Research Area

Active Research fields

 

Field surveys and acquisition, processing and interpretation of acoustic data, sampling of marine areas, regional geology of the Central Mediterranean and Central America areas, stratigraphic and structural setting of Sicily, neotectonic processes and related hazards along active continental margins, mapping and management of marine and coastal areas, identifying, characterization and exploitation of geological resources in marine areas

Research projects of the last 5 years

SIRIPRO, acquisition, processing and interpretation of deep crustal seismic reflection data in Central Sicily

CARG, national geological mapping project, both in marine and continental areas

MAGIC (Marine Geohazards along the Italian Coasts) and RITMARE projects, devoted to the assessment of geohazard in coastal and marine areas

TOMO-ETNA MED-SUV project, in the frame of the Geohazard Supersites and Natural Laboratories network

Eurofleets ISLAND

DPC-INGV Project V2 dealing with the Campi Flegrei hazard assessment. 

Collaborations

INGV Palermo, Catania, Roma

CNR Napoli, Pisa, Bologna, Roma

INOGS Trieste

Universities of Catania, Calabria, Basilicata, Napoli, Roma (La Sapienza and Roma Tre), Perugia, Cagliari

Universitè Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)

CSIC, Barcelona (Espana)

University of Malta

USP, Sao Paulo (Brasil)

UES (El Salvador)

UNAN (Nicaragua)

USAC (Guatemala)

UNAH (Honduras)

Active research

Laboratories of Sedimentology  (particle size analysis for sieving, laser analyzer, preparation of thin sections, core cutting, reflected light and transmission microscopes), Marine Geology and Seismostratigraphy (grabs, softwares for acquisition, processing and interpretation of multibahymetric and seismic data, GIS, structural data balancing and restoration).

Services delivered under the right of third parties

Geological mapping, morphobathymetry, seismic surveys, sediment and rock analyses, habitat mapping, characterization of submarine sand quarries, identification and analysis of hydrocarbon reservoirs, structural analysis, geological planning