Our recent publications in international journals

 

2024

Giuffrida M., Nicotra E., Viccaro M. (2024). How an embryonic magma feeding system evolves: insights from the primordial pulses of Mt. Etna volcano. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 451, 108113, dot:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108113.

Cardone M., Cannata A., Giuffrida M., Iozzia A., Minio V., Viccaro M., Gambino S. (2024). Changing magma recharge/discharge dynamics during the 2020-22 lava fountaining activity at Mt. Etna revealed by tilt deformation and volcanic tremor. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 449, 108074, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108074.

Takach M.K., Bohrson W.A., Spera F.J., Viccaro M. (2024). The role of crustal contamination throughout the 1329-2005 CE eruptive record of Mt. Etna volcano, Italy. Journal of Petrology 65, egae028, doi:10.1093/petrology/egae028.

 

2023

Giuffrida M., Cardone M., Zuccarello F., Viccaro M. (2023). Etna 2011-2022: discoveries from a decade of activity at the volcano. Earth-Science Reviews, 245, 104563, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104563.

Branca S., Cinquegrani A., Cioni R., Conte A.M., Conticelli S., De Astis G., de Vita S., De Rosa R., Di Vito M.A., Donato P., Forni F., Francalanci L., Gaeta M., Giaccio B., Giordano G., Giuffrida M., Isaia R., Lucchi F., Marra F., Massaro S., Nicotra E., Palladino D., Perinelli C., Petrosino P., Pistolesi M., Sepulveda‐Birke J.P., Sottili G., Romagnoli C., Rotolo S., Sulpizio R., Tranne C.A., Viccaro M. (2023). The Italian Quaternary volcanism. Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary, 36 (2), 221-284, doi:10.26382/AMQ.2023.09.

Costa G., Mereu L., Prestifilippo M., Scollo S., Viccaro M. (2023). Modeling the trajectories of ballistics in the summit area of Mt. Etna (Italy) during the 2020-2022 sequence of lava fountains. Geosciences, 13 (5), 145, doi:10.3390/geosciences13050145.

Visalli R., Giuffrida M., Viccaro M. (2023). Unraveling textural and chemical features in volcanic rocks through advanced image processing: a case study from the 2019 paroxysmal eruptions of Stromboli. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 24 (3), e2022GC010774, doi:10.1029/2022GC010774.

 

2022

Floridia G., Cacace M., Scheck-Wenderoth M., Bott J., Viccaro M. (2022). 3D thermal model of Sicily (Southern Italy) and perspectives for new exploration campaigns for geothermal resources. Global and Planetary Change, 218, 103976, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103976.

Zuccarello F., Schiavi F., Viccaro M. (2022). The eruption run-up at Mt. Etna volcano: constraining magma decompression rates and their relationships with the final eruptive energy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 597, 117821, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117821.

Floridia G., Urso S., Belfiore G.M., Viccaro M. (2022). Thermal and mechanical improvement of filling mixture for shallow geothermal systems by recycling of Carbon fiber waste. Energies, 15, 5806, doi:10.3390/en15165806.

 

2021

Nicotra E., Viccaro M., Donato P., Acocella V., De Rosa R. (2021). Catching the Main Ethiopian Rift evolving towards plate divergence. Scientific Reports, 11, 21821, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01259-6.

Giuffrida M., Scandura M., Costa G., Zuccarello F., Sciotto M., Cannata A., Viccaro M. (2021). Tracking the summit activity of Mt. Etna volcano between July 2019 and January 2020 by integrating petrological and geophysical data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 418, article 107350, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107350.

Zuccarello F., Schiavi F., Viccaro M. (2021). Magma dehydration controls the energy of recent eruptions at Mt. Etna volcano. Terra Nova, 33 (4), 423-429, doi:10.1111/ter.12527.

Viccaro M., Cannata A., Cannavò F., De Rosa R., Giuffrida M., Nicotra E., Petrelli M., Sacco G. (2021). Shallow conduit dynamics fuel the unexpected paroxysms of Stromboli volcano during the summer 2019. Scientific Reports, 11, 266, doi:10.1038/s41598-020-79558-7.

Floridia G., Blandini F., Iuculano S., Belfiore G.M., Viccaro M. (2021). Innovative solutions for improving the heat exchange in closed-loop shallow geothermal systems. Energies, 14 (1), 108, doi:10.3390/en14010108.

 

2020

Borzì A.M., Giuffrida M., Zuccarello F., Palano M., Viccaro M. (2020). The Christmas 2018 eruption at Mt. Etna: enlightening how the volcano factory works through a multi-parametric inspection. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21,e2020GC009226, doi:10.1029/2020GC009226.

Nádudvari A., Maniscalco R., Abramowicz A., Viccaro M. (2020). The estimation of lava flow temperatures using Landsat night-time images: case studies from eruptions of Mt. Etna and Stromboli (Sicily, Italy), Kīlauea (Hawaii Island), Eyjafjallajökull and Holuhraun (Iceland). Remote Sensing, 12, 2537, doi:10.3390/rs12162537.

Belfiore C.M., Amato C., Pezzino A., Viccaro M. (2020). An end of waste alternative for volcanic ash: a resource in the manufacture of ceramic tiles. Construction and Building Materials, 263, 120118, doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120118.

Giuffrida M., Nicotra E., Viccaro M. (2020). Changing modes and rates of mafic magma supply at Pantelleria (Sicily Channel, Southern Italy): new perspectives on the volcano factory drawn upon olivine records. Journal of Petrology, 61 (5), egaa051, doi:10.1093/petrology/egaa051.

 

2019

Floridia G., Viccaro M. (2019). Geological field investigation for the assessment of the low-grade geothermal resources from volcanic terrains of the Island of Salina (Aeolian Islands, Italy). IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 367, 012007, doi:10.1088/1755-1315/367/1/012007.

Panzera F., D'Amico S., Colica E., Viccaro M. (2019). Ambient vibration measurements to support morphometric analysis of a pyroclastic cone. Bulletin of Volcanology, 81, article number 74, doi:10.1007/s0044-019-5-1338-1.

Cintorrino A.A., Palano M., Viccaro M. (2019). Magmatic and tectonic sources at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Southern Italy): a geodetic model based on two decades of GPS observations. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 388, article 106689, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106689.

Viccaro M., Giuffrida M., Zuccarello F., Scandura M., Palano M., Gresta S. (2019). Violent paroxysmal activity drives self-feeding magma replenishment at Mt. Etna. Scientific Reports, 9, 6717, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43211-9.

 

2018

Nicotra E., Giuffrida M., Viccaro M., Donato P., D'Oriano C., Paonita A., De Rosa R. (2018). Timescales of pre-eruptive magmatic processes at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy) during the last 1000 years. Lithos, 316-317, 347-365, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.07.028.

Viccaro M. (2018). Doped bentonitic grouts for implementing performances low-enthalpy geothermal systems. Geothermal Energy, 6, article number 4, doi:10.1186/s40517-018-0090-7.

Cannata A., Di Grazia G., Giuffrida M., Gresta S., Palano M., Sciotto M., Viccaro M., Zuccarello F. (2018). Space-time evolution of magma storage and transfer at Mt. Etna volcano (Italy): the 2015-2016 re-awakening of Voragine crater. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19 (2), 471-495, doi:10.1002/2017GC007296.

Giuffrida M., Viccaro M., Ottolini L. (2018). Ultrafast syn-eruptive degassing and ascent trigger high-energy basic eruptions. Scientific Reports, 8, article number 147, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18580-8.

 

2017

Giuffrida M., Holtz F., Vetere F.P., Viccaro M. (2017). Effects of CO2 flushing on crystal textures and compositions: experimental evidence from recent K-trachybasalts erupted at Mt. Etna. Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology, 172, article 90, doi:10.1007/s00410-017-1408-3.

Palano M., Viccaro M., Zuccarello F., Gresta S. (2017). Magma transport and storage at Mt. Etna (Italy): a review of geodetic and petrological data for the 2002-03, 2004 and 2006 eruptions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 347, 149-164, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.09.009.

Giuffrida M., Viccaro M. (2017). Three years (2011-2013) of eruptive activity at Mt. Etna: working modes and timescales of the modern volcano plumbing system from micro-analytical studies of crystals. Earth-Science Reviews, 171, 289-322, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.06.003.

Lauro S., Mattei E., Cosciotti B., Di Paolo F., Arcone S.A., Viccaro M., Pettinelli E. (2017). EM signal penetration in a planetary soil simulant: estimated attenuation rates using GPR and TDR in volcanic deposits on Mount Etna. Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 122, 1392-1404, doi:10.1002/2016JE005192. 

Kahl M., Viccaro M., Ubide T., Morgan D., Dingwell D. (2017). A branched magma feeder system during the 1669 eruption of Mt. Etna: evidence from a time-integrated study of zoned olivine phenocryst populations. Journal of Petrology, 58 (3), 443-472, doi:10.1093/petrology/egx022.

Vona A., Di Piazza A., Nicotra E., Romano C., Viccaro M., Giordano G. (2017). The complex rheology of megacryst-rich magmas: the case of the mugearitic "cicirara" lavas of Mt. Etna volcano. Chemical Geology, 458, 48-67, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.03.029.

 

2016

Viccaro M., Zuccarello F., Cannata A., Palano M., Gresta S. (2016). How a complex basaltic volcanic system works: constraints from integrating seismic, geodetic and petrological data at Mt. Etna volcano during the July-August 2014 eruption. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 121, 5659-5678, doi:10.1002/2016JB013164.

Viccaro M., Barca D., Bohrson W.A., D'Oriano C., Giuffrida M., Nicotra E., Pitcher B.W. (2016). Crystal residence times from trace element zoning in plagioclase reveal changes in magma transfer dynamics at Mt. Etna during the last 400 years. Lithos, 248-251, 309-323, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.02.004.

Mandarano M., Paonita A., Martelli M., Viccaro M., Nicotra E., Millar I.L. (2016). Revealing magma degassing below closed-conduit active volcanoes: geochemical features of volcanic rocks versus fumarolic fluids at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy). Lithos, 248-251, 272-287, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.01.026.

Viccaro M., Giuffrida M., Nicotra E., Cristofolini R. (2016). Timescales of magma storage and migrationrecorded by olivine crystals in basalts of the March-April 2010 eruption at Eyjafjallajokull volcano, Iceland. American Mineralogist, 101, 222-230, doi:10.2138/am-2015-5365.

 

2015

Viccaro M., Nicotra E., Urso S. (2015). Production of mildly alkaline basalts at complex ocean ridge settings: perspectives from the basalts emitted during the 2010 eruption at the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, Iceland. Journal of Geodynamics, 91, 51-64, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2015.08.004.

Viccaro M., Calcagno R., Garozzo I., Giuffrida M., Nicotra E. (2015). Continuous magma recharge at Mt. Etna during the 2011-2013 period controls the style of volcanic activity and compositions of erupted lavas. Mineralogy and Petrology, 109, 67-83, doi:10.1007/s00710-014-0352-4.

 

2014

Nicotra E., Viccaro M., De Rosa R., Sapienza M. (2014). Volcanological evolution of the Rivi-Capo Volcanic Complex at Salina, Aeolian Islands: magma storage processes and ascent dynamics. Bulletin of Volcanology 76, article 840, doi:10.1007/s00445-014-0840-8.

Viccaro M., Garozzo I., Cannata A., Di Grazia G., Gresta S. (2014). Gas burst vs. gas-rich magma recharge: a multidisciplinary study to reveal factors controlling triggering of the recent paroxysmal eruptions at Mt. Etna. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 278-279, 1-13, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.04.001.

Catalano S., Tortorici L., Viccaro M. (2014). Regional tectonic control on large size explosive eruptions: insights into the Green Tuff ignimbrite unit of Pantelleria. Journal of Geodynamics, 73, 23-33, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2013.10.008.

 

2013 

Kahl M., Chakraborty S., Costa F., Pompilio M., Liuzzo M., Viccaro M. (2013). Compositionally zoned crystals and real-time degassing data reveal changes in magma transfer dynamics during the 2006 summit eruptive episodes of Mt. Etna. Bulletin of Volcanology, 75, article 692, doi:10.1007/s00445-013-0692-7.

Scordari F., Schingaro E., Ventruti G., Nicotra E., Viccaro M., Mazziotti Tagliani S. (2013). Fluorophlogopite from Piano delle Concazze (Mt. Etna): crystal chemistry and implications for the crystallization conditions. American Mineralogist, 98, 1017-1025, doi:10.2138/am.2013.4225.

 

2012

Giacomoni P.P., Ferlito C., Alesci G., Coltorti M., Monaco C., Viccaro M., Cristofolini R. (2012). A common feeding system of the NE and S rifts as revealed by the bilateral 2002/2003 eruptive event at Mt. Etna (Sicily, Italy). Bulletin of Volcanology, 74, 2415-2433, doi:10.1007/s00445-012-0672-3.

Wulf S., Keller J., Paterne M., Mingram J., Lauterbach S., Opitz S., Sottili G., Albert P., Satow C., Viccaro M., Brauer A. (2012). The 100-133 ka record of Italian explosive volcanism and revised tephrochronology of Lago Grande di Monticchio. Quaternary Science Reviews, 58, 104-123, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.020.

Mazziotti Tagliani S., Nicotra E., Viccaro M., Gianfagna A. (2012). Halogen-dominant mineralization at Mt. Calvario dome (Mt. Etna) as a response of volatile flushing into the magma plumbing system. Mineralogy and Petrology, 106, 89-105, doi:10.1007/s00710-012-0215-9.

Nicotra E., Viccaro M. (2012). Transient uprise of gas and gas-rich magma batches fed the pulsating behaviour of the 2006 eruptive episodes at Mt. Etna volcano. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 227-228, 102-118, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.03.004.

Brancato A., Gresta S., Sandri L., Selva J., Marzocchi W., Alparone S., Andronico D., Bonforte A., Caltabiano T., Cocina O., Corsaro R.A., Cristofolini R., Di Grazia G., Distefano G., Ferlito C., Gambino S., Giammanco S., Greco F., Napoli R., Tusa G., Viccaro M. (2012). Quantifying probabilities of eruption at a well-monitored active volcano: an application to Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy). Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, 53, 55-74, doi:10.4430/bgta0040.

Nicotra E., Viccaro M. (2012). Unusual magma storage conditions at Mt. Etna (Southern Italy) as evidenced by plagioclase megacryst-bearing lavas: implications for the plumbing system geometry and summit caldera collapse. Bulletin of Volcanology, 74, 795-815, doi:10.1007/s00445-011-0566-9.

Viccaro M., Giuffrida M., Nicotra E., Ozerov A.Yu. (2012). Magma storage, ascent and recharge history prior to 1991 eruption at Avachinsky volcano, Kamchatka, Russia: inferences on the plumbing system geometry. Lithos, 140-141, 11-24, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2012.01.019.

Ferlito C., Viccaro M., Nicotra E., Cristofolini R. (2012). Regimes of magma recharge and their control on the eruptive behaviour during the 2001-2005 period at Mt. Etna (Italy). Bulletin of Volcanology, 74, 533-543, doi:10.1007/s00445-011-0537-1.

 

2011

Brancato A., Gresta S., Alparone S., Andronico D., Bonforte A., Caltabiano T, Cocina O., Corsaro R.A., Cristofolini R., Di Grazia G., Distefano G., Ferlito C., Gambino S., Giammanco S., Greco F., Napoli R., Sandri L., Selva J., Tusa G., Viccaro M. (2011). Application of BET_EF at Mount Etna: a retrospective analysis (years 2001-2005). Annals of Geophysics, 54, 5, 642-661, doi:10.4401/ag-5346.

Nicotra E., Ferlito C., Viccaro M., Cristofolini R. (2011). Volcanic geology and petrology of the Val Calanna succession (Mt. Etna, Southern Italy): discovery of a new eruptive center. Periodico di Mineralogia, 80, 287-307, doi:10.2451/2011PM0021.

Viccaro M., Nicotra E., Millar I.L., Cristofolini R. (2011). The magma source at Mount Etna volcano: perspectives from the Hf isotope composition of historic and recent lavas. Chemical Geology, 281, 343-351, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.12.020 

 

2010

Ferlito C., Viccaro M., Nicotra E., Cristofolini R. (2010). Relationship between the sector collapse of the South East Crater (Etna, Italy) and the paroxysmal event of November 16, 2006. Bulletin of Volcanology, 72, 1179-1190, doi:10.1007/s00445-010-0384-5 

Ferlito C., Nicotra E., (2010). The dykes swarm of Mount Calanna (Etna, Italy): an example of the uppermost portion of a volcanic plumbing system. Bulletin of Volcanology, 72, 1191-1207, doi:10.1007/s00445-010-0398-z.

Ferlito C., Lanzafame, G. (2010). The role of supercritical fluids in the potassium enrichment of magmas at Mount Etna volcano (Italy). Lithos, 119, 642-650, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2010.08.006 

Nicotra E., Viccaro M., Ferlito C., Cristofolini R. (2010). Influx of volatiles into shallow reservoirs at Mt. Etna volcano (Italy) responsible for halogen-rich magmas. European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 121-138, doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-1991.

Viccaro M., Giacomoni P.P., Ferlito C., Cristofolini R. (2010). Dynamics of magma supply at Mt. Etna volcano (Southern Italy) as revealed by textural and compositional features of plagioclase phenocrysts. Lithos, 116, 77-91, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.12.012.

 

2009

Ferlito C., Viccaro M., Nicotra E., Cristofolini R. (2009). Comment on: “Complex magma dynamics at Mount Etna revealed by seismic, thermal, and volcanological data” by B. Behncke, S. Falsaperla, and E. Pecora. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B12204, doi:10.1029/2009JB006511.

Ferlito C., Viccaro M., Cristofolini R. (2009). Volatile-rich magma injection into the feeding system during the 2001 eruption of Mt. Etna (Italy): its role on explosive activity and change in rheology of lavas. Bulletin of Volcanology, 71, 1149-1158, doi:10.1007/s00445-009-0290-x.

Viccaro M., Scribano V., Cristofolini, R., Ottolini, L., Manuella F.C. (2009). Primary origin of some trachytoid magmas: inferences from naturally quenched glasses in hydrothermally metasomatized gabbroic xenoliths (Hyblean area, Sicily). Lithos, 113, 659-672, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.06.037.

Scribano V., Viccaro M., Cristofolini R., Ottolini L. (2009). Metasomatic events recorded in ultramafic xenoliths from the Hyblean area (Southeastern Sicily, Italy). Mineralogy and Petrology, 95, 235-250, doi:10.1007/s00710-008-0031-4.

Ferlito C., Coltorti M., Cristofolini R., Giacomoni P.P. (2009). The contemporaneous emission of low-K and high-K trachybasalts and the role of the NE Rift during the 2002 eruptive event, Mt. Etna, Italy. Bulletin of Volcanology, 71, 575-587, doi:10.1007/s00445-008-0243-9.

 

2008

Viccaro M., Ferlito C., Cristofolini R. (2008). Complex evolution processes in the upper feeding system of Mt. Etna as revealed by the geochemistry of recent lavas. Periodico di Mineralogia, 77, 21-42, doi:10.2451/2008PM0017.

Viccaro M., Cristofolini R. (2008). Nature of mantle heterogeneity and its role in the short-term geochemical and volcanological evolution of Mt. Etna (Italy). Lithos, 105, 272-288, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2008.05.001.

Ferlito C., Viccaro M., Cristofolini R. (2008). Volatile-induced magma differentiation in the plumbing system of Mt. Etna volcano (Italy): evidence from glass in tephra of the 2001 eruption. Bulletin of Volcanology, 70, 455-473, doi:10.1007/s00445-007-0149-y.

 

2007

Viccaro M., Ferlito C., Cristofolini R. (2007). Amphibole crystallization in the Etnean feeding system: mineral chemistry and trace element partitioning between Mg-hastingsite and alkali basaltic melt. European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 499-511, doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1747.

 

2006

Viccaro M., Ferlito C., Cortesogno L., Cristofolini R., Gaggero L. (2006). Magma mixing during the 2001 event at Mount Etna (Italy): effects on the eruptive dynamics. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 149, 139-159, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.06.004.

Ferlito C., Siewert J. (2006). Lava channel formation during the 2001 eruption on Mount Etna: evidence for mechanical erosion. Physical Review Letters, 96, 028501.