Orlando Vaselli
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Firenze
Italy
Biography
Born in Arezzo (Italy) on the 23 rd December 1959. Graduated in Geological Sciences in April 1985 at the University of Florence (Italy). Present position : Head of the Department of Earth Sciences from the 1 st of November, 2008 to the 31 st of December, 2012. Associate Professor of Geochemistry and Volcanology at the Dept. of Earth Sciences of the University of Florence.
Research Interest
His main topics of interest are analytical methods in geochemistry and their applications; geochemistry and mineralogy of the Messinian sedimentary rocks in the Mediterranean region; mineralogy and geochemistry of the KT boundary in the stratigraphic sequence of the Barranco del Gredero (Caravaca, Spain); mineralogy and geochemistry of the ophiolitic soils and related plants in Tuscany; geochemistry and mineral chemistry of the amazonite artifacts from archeological sites in the Middle East; geochemistry of thermal and volcanic systems; geochemistry and petrology of the ultramafic xenoliths from the Carpatho-Pannonian region. In 1999, as a result of his scientific activity in this area, he received the EUROPROBE-PANCARDI award.
Publications
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Franchi, F; Rovere, M; Gamberi, F; Rashed, H.; Vaselli, O; Rates, F (2017). Authentic minerals from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: Evidence of episodic methane seepage. MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, vol. 86, pp. 228-247, ISSN: 0264-8172
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Bicocchi, Gabriele; Vaselli, Orlando; Ruggieri, Giovanni; Bonini, Marco; Rates, Franco; Buccianti, Antonella; of Benedict, Francis; Montegrossi, Giordano (2017). Chemical alteration and mineral growth under high pCO2 conditions: Insights from the mineral chemistry of carbonate phases in the Caprese Reservoir (Northern Apennines, Central Italy). CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, vol. 450, pp. 81-95, ISSN: 0009-2541
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Vaselli, O; Nisi, B; Rappuoli, D; Cabassi, J; Rates, F (2017). Gaseous Elemental Mercury and Total and Leached Mercury in Building Materials from the Former Hg-Mining Area of ​​Abbadia San Salvatore (Central Italy). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 14, pp. 1-22, ISSN: 1661-7827
