Publications and Meeting Abstracts
(supported by SFI grant 11/SIRG/E2174 )
PUBLICATIONS (Peer-reviewed journals):
2016
Mandolesi, E., X. Ogaya, J. Campanya and N. Piana Agostinetti (2016) Trans-dimensional Monte Carlo 1D inversion of magnetotelluric data, in preparation for Computer Geosciences.
Licciardi, A. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2016) Elastic properties and 3D structure of a sedimentary basin from teleseismic receiver function analysis: the Dublin Basin (Ireland) case-study, submitted to Geophysics
N. Piana Agostinetti, G. Giacomuzzi and C. Chiarabba (2016) Seismic swarms and diffuse fracturing within Triassic evaporites fed by deep degassing along the low angle Alto Tiberina normal fault (central Apennines, Italy), J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JB013295.
Bianchi, I., F. P. Lucente, A Govoni, M. Di Bona and N. Piana Agostinetti (2016) Crustal structure and deformation across a mature slab tear zone: the case of southern Tyrrhenian Subduction (Italy), Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 12,380–12,388, doi:10.1002/2016GL070978.
Licciardi A. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2016) An automated method for the detection of seismic anisotropy at depth via receiver function analysis, Geophys. J. Int., 205 (3): 1589-1612, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw091
Chiarabba, C., N. Piana Agostinetti and I. Bianchi (2016) Lithospheric fault and kinematic decoupling of the Apennines system across the Pollino range, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi: 10.1002/2015GL067610
2015
Piana Agostinetti, N. (2015) The structure of the Moho in the Northern Apennines: Evidence for an incipient slab tear fault? Tectonophysics, 655, 88-96, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.05.013
Piana Agostinetti N., G. Giacomuzzi and A. Malinverno (2015) Local 3D earthquake tomography by trans-dimensional Monte Carlo sampling, Geophys J. Int., 201, 1598–1617, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv084
Rosenbaum, G., and N. Piana Agostinetti (2015) Crustal and upper mantle response to lithospheric tear faulting: the Livorno-Sillaro Lineament in the northern Apennines, Tectonics, 34, 648–661, doi: 10.1002/2013TC003498
2014
Piana Agostinetti, N. and M. S. Miller (2014) The fate of the downgoing oceanic plate: insight from the northern Cascadia subduction zone, Earth Pla. Sci. Lett., 408, 237–251, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.10.016
Piccinini, D., N. Piana Agostinetti, G. Saccorotti, A. Fiaschi, L. Matassoni, M. Morelli (2014) Orogen-parallel variability in 3D seismicity distribution, Northern Apennines (Italy): evidence for a slab tear fault?, J. of Geodynamics, 82, 110-117, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2014.09.005
Amato, A., I. Bianchi and N. Piana Agostinetti (2014) Apulian crust: top to bottom, J. of Geodynamics, 82, 125–137, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2014.09.007
Licciardi, A., N. Piana Agostinetti, S. Lebedev, A. J. Schaeffer, P. W. Readman and C. Horan (2014) Moho depth and Vp/Vs in Ireland from teleseismic receiver functions analysis, Geophys J. Int., 199, 561–579, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu277
Chiarabba, C., G. Giacomuzzi, I. Bianchi, N. Piana Agostinetti and J. Park (2014) From underplating to delamination-retreat in the northern Apennines, Earth Pla. Sci. Lett., 403 , 108–116, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.041
Govoni, A., A. Marchetti, P. De Gori, M. Di Bona, F. P. Lucente, C. Chiarabba, A. Nardi, L. Margheriti, L. Improta, N. Piana Agostinetti, R. Di Giovambattista, D. Latorre, M. Anselmi, M. G. Ciaccio, M. Moretti, C. Castellano, and D. Piccinini (2014) The 2012 Emilia seismic sequence (Northern Italy): imaging the thrust fault system by accurate aftershocks location, Tectonophysics, 622, 44–55, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.02.013
Sun D., M. S. Miller, N. Piana Agostinetti, P. D. Asimow, and D. Li (2014) Modeling high frequency waves in the slab beneath Italy, Earth Pla. Sci. Lett., 391, 212-223, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.034
2013
Spada, M., I Bianchi, E. Kissling, N. Piana Agostinetti and S. Wiemer (2013) Combining controlled-source seismology and receiver function information to derive 3-D Moho topography for Italy, Geophys. J. Int.,194, 2, 1050-1068
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
2015
Piana Agostinetti, N. and Licciardi, A. (2015) SIM-CRUST: seismic imaging and monitoring of the upper crust: exploring the potential low-enthalpy geothermal resources of Ireland, submitted to Proceeding of the 2015 World Geothermal Congress
2014
Mandolesi, E. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2014) Trans-dimensional Monte Carlo sampling applied to the magnetotelluric inverse problem, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 574, 012132 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/574/1/012132
Licciardi, A. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2014) High frequency Receiver Functions in the Dublin Basin: application to a geothermal potential site, Energy Procedia,59, 221 – 226, doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.370
Saccorotti, G., D. Piccinini, M. Zupo, F. Mazzarini, C. Chiarabba, N. Piana Agostinetti, A. Licciardi and M. Bagagli (2014) Passive, broad-band seismic measurements for geothermal exploration: The GAPSS experiment, Energy Procedia, 59, 227 – 234, doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.371
MEETING ABSTRACTS:
2016
Bianchi, I. G. Bokelmann, C. Chiarabba, N. Piana Agostinetti (2016) Structure of the upper mantle beneath the Alps and Apennines as seen by Receiver Functions, GeoTirol 2016 Annual Meeting DGGV, Innsbruck
N. Piana Agostinetti, K. Decker, W. Lenhardt and B. Grasemann (2016) Bayesian fusion of geophysical data-sets: how to integrate passive and active seismic, structural and borehole data for high-resolution modeling of the Vienna sedimentary basin, GeoTirol 2016 Annual Meeting DGGV, Innsbruck
N. Piana Agostinetti (2016) Slab segmentation vs. Apennines segmentation: insights from Receiver Function analysis, Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., 40, 297
N. Piana Agostinetti and C. Faccenna (2016) Seismic structure of the Northern Apennines: insights into subduction dynamics, Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., 40, 226
N. Piana Agostinetti and T. Bodin (2016) Joint inversion of Receiver Function and Magneto-telluric data via structure decoupling algorithm, IRETHERM workshop, GSI, Dublin
Bonadio, R., P. Arroucau, S. Lebedev, T. Meier, A.J. Schaeffer, A. Licciardi and N. Piana Agostinetti (2016) Surface-wave tomography of Ireland and surroundings using ambient noise and teleseismic data Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, EGU2016-9306, EGU general assembly, Vienna
N. Piana Agostinetti (2016) Elastic structure and seismicity of Donegal (Ireland): insights from passive seismic analysis, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, EGU2016-11496, EGU general assembly, Vienna
Licciardi, A. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2016) Bayesian surface reconstruction: examples of application and developments, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, EGU2016-13896, EGU general assembly, Vienna
Amato, A., N. Piana Agostinetti, G. Selvaggi and F. Mele (2016) Seismic sequences, swarms, and large earthquakes in Italy, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, EGU2016-14532, EGU general assembly, Vienna
Licciardi, A., T. Eken, T. Taymaz, N. Piana Agostinetti, S. Yolsal-Çevikbilen and F. Tilmann (2016) Crustal anisotropy along the North Anatolian Fault Zone from receiver functions, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, EGU2016-8828, EGU general assembly, Vienna
2015
Licciardi, A. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2015) Exploring Sedimentary Basins with High Frequency Receiver Function: the Dublin Basin Case Study. AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA
Piana Agostinetti, N., I. Bianchi and C. Chiarabba (2015) The depth of the Lithosphere-Asthenophere boundary beneath the world oldest ocean: the Ionian plate case-study. AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA
Piana Agostinetti N. (2015) Trans-dimensional MC sampling of geophysical inverse problems and the dataspace. Societa' Italiana di Fisica, 2015 General Assembly, Rome.
Piana Agostinetti, N. and G. Rosenbaum (2015) In incipient tear faul beneath Northern Apennines? Insights from geophysical and geological data. Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., 35(2)
Licciardi, A. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2015) Anisotropic inversion of receiver function: an automated method to reduce non-uniqueness, Irish Geological Research Meeting, Belfast
Licciardi, A. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2015) An automated method for depth-dependent crustal anisotropy detection with receiver function, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17, EGU2015-7311
Lucente, F. P., N. Piana Agostinetti, M. Di Bona, A. Govoni, and I. Bianchi (2015) Crustal structure across the lateral edge of the Southern Tyrrhenian slab, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17, EGU2015-4426
Bianchi, I., F. P. Lucente, C. Chiarabba, and N. Piana Agostinetti (2015) A close-up on the southern Apennines crustal structure, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17, EGU2015-1607
Piana Agostinetti, N. and M. Calo' (2015) Refined event location and lowered uncertainties in temporal variation of seismic velocity: tackling down the spatial and temporal correlation between elastic and hypocentral parameters in full 4D local earthquake tomography of a geothermal site, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17, EGU2015-8454
Piana Agostinetti, N. (2015) Empirical investigation into vertical and horizontal resolution of the Receiver Function methodology, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17, EGU2015-7444
Piana Agostinetti, N. and Licciardi, A. (2015) SIM-CRUST: seismic imaging and monitoring of the upper crust: exploring the potential low-enthalpy geothermal resources of Ireland, World Geothermal Congress, Melbourne, Australia.
2014
Piana Agostinetti, N. and T. Bodin (2014) Trans-dimensional Monte Carlo sampling for structure decoupling: an application to geophysical inverse problems, Societa' Italiana di Fisica, 2014 General Assembly, Pisa.
Bianchi, I. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2014) Use of passive seismic data to characterize sedimentary basins, an example from the Vienna Basin, Austria. AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA
Piana Agostinetti, N. and A. Malinverno (2014) High-resolution S-velocity structure of the shallow crust via Trans-dimensional Multi-Frequency Receiver Function inversion, AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA
Mandolesi, E. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2014) Trans-dimensional Monte Carlo sampling applied to the magnetotelluric inverse problem, International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences, Madrid
Piana Agostinetti, N., I. Bianchi, G. Giacomuzzi and C. Chiarabba (2014) The depth of the LAB beneath the world oldest oceanic plate, ILP LABPAX workshop, Vienna
Margheriti, L., F. P. Lucente, P. De Gori, A. Govoni, M. Moretti, M. Pastori, A. Marchetti, R. Di Giovanbattista, M. Anselmi, P. De Luca, A. Nardi, N. Piana Agostinetti, D. Latorre, D. Piccinini, L. Passarelli and C. Chiarabba (2014) seismic swarm vs. mainshock-aftershocks sequence: refined hypocenter locations at the Apennines-Calabrian arc boundary (Southern Italy), ESC conference, Istanbul
Piana Agostinetti, N. and M. Calo' (2014) Close-up to the stimulation phase of a EGS geothermal site: mapping the time-evolution of the subsurface elastic parameters using a trans-dimensional Monte Carlo approach, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, EGU2014-10769.
Licciardi, A. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2014) High frequency Receiver Functions in the Dublin Basin: application to a geothermal potential site, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, EGU2014-6908.
Saccorotti, G., D. Piccinini and N. Piana Agostinetti (2014) Passive, broad-band seismic measurements for geothermal exploration : The GAPSS experiment, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, EGU2014-11578.
Le Bras R., I. Bianchi, N. Piana Agostinetti and G. Bokelmann (2014) Seismometer deployment campaign and observations on the tectonics of the Southern Vienna basin fault system, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, EGU2014-12821
Licciardi, A. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2014) High frequency receiver functions in the Dublin Basin: application to a potential geothermal site, Irish Geological Research Meeting, UCD Dublin
2013
Rosenbaum, G. and N. Piana Agostinetti (2013) Crustal and upper mantle response to lithospheric tear faulting: the Livorno-Sillaro Lineament in the northern Apennines, EOS trans. AGU, Fall meeting suppl, Abstract T33B-2622
Chiarabba, C.; G. Giacomuzzi; I. Bianchi; N. Piana Agostinetti; J. J. Park (2013) Velocity contrasts in the mantle: changing the paradigm of the Apennines, EOS trans. AGU, Fall meeting suppl, Abstract DI33A-2213
Licciardi A. , L. Chiaraluce, N. Piana Agostinetti (2013) Crustal Structure and Moho Geometry around the Alto Tiberina Fault (Northern Apennines) from Receiver Functions, EOS trans. AGU, Fall meeting suppl, Abstract S31C-2356
Miller, M. S., D. Sun and N. Piana Agostinetti (2013) Detecting slab structure beneath the Mediterranean, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15, EGU2013-1852
Licciardi A., S. Lebedev and N. Piana Agostinetti (2013) Moho depth and crustal anisotropy in Ireland from teleseismic receiver functions, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15, EGU2013-9755-1
Muller, M., J. Fullea, A.G. Jones, J. Adam, S. Lebedev, and N. Piana Agostinetti (2013) Lithospheric-Mantle Structure of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa, Derived from Thermodynamically Self-Consistent Modelling of Magnetotelluric, Surface-Wave Dispersion, S-wave Receiver Function, Heat-flow, Elevation and Xenolith Observations. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
Piana Agostinetti, N. (2013) Geothermal exploration via passive seismic analysis, 56th Ireland Geological Research Meeting, Derry
Daoyuan Sun, Meghan S Miller, N. Piana Agostinetti, Paul D Asimow, Li Dunzhu (2012) Modeling high frequency waves in the slab beneath Italy, EOS trans. AGU, Fall meeting suppl, T33G-2753
Steckler, M., H. Akhter, L. Seeber, R. Bilham, M. Kogan, F. Masson, T. Maurin, D. Mondal, N. Piana Agostinetti, C. Rangin, P. Saha (2012) GPS Velocities and Structure Across the Burma Accretionary Prism and Shillong Anticline in Bangladesh, Abstract T51F-2667
Piana Agostinetti, N., M. S. Miller (2012) What happens to the Juan de Fuca plate boundary beneath northern Cascadia? Insight into the methamorphism of the oceanic crust, EOS trans. AGU, Fall meeting suppl, Abstract T21C-2592
Blake, T., S. Lebedev, B. O'Reilly, N. Piana Agostinetti, M. Agius, A. J. Schaeffer (2012) An unusual occurrence of a moderately sized earthquake (Ml ~ 4.2) on the Irish continental shelf and passive margin, EOS trans. AGU, Fall meeting suppl, Abstract S53A-2476
Lebedev, S., M. R. Agius, A. J. Schaeffer, C. Horan, D. Piccinini and N. Piana Agostinetti (2012) Strike-slip tectonics in northwestern Ireland? Evidence from the 2012 January seismic sequence in Co. Donegal, Ireland, EOS trans. AGU, Fall meeting suppl, Abstract S51B-2413
Steckler, M. S.; Amato, A.; Guerra, I.; Armbruster, J.; Baccheschi, P.; Diluccio, F.; Gervasi, A.; P.; Margheriti, L.; N. Piana Agostinetti (2012) Results from the seismological component of CAT/SCAN, the Calabria-Apennine Tyrrhenian/Subduction- Collision-Accretion -Network, Societa' Geologica Italiana, Annual Meeting 2012, Cosenza
Piana Agostinetti, N., L. Margheriti, Chiarabba (2012) The transition from continental to oceanic subduction across the Southern Apennines - Calabrian Arc boundary: insights from Receiver Function Analysis, Societa' Geologica Italiana, Annual Meeting 2012, Cosenza
Chiarabba C., N. Piana Agostinetti, I. Bianchi, G. Giacomuzzi (2012) The Southern Tyrrhenian subduction zone: an upgraded view from seismological studies, Societa' Geologica Italiana, Annual Meeting 2012, Cosenza