Mantovani Enzo

Biography

He got a Degree in Physics at the Bologna University on 1969. From 1969 to 1974 he carried out various appointments at the Institute of Geodesy and Topography of the Bologna University. At 1974 he was appointed assistant to the chair of Applied Geophysics at the University of Siena. From 1975 to 1994 he held the course of Applied Geophysics and since 1975 the course of Physics of the Earth at the same University. At 1982 he was appointed Associate Professor and at 1986 Full Professor of Physics of the Earth at the University of Siena. He was Director of the Geophysical Observatory at the University of Siena. He carried out studies of experimental and theoretical seismometry and took care of the installation and maintenance of the Italian long period seismic network. He then used the data obtained by this network to study seismic surface waves with the aim of defining the structural properties of the crust-upper mantle system in the Mediterranean region. He collaborated to the first experiments on the generation of theoretical seismograms during his stage at the University of California. He carried out geoelectric surveys in Tuscany and interpretation of geophysical data for the reconstruction of crustal properties in the Italian area. He studied the geodynamic evolution of the Mediterranean region, through the integrated analysis of geophysical, geological and volcanological observations, the reconstruction of the rheological features of the crust-upper mantle structure and the numerical modelling of displacement and strain fields by the finite element technique. Then, he has exploited the knowledge developed on the Mediterranean geodynamics to study the connection between tectonic process and seismic activity in the same area. This study has been accompanied by an analysis of the seismic history of the Italian territory to investigate the reliability of seismic hazard estimates based on statistical procedures. He carried out studies on the connection between tectonic processes and volcanic activity in the central Mediterranean area and on the geodynamic interpretation of geodetic data. He has been responsible for several research projects, involving the arguments described above, financed by various Organizations (C.N.R., Ministry of Research, National Space Agency, Regione Toscana). At present, he coordinates a national research project on middle-long term precursory phenomena of strong earthquakes in Italy. In the framework of a collaboration with the Regione Toscana he is elaborating the sismotectonic maf od this Region.

Research Interest

Applied And Solid Earth Geophysics