C., Billi A., Anzalone E., Brilli M., Ozkul M., Soligo M., Tuccimei P., Villa I.M. ‐ Growth of fissure ridge travertines from geothermal springs of denizli basin, western turkey.

Di Paolo L., Aldega L., Corrado S., Giordano  G., Invernizzi C.  ‐ Modelling of organic and inorganic paleo‐thermal indicators to constrain the evolution of the geothermal system of Rosario de La Frontera (La Candelaria Ridge, NW Argentina): a  new tool for geothermal exploration.

Gasparrini M., Ruggieri G., Chiodini G., Brogi A. ‐ From diagenesis to hydrothermalism within the Tuscan Nappe of the Monte Amiata geothermal area (Italy): implications for CO₂ geological storage.

Giammanco S., Bonfanti P., Carapezza M.L., Pagliuca N., Quattrocchi F., Ricci T., Sciarra A., Spampinato L. ‐ Preliminary investigation on soil CO₂ and soil CH4 effluxes from a geothermal area near Palagonia (Sicily, Italy).

Iovine G., Guzzetti F., Aceto L., Antronico L., Bruno C., Caloiero D., D'Onofrio D., Frustaci F., Gabriele S., Giordano S., Greco R., Gullà G., Iaquinta P., Petrucci O., Santaloia F., Soleri S., Terranova O., Valente E., Chiesa S., Galgaro A., Lombardo G., Muto F., Rizzo E., Manzella A. ‐ The VIGOR Project – Evaluating the geothermal potential in the regions of "convergence". Activities and first results in Calabria.

Maffucci R., Caffe P., Corrado S., Invernizzi C., Giordano G., Pierantoni P., Viramonte J. ‐ La Candelaria Ridge (NW Argentina) as a natural lab for the exploration of the geothermal system of Rosario de La Frontera: methods and preliminary results.

Maffucci R., Bigi S., Corrado S., Di Paolo L., Chiodi A.  ‐  Fracture Modeling applied to the geothermal system potential reservoir of Rosario de La Frontera (La Candelaria Ridge, NW Argentina).

Moretti A., Ferrini G., De Rose C.  ‐ Relationships between sinkholes areal distribution, tectonic alignments and recent seismicity  in Abruzzo (Central Italy).

Quattrocchi F., Sciarra A., Pizzino L., Vinciguerra S., Pesci A. ‐ Hot faults: shallow processes or deep roots? Did past earthquakes leave a hot "path"? The power of fluid geochemistry data in a multidisciplinary approach.

Rossetti F., Aldega L., Tecce F., Balsamo F., Billi A., Brilli M. ‐ Hydrothermal mineralisation along the damage zone of the Boccheggiano normal fault, Tuscany, Italy.

Vespasiano G., Muto F., Apollaro C., De Rosa R. ‐ Preliminary hydro‐geochemical and geological characterization of the thermal aquifer in the Guardia Piemontese area (Calabria, south Italy).

Vignaroli G., Pinton A., De Benedetti A.A., Giordano G., Rossetti F. ‐ Structural and morphological features of the Torre Alfina geothermal area (central Italy).

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [15.00-16.30] - Small Theater

15:00‐15:30 Weissert H., Giorgioni M., Wohlwend S., Huck S., Millan I. ‐ Paleoceanography and carbon‐cycle in the Early Cretaceous.

15:30‐15:45 Gugliotti L., Cirilli S., Buratti N. ‐ The Early Toarcian anoxic event and shale gas potential: the case history of the Marne del Monte Serrone Formation (Central Italy).

15:45‐16:00 Colleoni F., Masina S., Negri A., Marzocchi A. ‐ Plio‐Pleistocene high‐low latitudes climate interplay: a Mediterranean point of view.

16:00‐16:15 Sprovieri M, Sannino G., Agate M., Sabatino N., Incarbona A., Sprovieri R., Ribera d'Alcalà M., Artale V., Mazzola S. ‐ Dynamics at the Sicilian Strait and Mediterranean Sapropels.

16:15‐16:30 Magri D., Capotondi L. ‐ Which relationship between the development of forest vegetation and the sapropel layers in the Mediterranean Basin?

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Bergami C., Capotondi L., Ducassou E., Salvagio Manta D., Sprovieri M., Vigliotti L. ‐  Environment and climate during sapropels deposition in the Mediterranean sea. Planktonic foraminiferal evidences.

Bottini C., Erba E., Tiraboschi D. ‐ Warming and cooling episodes across the early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a: the role of pCO₂ on climate changes.

Casellato C.E., Erba E. ‐ Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy across the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T‐OAE) (Colle di Sogno section, Southern Alps) and their response to high CO₂ concentration: preliminary results.

Di Rita F. ‐ Possible solar forcing on the fluctuations of the coastal salt‐marsh of the Tavoliere Plain (Apulia, Italy) during the Holocene.

Faucher G., Erba E. ‐ Morphological changes of calcareous nannofossils during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2.

Parente M., Trecalli A.,  Spangenberg J., Adatte T., Föllmi K.B. ‐ Carbonate platform evidence of ocean acidification at the onset of the early Toarcian oceanic anoxic  event.

Tuesday 18 September 2012 [17.00-18.30] - Small Theater

17:00‐17:15 Coltorti M., Di Giuseppe D., Faccini B., Passaglia E., Malferrari D., Mastrocicco M., Colombani N. ‐ ZeoLIFE, a project for water pollution reduction and water saving using a natural zeolitite cycle.

17:15‐17:30 Folino Gallo M., Procopio S. ‐  Relazioni tra la radioattività naturale e i lineamenti geologici nel territorio comunale di Caraffa (CZ).

17:30‐17‐45 Civile D., Loreto M.F., Donda F., Volpi V., Forlin E., Zecchin M., Merson B., Boiardi B., Fantoni R. ‐ A potential site suitable for CO2 geological storage in the Po Plain (Italy).

17:45‐18:00 Volpi V., Forlin E., Sauli C., Donda F., Facchin L., Civile D., Merson B., Zecchin M. ‐ Southern Adriatic Sea: a potential site for CO₂ geological storage.

18:00‐18:15 Vigna B., Fiorucci A., Marchionatti F., Banzato C., Moitre B. ‐  Synergic application of different methodologies for the characterization of aquifers in carbonate rocks".

18:15‐18:30 Marin E., Nachite D., Najih M., Anfuso G., Marrocchino E., Vaccaro C. ‐ The lagoon of Nador (Morocco): geochemical and petrographic analysis of sediments and environmental conditions".

Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Poster Room

Bloise A., Belluso E., Critelli T., Catalano M., Apollaro C., Miriello D., Barrese E. ‐ Amphibole asbestos and other fibrous minerals in the meta‐basalt of the gimigliano‐mount reventino unit (calabria, south‐italy).

Calandrelli M.M., Calandrelli R. ‐ Monitoring of heavy metal pollution in soils and waters of a Domitian coastline (Northern Campania).

Critelli T., Apollaro C., Bloise A., Miriello D., Armano V., De Rosa R. ‐ Hydrogeochemical investigation and relationship between mineralogy and groundwater composition. A case study from the Sila Massif (Calabria, Italy).

Cuiuli E. ‐ Contribution to the knowledge of hydrogeological characteristics of plain a S. Eufemia Lamezia (Calabria) ‐ first results.

Di Giuseppe D., Bianchini G.  Natali C., Beccaluva L. ‐ Environmental geochemistry of Peat‐rich sediments in the Po river Delta area (Mezzano lowland, Ferrara).

Di Giuseppe D., Bianchini G., Natali C., Beccaluva L. ‐ Heavy metals in soils and sedimentary deposits from Vigarano Mainarda (Ferrara, Northern Italy): characterisation and biomonitoring.

Di Giuseppe D., Mastrocicco M., Colombani N., Faccini B., Coltorti M. ‐ Ammonium and nitrate zonation below marsh agriultural soils.

Di Ludovico A., Fedele C., Maiorano M.V., Izzo M.P., Di Niro A., Coccaro P., Scocca A. ‐ SINTACS method application for assessing the inherent vulnerability of the Venafro alluvial plain aquifer.

Ietto F., Cantasano N., Froio R., Infusino E., Callegari G., Cipriani M.G. ‐ Hydrogeological and geochemical assessment of some spring waters in the municipal area of Chiaravalle Centrale (Calabria, southern Italy).
Ietto F., Talarico F., Giglio A. ‐ Methodological approach for the assessment of natural alterations at sites used for waste disposal: the case study of Decollatura (Calabria, Southern Italy).

Pappalardo G. ‐ Effects of climate change and anthropic activities on groundwater resources in the south‐eastern Sicily.

Vespasiano G., Apollaro C., Muto F., De Rosa R. ‐ Geochemical and hydrogeological characterization of the metamorphic‐serpentinitic multi‐aquifer of the Scala catchment, Amantea (Calabria, south Italy).

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [09.15-10.45] - Auditorium

9:15‐9.30 Pascucci V., Panzeri L., Martini M., Maspero F., Sechi D., Andreucci S. ‐ Is Optically Stimulated Luminescence a reliable tool for dating the Quaternary paleoenvironmental evolution? The case of Argentiera (NW ‐ Sardinia, Italy).

9:30‐9:45 Giannandrea P., Loiacono F., Maiorano P., Lirer F., Puglisi D. ‐ Unconformity‐bounded stratigraphic units approach to a siliciclastic turbidite basin: the eastern part of Miocene Gorgoglione Flysch (Southern Apennines, Italy).

9:45‐10:00 Marini M., Milli S., Moscatelli M., Patacci M., McCaffrey W.D. ‐ Facies and processes from the confined Salto‐Tagliacozzo Basin (Messinian, Central Apennines): from the outcrop to tank experiments.

10:00‐10:15 De Rosa R., Donato P., Le Pera E., Schipani M. T., Trincardi F. ‐ Nature and provenance of tephra layers of the Paola Basin (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea).

10:15‐10:30 Giordano R., Sulpizio R., Caggianelli A. ‐ Mineral phases as a tool for robust correlation of proximal‐ distal ash deposits in the central Mediterranean area.

10.30‐10:45 Catuneanu O., Zecchin M. ‐ High‐resolution sequence stratigraphy of clastic systems: autocyclic and allocyclic controls, and implications to the concept of sequence.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Cannata C.B., De Rosa R., Muto F., Davì M. ‐ The pyroclastic level of Amantea Basin (Coastal Chain, north‐western Calabria).

Cannata D., Milli S., Moscatelli M. ‐ Architectural style and facies distribution of channel and channel‐lobe transition zone in the Lower Messinian turbidite systems of Laga Basin (central Apennines, Italy).

Cornamusini G. ‐ Characters and significance of the coarse‐chaotic deposits within the deep‐sea turbidite systems of the Northern Apennines (Oligocene‐Miocene, Macigno Fm.).

Crocitti M., De Rosa R. ‐ The Pleistocenic volcaniclastic layers outcropping along the Southern Tyrrhenian coast.

Mattioli M., Lustrino M., Ronca S., Bianchini G. ‐ Alpine subduction imprint in Apennine volcaniclastic rocks. Geochemical–petrographic constraints and geodynamic implications from Early Oligocene Aveto‐ Petrignacola Formation (N Italy).

Saccà C., Saccà D., Nucera P., De Fazio A., Salvatore G. ‐ Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from the Gulfs of Patti and Milazzo (NE Sicily, Italy).

Sacchi M., Molisso F., Pacifico A., Ruberti D., Vigliotti M. ‐ Late‐Holocene to Recent evolution of Lake Patria, a coastal lagoon within the Volturno River delta system, South Italy.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [11.15-13.00] - Auditorium

11:15‐11:30 Ranero C.R., Sallarés V., Zitellini N., Grevemeyer I., Guzman M., Prada M., Moeller S., De Franco R., The Medoc Cruise Party ‐ The tectonic structure of the Tyrrhenian Basin, a complex interaction among faulting and magmatism.

11:30‐11:45 Chiarabba C., Piana Agostinetti N., Bianchi I., Giacomuzzi G. ‐ The Southern Tyrrhenian subduction zone: an upgraded view from seismological studies.

11:45‐12:00 Tansi C., Martini G., Fòlino Gallo M., Iovine G. ‐ Active and recent transpressive strike‐slip tectonics along at the NE border of the Calabrian Arc (Southern Italy).

12:00‐12:15 Palano M., Ferranti L., Monaco C., Mattia M., Aloisi M., Bruno V., Cannavò F., Siligato G. ‐ GPS velocity and strain fields in Sicily and southern Calabria, Italy: updated geodetic constraints on tectonic block interaction in the central Mediterranean.

12:15‐12:30 Pepe F., Bertotti G., Sulli A.  ‐ The transition between the Marsili oceanic crust and the W Calabria rifted margin: rifting and drifting in the upper plate of the Ionian subduction zone.

12:30‐12:45 Polonia A., Torelli L., Mussoni P., Gasperini L., Artoni A.  ‐ The Calabrian Arc Subduction Complex in the Ionian Sea: Structure, Evolution and Seismic Hazard.

12:45‐13:00 Orecchio B. ‐ An effort addressed to integration of geophysical evidences and new seismological data in the Calabrian Arc subduction area.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Aloisi M., Bruno V., Cannavò F., Ferranti L., Mattia M., Monaco C., Palano M. ‐ Are the source models of the M 7.1 1908 Messina Straits earthquake reliable? Insights from a novel inversion and a sensitivity analysis of Loperfido (1909) leveling data.

De Rose C., Guerra I., Gervasi A., Tafaro A.F., Mucciarelli M. ‐ Site effect in Messina and Reggio Calabria Area using HVSR tecnique.

Doglioni C., Ligi M., Scrocca D., Bigi S., Bortoluzzi G., Carminati E., Cuffaro M., D'Oriano F., Forleo V., Muccini F., Riguzzi F. ‐ On the active tectonics along the Messina Strait.

Ferranti L., Pepe F., Burrato P., Santoro E., Mazzella M. E., Morelli D., Passaro S., Vannucci G. ‐ Geometry and modeling of an active offshore thrust‐related fold system: the Amendolara Ridge, Ionian Sea, southern Italy.

Macrì P., Speranza F., Rio D., Fornaciari E., Consolaro C. ‐ Paleomagnetic evidence for a post‐1.2 Ma disruption of the Calabria terrane: Consequences of slab break‐off on orogenic wedge tectonics.

Mazzella M. E.,Ferranti L., D'Ambrogi C. ‐ 3D modeling of an active offshore thrust‐related fold system: the Amendolara Ridge, Ionian Sea, southern Italy.

Muccini F., Cocchi L., Polonia A., Carmisciano C. ‐ Off‐shore gravity investigation across the Calabrian Arc.

Mussoni P., Torelli L., Polonia A., Gasperini L., Artoni A., Klaeschen D. ‐ Pre‐stack depth migrated (PSDM) seismic transects across the Calabrian Arc: a Miocene‐Pleistocene arcuate complex accretionary wedge in the Ionian sea.

Panieri G., Polonia A., Lucchi R.G., Torelli L. ‐ Mud volcanoes along the inner deformation front of the Calabrian Arc accretionary wedge (Ionian Sea).

Pavano F., Catalano S., Romagnoli G., Tortorici G. ‐ Dynamics and seismotectonics of NE Sicily.

Pepe F., Sacchi M., Bertotti G., Collura A. ‐ Measuring magnitude and rate of vertical movements in the offshore Capo Vaticano (W Calabria) using lowstand coastal prisms and wave‐built terraces.

Piana Agostinetti N., Margheriti L., Chiarabba C. ‐ The transition from continental to oceanic subduction across the Southern Apennines ‐ Calabrian Arc boundary: insights from Receiver Function Analysis.

Polonia A., Gasperini L., Panieri G., Torelli L., Gasparotto G., Mussoni P. ‐ Active Faults, Historical Earthquakes and Turbidites in the Messina Straits Region.

Sallarés V., Ranero C. R., Zitellini N., Grevemeyer I., Guzman M., Prada M., Moeller S., De Franco  R., The Medoc Cruise Party ‐ The structure of the Tyrrhenian from integration of multichannel seismic images, wide‐ angle seismic data, and gravity modeling.

Santoro E., Ferranti L., Burrato P., Mazzella M.E., Monaco C. ‐ Deformed Pleistocene marine terraces along the Ionian sea margin of southern Italy: Unveiling blind fault‐related folds contribution to coastal uplift.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [15.00-16.30] - Auditorium

15:00‐15:15 Cavalcante F., Belviso C., Fiore S. ‐ Transformation of smectite in I/S mixed layers: Solid‐State Transformation or Dissolution‐Crystallization? Preliminary data.

15:15‐15:30 Perri F., Muto F., Belviso C. ‐ Chemical‐mineralogical and geological features of siliciclastic deposits from Mesozoic succession (western Calabria, Southern Italy): regional implications.

15:30‐15:45 Vignaroli G., Minelli L., Balestrieri M. L., Rossetti F., Faccenna C. ‐ Miocene thrusting in the eastern Sila Massif: constraints from structural and AFT data.

15:45‐16:00 Di Paolo L., Corrado S., Olivetti V., Aldega L., Balestrieri M. L., Maniscalco R. ‐ Stepwise behavior of the Eastern Sicily thrust belt: propagation vs thickening by means of thermal and thermochronological constraints.

16:00‐16:15 Olivetti V., Balestrieri M. L., Montegrossi G. ‐ 3-D thermokinematic modeling and evolution of topography in the Sila Massif, southern Italy.

16:15‐16:30 Carlini M., Artoni A., Vescovi P., Bernini M., Remitti F., Bettelli G., Vannucchi P., Aldega L., Balestrieri M.L., Corrado S., Torelli L. ‐ Late orogenic deformation of the shallowest portion of an orogenic wedge: coeval activity of extensional and compressional tectonics in the western Northern Apennines (Italy).

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Caricchi C., Corrado S., Aldega L. ‐ Burial history of the southern portion of the Tuscan Nappe (Northern Apennines) constrained by means of organic and inorganic paleo‐thermal indicators: implications for the orogenic wedge evolution.

Perri F., Greco A., Aldega L., Corrado S., Di Paolo L. - Composition, provenance and thermal history of sedimentary successions from the Cilento Group (southern Apennines).

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [17.00-18.30] - Auditorium

17:00‐17:15 Santantonio M. ‐ Mesozoic evolution of the Caloveto Group, NE Calabria.

17:15‐17:30 Lentini F., Carbone S., Macaione E., Messina A. ‐ The CARG‐PROJECT in Sicily: a contribution to the knowledge of the Geology of the Southern Calabria‐Peloritani Orogen.

17:30‐17‐45 Macaione E., Messina A., Renna M.R., Belkin H.E., Doherty A.L., Langone A. ‐ Aspromonte Unit Variscan Migmatites (Southern Calabria‐Peloritani Arc): Petrology and U‐Th‐Pb Zircon and Monazite.

17:45‐18:00 Macaione E., Renna M.R., Messina A., Compagnoni R., Borghi A., Langone A. ‐ The peculiar metamorphic history of the Mela Unit within the frame of the Variscan basement of the Calabria‐ Peloritani Arc, Southern Italy.

18:00‐18:15 Cosenza A., Ayuso R.A., Foley N., Albanese S., Lima A., Messina A., De Vivo B. ‐ The geogenic vs anthropogenic source of harmful element anomalies in the eastern‐central sector of the Peloritani Mountains (Sicily, Italy).

18:15‐18:30 Massacci G.A.M., Messina A., Mottana A., Perrone V., Mattias P.P., Spigo U., Coppolino P. ‐ Archaeological and Archaeometric Study of Musive and Tecnological Materials of the Patti Marina Roman Villa (Southern Sicily, Italy).

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Caruso V., Macaione E., Messina A. - Royal Roads Military Architectural Elements in the Peloritani Mts. (NE Sicily, Italy): Conservation and Valorization Projects.

Doherty A. L., Bodnar R. J., De Vivo B., Messina A. ‐ Towards understanding the origin and evolution of the parent magmas of the Grey Porri Tuffs, Monte dei Porri, Island of Salina, Aeolian Islands.

Mazzitelli M., Macaione E., Natoli R. ‐ Archaeology vs Geology: the Native‐Greek Apollonia Acropolis on San Fratello Mt., in the Nebrodi Natural Park (Central‐Northern Sicily, Italy).

Novellino R., Bucci F., Viti C., Guglielmi P., Prosser G., Tavarnelli E. ‐ Bedding‐parallel veining and fluid overpressure at the base of the Lagonegro sequence, Southern Apennines, Italy.

Torre R. ‐ The role of the Geodiversity in the historical evolution of the Milazzo ‐ Santa Lucia del Mela Territory (NE Sicily, Italy).

Saccà C., Saccà D., Nucera P., De Fazio A. ‐ The iron content of sphalerites from the polymetallic ore deposits in the Peloritani Mountains (NE Sicily, Italy).

Saccà C., Saccà D., Nucera P., De Fazio A. ‐ A preliminary study of heavy metal contamination in marine sediments of the western Calabria (Southern Italy).

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [09.15-10.45] - Caldora Room

9:15‐9.30 Conforti M., Pascale S., Muto F., Robustelli G., Sdao F. ‐ Neural Network model for predicting landslide susceptibility: a case study from Crotone Province (Calabria, South Italy).

9:30‐9:45 Tansi C., Martini G., Greco V.R. ‐ Reactivation of a dormant landslide due to cut of the foot

9:45‐10:00 Laviola S., Gabriele S.. Miglietta M.M , Cattani E., Levizzani V. ‐ Meteo‐hydrological analysis of intense flash‐flood events over Southern Italy E.

10:00‐10:15 Cevasco A., Pepe G., P. Brandolini ‐ Shallow landslides induced by heavy rainfall on terraced slopes: the case study of the October, 25, 2011 event in the Vernazza catchment (Cinque Terre, NW Italy).

10:15‐10:30 Gabriele S., Chiaravalloti F. ‐ Using meteorological information and orography to characterize maximum rainfall in South Italy.

10.30‐10:45 Vennari C., Brunetti M.T., Peruccacci S., Luciani S., Valigi D., Antronico L., Gariano S.L., Iaquinta P., Iovine G., Terranova O.G., Guzzetti F. ‐ Preliminary rainfall thresholds for shallow landslides in Calabria.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Torri D., Borselli L., Gariano S.L., Greco R., Iaquinta P., Iovine G., Poesen J., Terranova O.G. ‐ Identifying gullies in the Mediterranean environment by coupling a complex threshold model and a GIS.

Mandaglio M.C., Mandaglio G., Infantino S. ‐ Investigation results for the improvement design of the foundation rocks of the Amendolea Castle (Condofuri, Reggio Calabria, Italy).

Meloni F., Nisio S., Ciotoli G., Liperi L., Finoia M.G., Zizzari P. ‐ The regional Catalog of Latium sinkholes and susceptibility map construction using geospatial analysis.

Mureddu A., Corda A.S., Virdis G. ‐ Acquaresi valley. Problems of geological instability of underground voids and safeguard of roads.

Petrucci O., Pasqua A.A. ‐ Effects of Landslides and floods on people: a classification of damage scenarios obtained from the analysis of past events.

Pizzonia A. ‐ Pianificazione ordinaria e governo del territorio: nuove strategie di prevenzione e mitigazione dei rischi idrogeologici
Ramaraju H.K. ‐ Role of engineers in prediction, prevention and mitigation of natural disaster.

Sabatino M., Bambina A., Monteleone S. ‐ The flood of October 2009 and the effect on the Messina area.

Scopesi C., Rellini I., Maerker M., Firpo M. ‐ Effects of landcover changes on flood generation in a small Mediterranean catchment (T. Teiro, Italy).

Sottile R., Cusimano G. ‐ Sinkholes hazard. Case study: Palermo.

Suriano S., Parise M., Caloiero T., Lanza G., Iovine G. ‐ Sinkhole phenomena at San Basile, Northern Calabria.

Gariano S.L., Iovine G., Brunetti M.T., Peruccacci S., Luciani S., Bartolini D., Palladino M.R., Vessia G., Viero A., Vennari C., Antronico L., Deganutti A.M., Luino F., Parise M., Terranova O.G., Guzzetti F. ‐ Populating a catalogue of rainfall events that triggered shallow landslides in Italy.

Ghafoori M., Salehi R., Lashkaripour G.R., Dehghani M. ‐ Investigation of land subsidence in Southern Mahyar Plain in Isfahan province, Iran.

Greco R., Terranova O.G., Pellegrino A.D., Gariano S.L., Iaquinta P., Mandaglio G., La Torre A., Iovine G. ‐ Shallow‐ landslide susceptibility evaluation by means of Logistic Regression. The Costa Viola case study (Southern Calabria, Italia).

Gullo N., Martini G., Tansi C., Azzaro V. ‐ A.M.A.Mi.R: an expert system for sensor network management and landslides monitoring over a wide area with enhanced features for the uncertainty assessment in the measurement samples.

Iaquinta P., Terranova O.G., Gariano S.L., Greco R., Iovine G. ‐ Hydrological modelling to predict the timing of landslide activations. Calibration, validation and sensitivity analysis of GASAKe.

Infantino S., La Torre A., Mandaglio G., Pellegrino A. ‐ Interventi di mitigazione del rischio da colata rapida, nell'area di Favazzina (RC, ITALY).

Conforti M., Filomena L., Muto F. ‐ Integrating geological, geomorphological and GIS analysis to evaluate the spatial distribution of landslides in the Cino stream catchment (Calabria, south Italy).

Bruno C., Buttafuoco G., Falcone G., Greco R., Guagliardi I., Iovine G., Tallarico A. ‐ Soil gas Radon concentrations in three study areas of Calabria (Southern Italy).

Aliperta A., Infantino S., La Torre A., Mandaglio G., Mandaglio M. C., Pellegrino A. ‐ Rock slopes: from the analysis to the definition of the risk mitigation works. The "Scilla Rupe" case (RC, Italy).

Basso A., Lonigro T., Polemio M. ‐ The improvement of historical database on damaging hydrogeological events in the case of Apulia (Southern Italy).

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [11.15-13.00] - Caldora Room

11:15‐11:30 Peres D.J., Cancelliere A. ‐ Development of rainfall thresholds for landslide early warning in Sicily: a method based on the use of rainfall annual maxima series.

11:30‐11:45 Berti M., Crucil G., Degetto M., De Vido G., Gregoretti C., Martina M., Simoni A. ‐ Hydrologic response in the initiation area of the Dimai debris flow (Dolomites, Italian Alps).

11:45‐12:00 Capparelli G., De Luca D.L., Versace P. ‐ Development of an hydrological landslide model at regional scale. Applications in the central part of Calabria region (southern Italy).

12:00‐12:15 De Luca D.L., Cepeda J.M. ‐ Models for landslides induced by precipitation in Norway.

12:15‐12:30 Fubelli G., Tononi M., Valeri F. ‐ Evaluation of the rainfall threshold for shallow and middle‐deep landslide triggering: the case of middle‐Aniene basin.

12:30‐12:45 Guerricchio A., Doglioni A., Fortunato G., Galeandro A., Guglielmo E., Versace P., Simeone V. ‐ Landslide hazard connected to deep seated gravitational slope deformations and prolonged rainfall: Maierato landslide case history.

12:45‐13:00 Olivares L., Damiano E., Capparelli G. ‐ A complete model for landslides prediction. Validation for the analysis of infiltration processes in pyroclastic soils.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Stancanelli L.M., La Rocca C., Musumeci R.E., Nicolosi V., Foti E. ‐ Debris flows events in the Messina Province: non structural hydrogeological risk mitigation measures.

Versace P., Capparelli G., Leone S., Artese G., Costanzo S., Corsonello P., Di Massa G., Mendicino G., Maletta D., Muto F., Senatore A., Troncone A., Conte E., Galletta D. ‐ LEWIS Project: an integrated system of monitoring, early warning and mitigation of landslides risk.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [15.00-16.30] - Caldora Room

15:00‐15:15 Calabrese L., Fontana D., Landini M., Luciani P., Marucci F., Monti S., Perini L., Salerno G. ‐ The Sea‐ storms Database: a project for the governance of coastal areas.

15:15‐15:30 Casalbore D., Bosman A., Chiocci F.L., Scarascia Mugnoza G., Tommasi P., Sposato A. ‐ Messina Strait 1st October 2009 flash‐flood generated submarine landslides.

15:30‐15:45 Deiana G., Orrù P.E., Paliaga E., Todde S. ‐ Morfologia e dinamica delle frane sottomarine potenzialmente tzunamogeniche del margine meridionale sardo (Progetto MAGIC).

15:45‐16:00 Lo Presti V., Sulli A., Antonioli F ‐ Future coastal hazard scenarios. A case study in NE Sicily (Italy).

16:00‐16:15 Benassai G., Di Paola G., Aucelli P.P., Maffucci A. ‐ The response of Sele coastal plain to storm impacts.

16:15‐16:30 Cefalì A., Pisciuneri A., Stamile A., Carrà D., Strati G., Procopio F. ‐ Comparison between different approaches in granulometric analysis applied to Roccella Jonica longshore sediments (South Calabria).

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Ietto F., Le Pera E., Caracciolo L. ‐ Geomorphology and sand provenance of the Tyrrhenian coast between Capo Suvero and Gizzeria (Calabria, southern Italy).

Nonnis O., Paganelli D., Nicoletti L., Gabellini M. ‐ The effects of relict sand dredging for beach nourishment on sediment composition at a dredge site in the central Tyrrhenian Sea.

Nonnis O., Paganelli D., Nicoletti L., Gabellini M. ‐ The role of seabed mapping techniques in environmental monitoring related to relict sand dredgings for beach nourishment: the Anzio case.

Paganelli D., Nonnis O., La Valle P., Maggi C., Nicoletti L., Gabellini M. ‐ ISPRA's experience in environmental studies related to relict sand dredging for beach nourishment.

Perini L., Calabrese L., Salerno G., Luciani P. ‐ Mapping of flood risk in Emilia‐Romagna coastal areas.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [09.15-10.45] - Room A

9:15‐9.30 Pondrelli S., Margheriti L., Salimbeni S., Piana Agostinetti N., Piccinini D., Lucente F. P., Levin V., Park J., Plomerova J. ‐  Summary of results of RETREAT project.

9:30‐9:45 Solarino S., Dessa J.X., Simon S., Beslier M.O., Deschamps A., Bethoux N., Sage F., Eva E., Bellier O. ‐ Three dimensional refraction tomography and accurate seismic locations in the Ligurian Sea from the GROSMarin experiment.

9:45‐10:00 Steckler M.S., Guerra I., Amato A., Armbruster J., Baccheschi, P., Diluccio, F., Gervasi A., Gu J.Y., Lerner‐Lam A., Margheriti L., Piana Agostinetti N., Seeber L. ‐ Results from the seismological component of CAT/SCAN, the Calabria‐Apennine ‐ Tyrrhenian/Subduction ‐ Collision‐Accretion ‐ Network.

10:00‐10:15 Polonia A., Gasperini L., Del Bianco F. ‐ A multiscale/multiparameter study of the seismogenic North‐ Anatolian Fault system in Sea of Marmara (Turkey).

10:15‐10:30 Loreto M.F., Sandron D., Franzo A., Del Negro P., Zgur F., Facchin L., Fracassi U., Ridente D., Italiano F., Iscan Y. ‐ A multidisciplinary approach to the 8 September 1905 earthquake study (offshore Eastern Calabria), the ISTEGE project.

10.30‐10:45 Totaro C., Orecchio B., Presti D., Gervasi A., Guerra I., Neri G. ‐ Seismological contribution to STEP fault detection in the Calabrian subduction zone, South Italy.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Baccheschi P., De Gori P., Margheriti L., Steckler M.S., Chiarabba C. ‐ Seismic attenuation tomography and anisotropy beneath the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea subduction system (Italy).

D'Amico S., Gervasi A., Guerra I., Neri G., Orecchio B., Presti D., Totaro C. ‐ Seismicity and Focal Mechanisms at the Calabro ‐ Lucanian boundary along the Apennine chain (Southern Italy).

Presti D., Billi A., Orecchio B., Totaro C.,  Faccenna C., Neri G. ‐ Earthquake focal mechanisms, seismogenic stress, and seismotectonics of the Calabrian Arc, Italy.

Salimbeni S., Pondrelli S., Margheriti L., Levin V., Park J. ‐ Distribution of seismic anisotropy beneath central Italy and geodynamic implications for Northern Apennines.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [11.15-12.45] - Room A

11:15‐11:30 Faccenna C., Becker T.W., Funiciello F., Husson L., Rozel A. ‐ Dynamic topography: processes, uncertainties and possible application in the Mediterranean.

11:30‐11:45 Schiattarella M., Giano S.I., Gioia D. ‐ Age and properties of the summit palaeosurface of southern Italy.

11:45‐12:00 Ascione A., Capalbo A., Capolongo D., Mazzoli S., Pazzaglia F.J., Valente E., Zattin M. ‐ Uplift vs. denudation in the southern Apennines: geomorphologic evidence and constraints from terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides and apatite (U‐Th)/He data.

12:00‐12:15 Catalano S., Bonforte A., Guglielmino F., Romagnoli G., Tarsia C., Tortorici G.  ‐  The effects of the interaction between ground deformation and the erosion on the visibility of Permanent Scatterers Features on SAR interferograms: an example from Mount Etna (Eastern Sicily).

12:15‐12:30 Ninfo A., Zanoner T., Massironi M., Carton A. ‐ Deep Seated Gravitational Slope Deformations geomorphometry. The case of Schlinig valley (Eastern Alps).

12:30‐12:45 Santoro E., Ferranti L., Passaro S., Burrato P., Morelli D. ‐ Morphometric analysis in the offshore of the southern Taranto Gulf: unveiling the structures controlling the Late Pleistocene‐Holocene bathymetric evolution.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Aucelli P.P.C., Amato V., Scorpio V., Bracone V., Rosskopf C.M. ‐ Palaeo‐landscape reconstruction and assessment of long‐term erosion rates through DEM analysis: preliminary results from the Molise Apennine (Central‐Southern Italy).

Doglioni A., Simeone V. ‐ Geomorphic numerical analysis based on wavelet transform.

Giachetta E., Capolongo D., Refice A. ‐ Numerical modeling of drainage network development on active mountain belts.

Giachetta E., Scotti V.N., Faccenna C., Molin P. ‐ Investigating the Plio‐Quaternary landscape evolution of the Iberian Chain: a numerical approach.

Maerker M. ‐ Assessment of soils and substrates using Remote Sensing, Terrain Analysis and Stochastic Modeling in southern Basilicata.

Melelli L., Saccucci L., Fiorucci L., Barchi M., Mirabella F., Pazzaglia F., Pucci S. ‐ Geomorphological quantitative analysis of High Tiber Valley drainage network (Umbria, Italy).

Olivetti V., Cyr A., Molin P., Faccenna C. ‐ Spatial variability on the erosion rates and river profiles along the Calabrian Arc.

Piacentini T., Miccadei E. ‐ Morphometric and morphotectonic analysis of the Aventino‐Sangro area (south eastern Abruzzi, central eastern Apennines).

Ristuccia G.M., Santoro E., Benedetti L., Braucher R., Ferranti L., Gueli A.M., Monaco C., Stella G., Troja S.O. ‐ Integrating geochronological methods to constrain the age of uplifted marine terraces, Ionian coast of Northern Calabria.

Scotti V.N., Faccenna C., Molin P., Soligo M. ‐ The topographic signature of tectonics and surface processes in landscape evolution: the case of the Iberian Chain (Spain).

Zanoner T., Seppi R., Carton A., Ninfo A. ‐ Solar radiation and ground temperature as factors affecting the transition from glacial to periglacial processes in the Dolomites: the case of Cima Uomo glacier.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [15.00-16.30] - Room A

15:00‐15:15 Vattano M., Audra P., Bigot J.Y., De Waele J., Madonia G., Nobécourt J.C. ‐ Acqua Fitusa Cave: an example of inactive water‐table sulfuric acid cave in central Sicily

15:15‐15:30 De Waele J., Ferrarese F., Granger D.E., Sauro U. ‐ Timing of river incision and speleogenesis in the Tacchi area (central‐east Sardinia).

15:30‐15:45 Gueguen E., Formicola W., Martimucci V., Parise M., Ragone G. ‐ Geologic controls in the development of palaeo‐karst system of High Murge (Apulia).

15:45‐16:00 Ruggieri R., Messina Panfalone D., Antonioli F., Rosso A., Sanfilippo R., Maniscalco R. ‐ The Rumena flank margin cave and its implications in support of the paleogeographic evolution of the Monti di Capo San Vito (north‐western Sicily).

16:00‐16:15 Parise M., Martimucci V., Pentimone N., Pepe P. ‐ New data on a cave along the coast of Polignano a Mare (Apulia) by means of geological, geophysical and speleological researches.

16:15‐16:30 Faccini F., Benedettini A., Firpo M., Perasso L., Poggi F. ‐ Land management and planning in karst areas: the Ligurian case study (Italy).

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Gueguen E., Cafaro S., Schiattarella M., Parise  M. ‐ A new methodology for the analysis of morpho‐structural data of karstic caves in the Alburni Mountains of southern Italy.

Moretti A., Ferrini G, Mari A. M., De Rose C., Troha A., Krżic M. ‐ Natural radioactivity in Križna jama (Slovenija): origin, distribution and health risk.

Parise M., Montenegro V. ‐ Pozzo Cucù cave (Castellana‐Grotte, Apulia): karst researches and considerations on the karst disturbance.

Pepe M., Parise M. ‐ Integration of geomorphological and speleological datasets in karst terrains.

Sanna L., De Waele J., Calaforra J.M., Rossi A., Cabras S., Muntoni A. ‐ Allogenic contact caves in Central East Sardinia (Italy): their speleogenesis and evolution.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [09.15-10.45] - Small Theater

9:15‐9.30 Guido A., Mastandrea A., Rosso A., Sanfilippo R., Russo F. ‐ Micrite precipitation induced by sulphate reducing bacteria in serpulid bioconstructions from submarine caves (Syracuse, Sicily).

9:30‐9:45 Tosti F., Guido A., Mastandrea A., Demasi F., Russo F. ‐ Rare Earth Elements signature in Triassic samples from Punta Grohmann and Alpe di Specie (Dolomites, Italy): evidence of Cyanobacterial vs Sulfate Reducing Bacteria metabolic activities.

9:45‐10:00 Longhitano S.G. ‐ Microtidal straits: outcrop analogues from Calabria, south Italy.

10:00‐10:15 Fontolan G., Pillon S., Bezzi A., Gordini E. ‐ Morphological and sedimentary signatures of tide‐ dominated coastlines, northern Adriatic Sea.

10:15‐10:30 Brandano M., Tomassetti L., Frezza V., Cuffaro M. ‐ The Halimeda dominated prograding wedge of the Pietra di Finale (Middle Miocene, Liguria).

10:30‐10:45 Longhitano S.G., Chiarella D. ‐ Nuovi metodi analitici per l'identificazione di paleoambienti deposizionali in areniti miste: il caso studio di Acerenza (Appennino Lucano).

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Chiarella D., Longhitano S., Muto F. ‐ Sedimentary features of the Lower Pleistocene mixed siliciclastic‐bioclastic tidal deposits of the Catanzaro Strait (Calabrian Arc, south Italy).

Chiarella D., Longhitano S.G., Sabato L., Tropeano M. ‐ Zonation of a mixed siliciclastic‐bioclastic shallow‐marine depositional system: Acerenza (Pliocene, Lucanian Apennine).

Gaglianone G., Frezza V., Mateu‐Vicens G., Brandano M. ‐ Surface sediments of seagrass meadows along the Tyrrhenian continental shelf (Italy).

Guido A., Mastandrea A., Demasi F., Tosti F., Russo F. ‐ Preliminary fatty acid data of microbialites from Kess‐Kess Mounds (Hamar Laghdad, Lower Devonian, Morocco).

Lepidi A., Ferrini G., Moretti M. ‐ Biotic carbonatogenesis and coevolution of Life and Earth surface.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [11.15-13.00] - Small Theater

11:15‐11:30 Caputo R., Rana N., Ngangbam R., Singh R.N Morphometric analyses and morphotectonic investigations in the Romagna Apennines: preliminary results.

11:30‐11:45 Principi G., Bortolotti V., Pandeli E., Garfagnoli F., Menna F., Nirta G. ‐ Setting‐up for late Cretaceous‐ late Neogene evolutive model of "Alpine" Corsica‐Northern Apennine orogenic system: possible suggestions for Sardinia‐south Tirrhenian Sea‐Calabria System.

11:45‐12:00 Salvini F., Cianfarra P., Maggi M. ‐ Preliminary Geodynamic Section of Central Italy between the 41° and 42°N parallels.

12:00‐12:15 Cesarano M., Casciello E., Esestime P., Pappone G. ‐ Tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the Ofanto thrust‐top basin.

12:15‐12:30 Napoli G., Nigro F., Renda P. ‐ The interation of compressional and extensional tectonics during the sicily chain building.

12:30‐12:45 Tortorici L., Catalano S., Romagnoli G., Torrisi S., Tortorici G. ‐ Origin and significance of the strike‐slip tectonics in the Plio Quaternary evolution of the Sicily collision belt.

12:45‐13:00 Turco E., Schettino A., Macchiavelli C., Pierantoni P.P. ‐ A Kinematic Model of the tyrrhenian‐ apennine system.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Cianfarra P., Salvini F. ‐ Geodynamic constraints of the peri‐Tyrrhenian orogen (Tyrrenian Sea‐Apennines) from lineament swarm analysis.

Di Naccio D., Boncio P., Brozzetti F., Pazzaglia F.J. ‐ The active faults bordering the Lunigiana and Garfagnana grabens (Northern Apennine): new constraints from knickpoint analysis.

Gennaro C., Contino A., Avellone G., Di Maggio C. ‐ A Multidisciplinary approach to define the Plio‐Quaternary tectonics in the Termini Imerese Mts. (Northern central Sicily).

Mancinelli P. Minelli G., Gugliotta C. ‐ Eastern Adriatic magnetic anomaly: an evidence for a Thetian thinned crust.

Musca C., Gennaro C. ‐ Integrated analysis of quantitative geomorphic and structural geology: case study of the Caltanissetta Basin.

Brozzetti F., Cirillo D., Liberi F., Faraca E., Piluso E. ‐ The Crati Valley Extensional System: field and subsurface evidences.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 [15.00-16.30] - Small Theater

15:00‐15:15 Panizza M. ‐ Geodiversity: concepts, methods, examples and management.

15:15‐15:30 Aloia A., Guida D., Valente A. ‐ Geodiversity in the Geopark of Cilento and Vallo di Diano as heritage and resource development.

15:30‐15:45 Argondizza M.A., Distilo D., Gaccione M., Greco G., Salerno G., Spina C. ‐ Geological landscape and crowdsourcing.

15:45‐16:00 Crisci G.M., Critelli S., De Rosa R., Marabini S., Procopio F., Vai G.B. ‐ Adding geological criterion viii to the dossier for nominating the sila national park to the unesco world heritage list.

16:00‐16:15 Barbaro G., Foti G., Mandaglio G., Mandaglio M., Sicilia C.L. ‐ Stima della capacità di trasporto solido nel bacino della Fiumara Annunziata (RC).

16:15‐16:30 Mandaglio G., Mandaglio M. ‐ Naftah: a town in the region of mirages, between brittle morphotypes and geological‐technical problems.

Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Poster Room

Alfieri A., Carrà D., Monteleone D., Napoli S., Pelle T., Sammartino B., Varacalli A., Zappia E. ‐ Gypsum outcrops in the Benestare village: a geological, architectural and anthropological treasure of the Locride area (South Calabria).

Aliperta A., La Torre A., Mandaglio G., Mandaglio M. C., Pellegrino A. ‐ The "Scilla Rupe": heritage and resource (RC, Italy).

Amato V., Ciarcia S., Filocamo F., Fraenza L., Pellino R., Valletta M., Verrillo C. ‐ Geotourism and wine in Castelvenere (BN): the Vth edition of the G&Tday in Campania, (South Italy).

Ciarcia S., Amato V., Pellino R., Benedetto L., Campanelli L. ‐ Geoheritage, professional updating and geotourism paths in the Campania Region (southern Italy).

Critelli S., Crisci G.M., Dominici R., Muto F., Pisciuneri A., Procopio F. ‐ The memory of mountains using Geosites: a tool for understanding natural culture and learning Earth Science. A geologic archive in the Mediterranean Puzzle (Calabria).

Mandaglio G., Mandaglio M., Ambrogio C. ‐ The recovery of the San Niceto Castle between geostatic instabilities and geoenvironmental singularity.

Saccà C., Saccà D., Cirrincione R., Fiannacca P., Militello G., Nucera P., Ortolano G. ‐ The San Carlo mine: an archeological tour in the Sicilian mining industy (Peloritani Mountains, NE Sicily).

Somma R., Cicero N., Dugo G., Pandolfo C., Sabatino G., Salvo A. ‐ The effects of the different chemical‐physical properties of the natural and artificial soils on the nutritional quality, flavour, and yield of the PGI Pachino cherry tomatoes (south‐eastern Sicily) the sila national park to the unesco world heritage list.

Thursday 20 September 2012 [09.15-10.45] - Auditorium

9:15‐9.30 D'Acremont E., Gorini C., Alonso B., Ammar A., El Abbassi M., de Batist M., Ceramicola S., Do Couto D., Ercilla G., Gutscher M.A., Leroy S., de Lépinay B.M., Migeon S., El Moumni B., Poort J., Le Pourhiet L., Rabaute A., Le Roy P., Smit J., Tahayt A., Teurquety G., Vazquez J.T, Marlboro Saras teams ‐ Preliminary results of the Marlboro and Saras surveys: past and present active sedimentation and tectonics in the south Alboran Sea.

9:30‐9:45 Casalbore D., Romagnoli C., Bosman A., Chiocci F.L. ‐ Recent mass‐wasting processes and related geohazard at Stromboli and Vulcano (Italy).

9:45‐10:00 Violante C., De Alteriis G., Pepe F., Mazzola S. ‐ Large deep‐seated slump structure off Ischia volcanic island, Eastern Tyrrhenian sea (Italy).

10:00‐10:15 Casas D., Chiocci F.L., Casalbore D., Ercilla G. ‐ Size Distribution of Submarine Landslides along the Gioia Basin. Terrinean Sea (Italy).

10:15‐10:30 Rashed H., Rovere M., Pecchioni E., Gamberi F., Vaselli O., Bicocchi G., Tassi F. ‐ Petrographical and mineralogical characterization of marine sediments in the mud diapir province of the Paola Basin (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea).

10:30‐10:45 Iadanza A., Sampalmieri G., Cipollari P., Cosentino D., Mola M. ‐ A Messinian analogue for the subsurface plumbing of marine oil seeps (Maiella foreland basin, Central Apennine).

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Ceramicola S., Senatore M.R., Coste M., Meo A., Boscaino M., Cova A.  ‐ Seabed mapping for geohazard in the Gulf of Taranto, Ionian Sea (Southern Italy).

Ceramicola S., Tinti S., Zaniboni F., Praeg D., Planinsek P. ‐ Reconstruction of a submarine landslide and related tsunami from morpho‐bathymetry and sub‐bottom data on the Ionian Calabrian margin (Mediterranean Sea).

Coste M., Ceramicola S., Migeon S. ‐ Different morpho‐structural canyon systems observed on the Ionian margin (Calabria, Italy).

Coste M., Migeon S., Ceramicola S. ‐ Processes of formation and evolution of submarine canyons on the western margin of the Ligurian margin.

Critelli S., Dominici R., Muto F., Perri F., Tripodi V. ‐ Composition and depositional architecture of late Quaternary sediments in the deep‐water northern Ionian Basin, southern Italy.

Ercilla G., Juan C., Estrada F., Casas D., Alonso B., García M., Farran M., Palomino D., Vázquez J.T., Llave E., Hernández‐Molina F.J., Medialdea T., Gorini C., D'Acremont E., El Moumni B., Ammar A., Contouriber & Montera Teams ‐ Recent contourites in the Alboran Sea.

Juan C., Ercilla G., Estrada F., Casas D., Alonso B., García M., Farran M., Palomino D., Vázquez J.T., Llave E., Hernández‐Molina F.J., Medialdea T., Gorini C., D'acremont E., El Moumni B., Ammar A., Contouriber & Montera Teams ‐ The Plio‐Quaternary stratigraphy in the Eastern Alboran Sea.

Praeg D., Ceramicola S., Pierre C., Mascle J., Dupré S., Andersen A., Camera L., Cova A., De Lange G., Ducassou E., Freiwald A., Harmegnies F., Hebbeln D., Loncke L., Mastalerz V., Migeon S., Taviani M. ‐ Active mud volcanism and seabed seepage on the Calabrian accretionary prism, Ionian Sea.

Zecchin M., Ceramicola S., Gordini E., Deponte M., Critelli S. ‐ A cliff overstep model for high‐gradient shelves: the case of the Ionian Calabrian Margin (southern Italy).

Thursday 20 September 2012 [11.15-12.45] - Auditorium

11:15‐11:30 Avolio M.V., Lupiano V. ‐ A New Cellular Automata Model for Simulating Landslides.

11:30‐11:45 Bianchi Fasani G., Di Luzio E., Bozzano F. ‐ Geological investigation in the SE neighbourhoods of Rome aimed to an evolutionary model of cavity networks for hazard zonation.

11:45‐12:00 Doglioni A., Simeone V. ‐ Data‐driven modeling of earth science issues.

12:00‐12:15 Avolio M.V., Calidonna C.R., Delle Rose M., Di Gregorio S., Lupiano V., Pagliara T.M., Sempreviva A.M. ‐ Integration of an empirical cellular model for sand coastal erosion and an experimental contrast method.

12:15‐12:30 Galeandro A., Simeone V. ‐ Infiltration processes in fractured and swelling soils and their influence on the stability of surficial covers.

12:30‐12:45 Lucà F., Robustelli G., Rongo R., Spataro W. ‐ Evaluation of landslide invasion hazard through Cellular Automata at Gragnano (Sorrento Peninsula).

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Dessì B., Lucarini M., Troccoli A., Vizzini G. ‐ Buried streams or undergorund artificial channels? Two Case Studies in Liguria (Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare, SP).

Thursday 20 September 2012 [09.15-10.45] - Caldora Room

9:15‐9.30 Di Nocera S., Matano F.  ‐ Weathering surveys and mapping in landslide hazard analysis: studies on weathered gneiss in Sila Massif (Calabria, Italy).

9:30‐9:45 Borrelli L., Gullà G. ‐ Modello geologico‐tecnico della frana di Serra di Buda (Acri ‐ Cs).

9:45‐10:00 Mandaglio M.C., Moraci N., Crèmer C. ‐ Geomechanical analysis of the rock masses outcropping in the slope between Scilla and Bagnara Calabra (RC).

10:00‐10:15 Sorbino G. ‐ Groundwater modelling in weathered gneissic slopes.

10:15‐10:30 Cascini L. ‐ Landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk zoning in weathered gneiss of the Sila massif.

10:30‐10:45 Gullà G., Aceto L., Borrelli L. ‐ Terreni di alterazione da rocce cristalline.

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Borrelli L., Cofone G., Critelli S., Greco S., Gullà G.  ‐ Carta del grado di alterazione e categorie di frane nell'alta valle del Fiume Trionto (Calabria, Italia).

Borrelli L., Cofone G., Gullà G. ‐ Procedura speditiva per la redazione di una carta del grado di alterazione a scala regionale.

Borrelli L., Critelli S., Gullà G., Muto F. ‐ Cartografia del grado di alterazione in rocce cristalline: l'esempio della carta del grado di alterazione redatta per la porzione centro‐occidentale del bacino del Fiume Mucone (Calabria, Italia).

Borrelli L., Gioffrè D., Gullà G., Moraci N. ‐ Suscettibilità alle frane superficiali e veloci in terreni di alterazione: un possibile contributo della modellazione della propagazione.

Calcaterra S., Piera G., Gullà G. ‐ Movimenti in massa nelle rocce degradate e alterate del versante di Greci (Lago – CS): monitoraggio integrato degli spostamenti superficiali e profondi.

Ietto F., Parise M., Ponte M., Calcaterra D. ‐ Geotechnical characterization and landslides in the weathered granitoids of Calabria (southern Italy).

Maiorano S.M., Gullà G. ‐ Una frana profonda in rocce alterate: modellazione numerica per la calibrazione del modello geotecnico.

Perri F., Borrelli L., Critelli S., Gullà G. ‐ Investigation of weathering rates and processes affecting plutonic and metamorphic rocks in Sila Massif (Calabria, southern Italy).

Thursday 20 September 2012 [11.15-12.45] - Caldora Room

11:15‐11:30 Antronico L., Greco R., Robustelli G., Sorriso‐Valvo M. - Basin and fan system morphodynamics and related hazards. S. Lorenzo, Calabria, Italy.

11:30‐11:45 Giano S.I., Putignano M.L. ‐ Factors influencing the alluvial/colluvial fans development of the Caserta Plain (southern Apennines, Italy).

11:45‐12:00 Zuccaro G., Santo A., Cacace F., De Gregorio D., Di Crescenzo G. ‐ Building vulnerability assessment under landslides actions: Castellammare di Stabia case study.

12:00‐12:15 Bozzano F., Esposito C., Scarascia Mugnozza G. ‐ Shallow landslides in the southern Messina province (north‐easternSicily, Italy): inventory map, historical records and susceptibility assessment.

12:15‐12:30 Violante C., Esposito E., Porfido S., Sacchi M., Molisso F., Mazzola S. ‐ Debris‐flows dominated fan delta system at Amalfi Coast, Southern Italy.

12:30‐12:45 Aronica G.T., Puglisi C., Naso S., Falconi L., Leoni G. ‐ An integrated stochastic methodology coupling geomorphologic and hydraulic modelling for debris flow risk assessment.

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Chirico G.B., Di Crescenzo G., Santangelo N., Santo A., Scorpio V. ‐ Alluvial fan flooding hazard: the study case of Teglia (San Gregorio Magno, Salerno).

Ciaravino G., Ciaravino L. ‐ Simplified assessment of risk and alarm levels in Debris Flow.

Nikolkina I., Pelinovsky E. ‐ Gravity and pyroclastic flows on sea coasts: analytical solutions and estimations for the Caribbean.

Termini D. ‐ Experimental study on parameters affecting propagation of a channelized debris‐flow.

Thursday 20 September 2012 [15.00-16.30] - Caldora Room

15:00‐15:15 Di Stefano P., Mcroberts C., Renda P., Tripodo A., Zarcone G. ‐ Middle Triassic carbonate platform‐ basin system from Sicily. New evidence from the Madonie Mountains.

15:15‐15‐30 Todaro S., Zarcone G., Mindszenty A., Di Stefano P. ‐ Karstic overprint of Upper Triassic peritidal cycles: the example of the Panormide Carbonate Platform at San Vito lo Capo (Sicily).

15:30‐15:45 Fabbi S., Santantonio M. ‐ Progradational geometries and early rifting‐related extension in the Calcare Massiccio formation (Northern Apennines).

15:45‐16:00 Lechler M., Frijia G., Mutti M., Palladino G., Prosser G. ‐ Stratigraphic setting of a segment from the Eastern margin of the Apennine platform (Monte di Viggiano, Southern Apennines).

16:00‐16:15 Jadoul F., Casellato C.E., Lanfranchi A. ‐ Middle‐Upper Jurassic stratigraphic evolution of basinal carbonates of Eastern Sardinia (European passive margin).

16:15‐16:30 Ricci C., Jadoul F., Lanfranchi A., Rusciadelli G., Della Porta G., Lathuilière B., Berra F. ‐ Coral‐sponge‐ microencruster‐microbialite associations in the Upper Jurassic reef: quantitative characterization of a case study from Eastern Sardinia (Italy).

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Brandano M., Guarini G., Petrungaro R., Velocci L., Meloni D., Mascaro G., Lipparini L. ‐ Digital 3D modeling by laser scanning technique of Lepidocyclina limestone (Bolognano Formation, Majella).

Sirna M., Hooshmand Koochi H. ‐ Mid‐Cretaceous evolution of the Ernici Mountains carbonate successions (Latium‐Abruzzi, Central Apennines).

Thursday 20 September 2012 [09.15-10.45] - Room B

9:15‐9.30 Carton A. ‐ Geomorphological mapping in Italy from the first essays to present.

9:30‐9:45 Valente A., Magliulo P. ‐ A GIS‐based geomorphological mapping of the Calore River alluvial plain in Benevento area (Campania, Italy).

9:45‐10:00 Bianchi Fasani G., Bozzano F., Bretschneider A., Esposito C., Martino S., Mazzanti P., Montagna A., Prestininzi A., Scarascia Mugnozza G. ‐ Thematic mapping of the Tyrrhenian coast between Villa San Giovanni and Palmi (Reggio Calabria, Italy).

10:00‐10:15 Ciarcia S., Amato L., Cestari A., Sala D. ‐ Geological and geomorphological model for wide area monitoring of environmental risk.

10:15‐10:30 Guida D., Siervo V., Cestari A., Palmieri V. ‐ Application of "GmIS_Unisa" geomorphological mapping system to regional planning.

10:30‐10:45 Guida D., Cuomo A., Cestari A., Dramis F., Paron P., Palmieri V., Siervo V. ‐ Oro‐Hydrographic Map of Western Europe.

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Conforti M., Pascale S., Pastore V., Pepe M., Sdao F., Sole A., Geomorphology and GIS analysis for mapping landslide in the Camastra basin (Basilicata, South Italy).

Thursday 20 September 2012 [11.15-12.45] - Room B

11:15‐11:30 Azañon J.M., Rodríguez‐Fernández J., Roldán‐García F.J., Azor A., Della Seta M. ‐ Tectonic history and subsidence of the betic intramontane basin: a key to record timing and exhumation rates in the Alboran domain.

11:30‐11:45 Amato V., Aucelli P.P.C., Russo F., Ermolli E., Rosskopf C.M., Cesarano M., Pappone G. ‐ Quaternary morpho‐evolution, tectonic and environmental changes in the Boiano intermontane basin (central‐ southern Italy).

11:45‐12:00 Chiarini E., La Posta E., D'Ambrogi C., Eulilli V., Ferri F., Marino M., Puzzilli L.M. ‐ A multidisciplinary approach to the study of the Montereale intermountain basin (Central Apennines).

12:00‐12:15 Fubelli G., Della Seta M., Amato G. ‐ Geospatial reconstruction of the paleo Farfa River catchment and relict landscape in the Tyrrhenian drainage system (Central Italy).

12:15‐12:30 Giano S.I., Gioia D., Schiattarella M. ‐ The connected Auletta, Vallo di Diano, and Sanza basins, southern Apennines, Italy: opening kinematics and morphostructural evolution.

12:30‐12:45 Sardella R., Squazzini E., Mancini M. ‐ The Late Villafranchian vertabrate faunas from southern Umbria (central Italy): an useful tool for reconstructing intramontane basin infill evolution.

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Aringoli D., Farabollini P., Galindo‐Zaldivar J., Gentili B., Giano S.I., Lopez‐Garrido A.C., Materazzi M., Pambianchi G., Pedrera A., Ruaro P., Ruiz‐Constàn A., Sanz De Galdeano C., Savelli D., Tondi E., Troiani F. ‐ Morphotectonic and sedimentary infill of the Colfiorito, Norcia, Castelluccio and Leonessa Basins (Central  Apennines, Italy).

Cartojan E., Massa B., Valente A. ‐ The evolution of Tammaro River Basin (Southern Apennines, Italy): tectonics and morphometric analysis.

Labella R., Giannandrea P. ‐ Arrangement of terraced surfaces and middle Pleistocene to Holocene geomorphological evolution of the Ofanto Basin (southern Apennines).

Thursday 20 September 2012 [09.15-10.45] - Room A

9:15‐9.30 Balestro G., Piana F., Fioraso G., Perrone G., Tallone S. ‐ Sharing data and interpretations of geological maps on the web: the example of the CNR‐IGGTO geoportal.

9:30‐9:45 Campo V., Cipolloni C., Congi M.P., Delogu D. ‐ The research of geological data for thematic channels in themetadata catalog of Geological Survey of Italy.

9:45‐10:00 Cipolloni C., Pantaloni M. ‐ GeoSciML: il modello dati per l'armonizzazione e condivisione delle informazioni geologiche.

10:00‐10:15 Cara P., Corazza A., Duro A., Pagliara P., Proietti C.,Valgimigli G. ‐ The application of the INSPIRE Directive on hydrogeological risk data for civil protection activities: the case of the DORIS Project.

10:15‐10:30 Ortolano G., Zappalà L. ‐ Management and deployment of rock‐analysis data from thin section ‐ to field‐scale.

10:30‐10:45 D'Anastasio E., Cecere G., D'ambrosio C., Zarrilli L., Cardinale V., Minichiello F., D'Agostino N., Avallone A., Falco L., Sette A.G. ‐ RING and ReCal GPS networks: two Italian geodetic infrastructures and their data management, sharing and dissemination.

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Partescano E. ‐ Geodatabase: a tool for managing geological and geophysical data.

Thursday 20 September 2012 [11.15-12.30] - Room A

11:15‐11:30 Tangari A.C., Andò S., Caracciolo L., Garzanti E., Le Pera E., Scarciglia F. ‐ Weathering of crystalline bedrock in Sila Massif and Catena Costiera (Calabria, southern Italy).

11:30‐11:45 Pelle T., Scarciglia F., Natali E., Tiné V. ‐ The case study of "San Michele Cave" of Saracena (northern Calabria, Italy): late Pleistocene to mid‐Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction and human impact through a pedological and geoarchaeological approach.

11:45‐12:00 Vigliotti M., Verde R., Di Natale M., Ruberti R. ‐ The USLE model applyed to the Volturno River carchment (souther Italy) using GIS.

12:00‐12:15 Aucelli P.P.C., Conforti M., Della Seta M., Del Monte M., D'Uva L., Rosskopf C.M., Vergari F. ‐ Quantitative assessment of soil erosion rates: results from direct monitoring and digital photogrammetric analysis on the Landola catchment in the Upper Orcia Valley (Tuscany, Italy).

12:15‐12:30 Maerker M., Della Seta M., Vergari F., Delmonte M. ‐ Process‐Based Assessment of Erosion Dynamics in the Upper Orcia Valley (Southern Tuscany, Italy): A New Semi‐Quantitative Integrated Approach 12:30‐12:45 Scarciglia F., Conforti M., Buttafuoco G., Robustelli G., Aucelli P.P.C., Morrone F., Casuscelli F., Palumbo G. ‐ Integrated study of a soil catena in the Turbolo watershed (Calabria, southern Italy): soil processes, hydrology and geomorphic dynamics.

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Conforti M., Buttafuoco G.,  Leone A. P., Aucelli P.P.C., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F. ‐ Soil erosion assessment using proximal spectral reflectance in VIS‐NIR‐SWIR region in sample area of Calabria region (southern Italy).

Della Seta M., Del Monte M., Di Leo P , Pulice I., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F., Vergari F. ‐ Parent material properties of two mediterranean badland sites: the impact on erosion dynamics.

Thursday 20 September 2012 [15.00-16.30] - Room A

15:00‐15:15 Antonioli F., Montagna P., Caruso A., Ruggieri R.R., Lo Presti V., Silenzi S., Frank N.N., Douville E., Pierre C. ‐ Investigation of marine and continental layers in a stalactite older than 1 million years (Custonaci, north‐western sector of Sicily).

15:15‐15:30 Mastronuzzi G., Artusa C., Fontolan G., Longo D., Milella M., Pignatelli C., Piscitelli A.  ‐ Underwater surveys in the reconstruction of Upper Pleistocene - Holocene sea level changes in the Taranto seas.

15:30‐15:45 Orrù P.E., Deiana G., Taviani M., Todde S.  ‐ Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Last Glacial Maximum coastline on the San Pietro continental shelf (Sardinia SW).

15:45‐16:00 Putignano M.L., Orrù P.E., Schiattarella M. ‐ Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Holocene coastline of Procida Island, Bay of Naples.

16:00‐16:15 Sacchi M., Pepe F., Molisso F., Insinga D.D. ‐ The submerged structure and stratal architecture of the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff (NYT) caldera, offshore the Campi Flegrei, (Eastern Tyrrhenian Margin): new insights from high resolution seismics and gravity core data.

16:15‐16:30 Lodolo E. ‐ The Sicily Channel was an archipelago.

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Anzidei M., Antonioli F., Benini A., Gervasi A., Guerra I., Baldi P., Fabris M. ‐ Evidence of relative sea level change and vertical motion of the land along the coast of Calabria inferred from maritime archaeological indicators.

Antonioli F., Lo Presti V., Morticelli M.G., Mannino M.A., Lambeck K., Ferranti L., Bonfiglio L., Mangano G., Sannino G.M., Furlani S., Sulli A., Palombo M.R., Canese S.P. ‐ The land bridge between Europe and Sicily over the past 40 kyrs:  timing of emersion and implications for the migration of Homo sapiens.

Furlani S., Cucchi F. ‐ Field surveying of intertidal limestone erosion susceptibility in the Gulf of Trieste: the "GeoSwim Project".

Mastronuzzi G., Pignatelli C. ‐ The boulder berm of Punta Saguerra (Taranto, Italy): a morphological imprint of the Rossano Calabro tsunami of April 24, 1836.

Orrù P.E., Mastronuzzi G., Pignatelli C., Piscitelli A., Solinas E. ‐ Sea level changes and geoarchaeology between Malfatano Bay and Piscinnì Bay (SW Sardinia) in the last 3 ky.

Procopio F., Carrà D., Cefalì A., Pisciuneri A., Stamile A.A., Strati G. ‐ First outcomes of the coastal erosion and marine geology working group activity, Ordine Regionale dei Geologi della Calabria (O.G.R.C.).

Sacchi M., Pepe F., Corradino M., Duarte H. ‐ Volcaniclastic deposition and migration of basin depocentres after the eruption of the neapolitan yellow tuff: the Pozzuoly bay (Naples, Italy).

Vecchio A., Anzidei M., Carbone V., Capparelli V., Guerra I., Arena G. ‐ Sea level fluctuation in the Mediterranean after the March 11th, 2011 Japan tsunami from Italian tidal records.

Thursday 20 September 2012 [09.15-10.45] - Small Theater

9:15‐9.30 Bortolotti V. ‐ Ophiolites: their firts steps.

9:30‐9:45 Rebay G., Spalla M.I., Martin S., Powell R. ‐ On the metamorphic ophiolites of the western Alps: 40 years after the Penrose Conference.

9:45‐10:00 Piccardo G.B. ‐ The Voltri Massif: hic sunt leones?

10:00‐10:15 Principi G., Treves B., Menna F. ‐ The Levanto‐Bracco ophiolitic units as a Core Complex of a Tethyan Jurassic slow spreading ridge.

10:15‐10:30 Tribuzio R., Renna M.R., Zanetti A., Dallai L. ‐ Magmatic‐hydrothermal interactions at a fossil slow‐ spreading centre (Internal Ligurian ophiolites, Italy).

10:30‐10:45 Filice F., Liberi F., Cirillo D., Pandolfi L., Marroni M., Piluso E. ‐ Tectonometamorphic and structural evolution of the ophiolitic sequences from the central sector of the Catena Costiera (Northern Calabria).

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Matrangolo G., Liberi F., Martin‐Rojas I., Piluso E. ‐ Basic magmatism in the Triassic sequences from the Alpujarride Complex (Betic Cordillera, SE Spain) and the Lungro‐Verbicaro Unit (Southern Apennines, Italy).

Merlini A., Tartarotti P., Grieco G., Sansone M.T.C., Rizzo G., Prosser G. ‐ Coupled ferritchromite and chromian‐chlorite in mantle rocks:  a comparison from circum‐mediterranean ophiolites.

Thursday 20 September 2012 [11.15-13.00] - Small Theater

11:15‐11:30 Somma R., Navas‐Parejo P., Martín‐Algarra A., Martínez‐Pérez C., Perrone V., Rodríguez‐Cañero R. ‐ Vincoli biostratigrafici sull'età del vulcanismo alcalino paleozoico dei Monti Peloritani (Sicilia nord‐ orientale).

11:30‐11:45 Balini M., Nicora A., Jenks J.F., Martin R., Blasi M., Brambilla M., Cantinotti S., Menghin R., Molino G., Visconti A. ‐ High resolution Upper Ladinian/Lower Carnian bio‐chronostratigraphic correlations from the western Tethys to North America.

11:45‐12:00 Agnini C., De Bernardi B., Erba E. ‐ From volume estimates to carbonate production of Late Paleocene - Early Eocene calcareous nannofossil assemblages: a first step to reconstruct absolute abundances of calcareous nannoplankton.

12:00‐12:15 Costanzo A., Mc Nulty E., Feely M., Lowenstein T., Dominici R., Melgarejo J.C. ‐ Evidence for microbial life in deep time: a geomicrobiological investigation using fluid inclusion studies.

12:15‐12:30 Scarponi D., Raffi S., Capraro L., Ghinassi M. ‐ Palaecologic signatures of fossil assemblages in a candidate GSSP section of the Middle Pleistocene Stage at San Mauro Marchesato (Crotone, Southern Italy).

12:30‐12:45 Cherin M., Bizzarri R., Buratti N., Caponi T., Grossi F., Kotsakis T., Pandolfi L., Pazzaglia F., Barchi M.R. ‐ Multidisciplinary study of a new Quaternary mammal‐bearing site from Ellera di Corciano (central Umbria, Italy): preliminary data.

12:45:13:00 Ciummelli M., Garzarella A., Raffi I. ‐ Evolutionary patterns of genus Discoaster in selected time intervals and correlation to paleoenvironmental changes.

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Benedetti A. ‐ Evolutionary trends in Nephrolepidina: neanic acceleration and Golden Selection.

Benedetti A., Marino M., Pichezzi R.M. ‐ Microfacies and biostratigraphical analysis on Paleogene‐Neogene formations cropping out near Antrodoco (Central Apennines, Italy).

Benedetti A., Pignatti J., Matteucci R. ‐ Depth distribution of Amphistegina from Lamu Archipelago (Kenya).

Bernasconi M.P., Cefalà M., Perri E. ‐ The Pleistocene coralgal carbonate bioconstruction of Punta Diamante, southern Italy: a preliminary study.

Briguglio A., Benedetti A. ‐ X‐ray microtomography as a tool to present and discuss new taxa: the example of Risananeiza sp. from the late Chattian of Porto Badisco.

Frezza V., Carboni M.G., Di Bella L. ‐ Late Holocene paleoenvironmental evidences from foraminiferal assemblages in the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea (Southern Tuscany, Italy).

Frezza V., D'Amico C., Aiello G., Barra D., Bracone V., Di Bella L., Esu D., Rosskopf C.M.  ‐  Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental evolution of the central Adriatic coast in the Trigno mouth area (Molise Region).

Grossi F., Gliozzi E. ‐ Palaeoenvironmental evolution of the post‐evaporitic Messinian sequence of  Eraclea Minoa (Sicily) by means of ostracods: preliminary results.

Grossi F., Pandolfi L. ‐ Investigation on the vertebrate remains from Monte delle Piche (Rome, Central Italy).

Grossi F. ‐ The Cretacic gastropod Trochactaeon matensis (Fittipaldi, 1901): first occurrence in the central Apennines (Rocca di Cave, Prenestini Mts.).

Monaco P. ‐ Stratinomy and taphonomy of trace fossils from Eocene to Miocene turbidites in Northern Apennines (central Italy).

Thursday 20 September 2012 [15.00-16.30] - Small Theater

15:00‐15:15 Barilaro F., Della Porta G., Capezzuoli E. ‐ Depositional geometry and fabric types of hydrothermal travertine deposits (Albegna, Valley, Tuscany, Italy).

15:15‐15:30 Bersezio R., Mele M., Giudici M. ‐ Imaging of subsurface alluvial stratigraphy: an electro‐stratigraphic traverse across the Po plain in Lombardy.

15:30‐15:45 Bianchi V., Ghinassi M., Aldinucci M., Boaga J., Deiana R. ‐ The Plio‐Pleistocene fluvial deposits of the Ambra valley (Tuscany, Italy): an example of tectonically‐controlled valley fill succession.

15:45‐16:00 Buratti N., Barchi M.R., Bertini A., Cirilli S., Gasperini L., Marchegiano M., Pazzaglia F. ‐ Palaeoenvironmental and vegetational changes from the Pleistocene lacustrine sediments of the Trasimeno area (Central Italy): evidences from palynofacies and pollen analysis.

16:00‐16:15 Ielpi A., Ghinassi M., Fidolini F. ‐ Anatomy of falling stage to early transgressive fluvial‐deltaic deposits: outcrop and borehole data from the lacustrine late Pliocene of the Upper Valdarno Basin (Italy).

16:15‐16:30 Rossato S., Mozzi P., Monegato G. ‐ LGM glacial retreat in the Astico valley and mismatch with the Adige and Brenta glacial transfluences (NE Italy).

Thursday 20 September 2012 - Poster Room

Perri E., Manzo E. ‐ Carbonate deposition in a fluvial tufa system: processes and products, (Corvino Valley ‐ Southern Italy).

Caruso C., Giannandrea P., Perri E. ‐ Preliminary observations on continental carbonate clasts in alluvial/volcanoclastic deposits (Pleistocene, Venosa Basin, southern Italy).

Costamagna L.G. ‐ Alluvial, aeolian and tidal deposits in the Triassic Buntsandstein of NW Sardinia (Italy).

Costamagna L.G. ‐ Cruciani  G., Franceschelli M., Late Carboniferous to Permian volcano‐sedimentary successions in SW Sardinia: a sedimentological, mineralogical and petrographical review.

Ghinassi M., Fidolini F., Magi M., Papini M., Sagri M. ‐ The Plio‐Pleistocene fluvio‐lacustrine Upper Valdarno Basin (central Italy): stratigraphy and basin fill evolution.

Ielpi A., Cornamusini G. ‐ A progressive unconformity‐bounded stratigraphic unit within extensional settings, SE Volterra Basin, Italy.

Bianchi V., Billi P., Cornamusini G., Fedi M., Ghinassi M., Ielpi A., Sandrelli F. ‐ The Holocene infill of the Adwa Valley (Tigray, Northern Ethiopia): preliminary results.