Michetti Alessandro Maria
Associate Professors
SCIENCES AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Insubria University
Italy
Biography
Author of more than 65 scientific papers on international peer-reviewed journals 2012-present, Member of the Academic Senate, University of Insubria 2011-2012, Vice President, Environmental Science Degree Committee, University of Insubria; 2008 - 2011, Vice Director, Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Insubria; 2000 - 2013, Tutor of 10 PhD Projects in Environmental Sciences; October 1st, 2000 - present: Associate Professor of Geology, Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria, Como; 1992 NATO Fellowship in Active Tectonics and Paleoseismology, Center for Neotectonic Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, USA; 1989 to 1999 Research Geologist in Natural Hazard Assessment and Paleiseismology, National Agency for Environmental Protection (ANPA), CNR - GNDT (National Group for Protection Against Earthquakes) 1986 Doctor of Geology, University of La Sapienza of Rome, Department of Earth SciencesQualifications and awards:
Research Interest
Most of my research is focused on the reconstruction of the recent landscape evolution in order to define geological criteria for assessing natural hazards, especially seismicity. This includes the integration of historical and instrumental seismicity data with observations from Quaternary, dominantly holocene, stratigraphy, geomorphology and tectonics, to understand the styles and rates of ongoing crustal deformation, their interaction with climatic-controlled surface processes and, with that information, define The seismic potential at both local and regional scales. This research ranges from laboratory analysis of airphoto coverages and topographic imagery, to field mapping of recent landforms and deposits, to geomorphic reconstruction of slip rates and paleoearthquake histories of capable faults, Also through detailed studies of trench exposures showing Holocene earthquake surface faulting. Of particular interest for my research is also the study of earthquake ground effects and their use in macroseismic intensity scales.
Publications
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Frigerio C., Bonadeo L., Zerboni A., Livio F., Ferrario MF, Fioraso G., Irace A., Brunamonte F., Michetti AM , 2017, First Evidence for Late Pleistocene to Holocene earthquake surface faulting in the Eastern Monferrato Arc (Northern Italy): geology, pedostratigraphy and structural study of the Pecetto di Valenza site. Quaternary International, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.12.022
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Martinelli E., Michetti AM, Colombaroli D., Mazzola E., Motella De Carlo S., Livio F., Gilli A., Ferrario MF, Höbig N., Brunamonte F., Castelletti L. & Tinner W. , 2017 , Climatic and anthropogenic forcing of prehistoric vegetation succession and fire dynamics in Lake Como area (N-Italy, Insubria), Quaternary Science Reviews, 161, 45-67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. quascirev.2017.01.02
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Cowie PA, Phillips RJ, Roberts GP, McCaffrey K., Zijerveld LJJ, Gregory LC, Faure Walker J., Wedmore L., Dunai TJ, Binnie SA, Freeman SPHT, Wilcken K., Shanks RP, Huismans RS, Papanikolaou I., Michetti AM . & Wilkinson M., 2017, Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behavior of earthquake faults, Sci. Rep. 7., 44858
