Congresso FIS&GEO 2026

Session

GEO

Apr 9, 2026, 9:15 AM

11. Il contributo della mineralogia alla riduzione del fabbisogno di materie prime: cementi avanzati e sottoprodotti industriali riqualificati / The contribution of mineralogy to reducing raw material demand: advanced cements and upcycled industrial by-products

Maximiliano Fastelli

4/9/26, 9:15 AM

La riduzione del fabbisogno di materie prime e l'estensione del ciclo di vita nel settore dei leganti idraulici rappresentano una sfida centrale per la sostenibilità dell’industria del cemento. La mineralogia si configura come uno strumento analitico fondamentale per valutare la reattività di sottoprodotti industriali e nano additivi funzionali in sistemi cementizi. Alcuni sottoprodotti...

12. Data-Driven Insights from Multiple Tephra Archives: A Case Study from Melbourne Volcano, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Giulia Fisauli

4/9/26, 9:30 AM

Reconstructing the eruptive history of Antarctic volcanoes is particularly challenging due to extensive ice cover, limited outcrop exposure, and logistical constraints. In this study, we investigate three englacial tephra layers (DPT 1, DPT 2, and DPT 3) preserved within an ice sequence at 2581 m a.s.l. on the southwestern flank of Mount Melbourne (Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica). A...

13. Geological CO2 degassing: how to quantify the breath of Earth

Lisa Ricci

4/9/26, 9:45 AM

Over the last century, increasing attention has been devoted to the study of processes involving the release and the capture of CO2, the primary driver of climate change. On geological timescales, the long-term carbon cycle has controlled the level of atmospheric CO2 through the balance between CO2 consumed by chemical weathering and CO2 released by active volcanoes and tectonically active...

14. Mineral Carbonation and Sustainability: Integration of natural and artificial strategies for carbon utilization and storage

Giuseppe Saldi

4/9/26, 10:00 AM

Mineral carbonation strategies represent one of the main mitigation options to limit CO2 emissions in the atmosphere, reduce the carbon footprint of various industrial processes, and help counteract the effects of the ongoing climate crisis. Carbon mineralization allows for the fixation of CO2 into carbonate minerals within geological formations or its conversion into valuable products as part...

23. Inside the Earth / Geofisica della Terra solida @FisGeo

Paolo Mancinelli

4/9/26, 10:15 AM

Paolo Mancinelli and Cristina Pauselli

Abstract
In this presentation we briefly summarize the research activities of the Solid Earth Geophysics (GEOS-04/A) group in the last three years. Moving from sample petrophysics to crustal-scale modelling, we will show few examples of the most recent developments in the research fields of the group. In particular, we are active in the thermal...

24. Applied Geophysics research @ UniPg: Methods and Applications

Maurizio Ercoli

4/9/26, 10:30 AM

The contribution presents the main research lines and applications in the field of applied geophysics (GEOS‑04/B) currently developed in our department. After a brief introduction to the methods employed and the geophysical instrumentation available, several short highlights of ongoing activities will be presented. These include earthquake geology and seismotectonic studies related to recent...

20. Interpret the landscape by integrating geomorphological analyses and territorial data into a GIS environment.

Fabio Silvani

4/9/26, 2:00 PM

We explore the role of integrated geomorphological analysis and spatial data within GIS environments for a comprehensive interpretation of landscape dynamics. By combining traditional geomorphological methods with advanced geospatial technologies, it is possible to move beyond descriptive approaches and develop multi-layered, data-driven readings of territorial systems.
The presentation...

21. Catchment-scale runoff generation thresholds: an integrated approach for Flash Flood Guidance

Christian Massari, Corrado Cencetti, Lucio Di Matteo, sofia ortenzi

4/9/26, 2:15 PM

Sofia Ortenzi1,2, Lucio Di Matteo2, Corrado Cencetti2, and Christian Massari1
1 Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council of Italy
2 Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, Perugia

Understanding the thresholds for surface runoff generation is a complex task with important implications for flood forecasting, flash flood guidance, and...

22. Landslide Dams: The LANDAM Project

Corrado Cencetti

4/9/26, 2:30 PM

The LANDAM (LANdslide DAMs) Project addresses the phenomenon of interference between slope landslides and riverbed dynamics, which frequently leads to the complete damming of the valley and the consequent formation of a natural reservoir. This phenomenon is often underestimated, so much so that current land-use planning tools (Hydrogeological Asset Plans – Piani di Assetto Idrogeologico - PAI)...

16. Dal plancton ai mammut: proxy paleontologici per le ricostruzioni paleoambientali / From plankton to mammoths: paleontological proxies for paleoenvironmental reconstructions

Marco Cherin

4/9/26, 2:45 PM

Paleontology is the branch of Natural Sciences that aims at reconstructing the history of life on Earth through the study of fossils. Working in collaboration with other geosciences in a multidisciplinary perspective, paleontology can provide crucial information on paleobiology (what can we say about the form, function, and diversity of extinct organisms?), biostratigraphy (how can we use...

17. Magma-poor rifted margins: current insights and future perspectives Alessandro Decarlis

Alessandro Decarlis

4/9/26, 3:00 PM

Research on magma-poor rifted margins provides a unique opportunity to investigate the mechanisms by which continents extend and eventually break apart without significant magmatic activity. Their geological record, either observed at “fossil margins” preserved in mountain belts, or in modern examples using geophysical techniques and drilling, captures the unique complexity of the extreme...

18. The contribution of structural geology and tectonics to seismic hazard and seismotectonics using subsurface, surface and remote sensing data

Francesco Mirabella

4/9/26, 3:15 PM

Earthquakes are sudden releases of energy occurring at several
kilometers of depth in the subsurface. Their duration is commonly in the
order of seconds or few minutes. On the other hand, structural geology
and tectonics traditionally investigate the Earth's history in terms of
deformation over long time-scales in the order of several hundred
thousand of years, millions of years or...

19. Fracture Evolution and Reactivation in Carbonate Anticlines: Evidence from Virtual Outcrop Models in the Umbria-Marche Apennines (central Italy) / Evoluzione e riattivazione delle fratture nelle anticlinali carbonatiche: evidenze da modelli virtuali di affioramento nell’Appennino umbro-marchigiano

Marco Urbani

4/9/26, 3:30 PM

This study investigates the multiscale fracture network of a representative fractured anticline located in the Umbria–Marche Apennines (i.e., the Gubbio Anticline) to determine the structural controls on porosity, permeability, and fluid flow in tight pelagic carbonates.
Fracture characterization was performed across the Maiolica, Scaglia Bianca, and Scaglia Rossa formations using scanlines...