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Di Toro Giulio


GIULIO DI TORO


(at December 8, 2018)


GUARDATE IN BASSO PER INFORMAZIONI IN ITALIANO E PER ARGOMENTI DI TESI TRIENNALE E MAGISTRALE PROPOSTE NEGLI ANNI PASSATI


            I am a Full Professor in Structural Geology at Padua University (Padua, Italy) and Associate Researcher at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Rome, Italy). Before studying geology, I was a professional volleyball player (1987-1995). I played for the Italian National Team (1991-1993) and in several professional clubs (Sisley Treviso, Gabeca Montichiari, Les Copains Ferrara). With these clubs, I contributed to win the European Confederation Cup (1991), the European Cup of Cups (1992) and received the award as the best Italian Young Volleyball player in 1989.


            I started to study Geology when I was 28 years old. I earned the M.S. in Geology at Padua University at the age of 32 (advisor Prof. G. Pennacchioni) and the Ph.D. in Earth Sciences at the age of 35 (advisors Prof. Pennacchioni and T. Tullis).


            The overall goal of my research is to integrate data from field geology (by investigating exhumed ancient seismic sources and natural fault products) and laboratory studies (by conducting experiments that reproduce the extreme deformation conditions along a fault during an earthquake) with seismological observations for better understanding earthquake-related physico-chemical processes. Some results of my research have been, following the work of David Goldsby and Terry Tullis, the identification of silica gel lubrication as a fault weakening mechanism that may operate during earthquakes [Di Toro et al., Nature, 2004], the quantification of frictional melt lubrication effects [Di Toro et al., Science, 2006], and the proposal of a unified view of fault dynamic friction during earthquakes [Di Toro et al., Nature, 2011]. The latter may simplify the study of earthquake physics and modeling of earthquake sources. Other results of this research are the evidence that earthquake rupture dynamics may be recorded in exhumed fault rocks [Di Toro et al., Nature, 2005]. A second result was the design and the installation in Italy, thanks to an European Research Council Grant, of SHIVA (Slow to HIgh Velocity Apparatus) currently the most powerful earthquake simulator in the world and the installation at Padua University of a rotary-shear apparatus designed by Prof. Toshihiko Shimamoto.


            These results are the result of the continuous collaboration with colleagues with different background (geologists, experimentalists, engineers, physicists and seismologists). Summarizing, some of the research results include:


(see also https://scholar.google.it/scholar?hl=it&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%22giulio+di+toro...)



  • 95 peer-reviewed papers, including three papers published in Nature and one in Science as first author;


  • Di Toro, G., et al., 2011 Fault lubrication during earthquakes (Nature) received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Geosciences based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.


  • the co-editing of a monograph on Earthquake Mechanics addressed to researchers and students and published by the American Geophysical Union (2006), and of two Special Volumes on Earthquakes Physics published by the Journal of Structural Geology (2012) and Tectonophysics (2013);


  • 43 invited and keynote talks (+ 24 co-authored) and 370 contributions at International Meetings and Schools;


  • 67 seminars given at several institutions, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), Hiroshima Univ. (JPN), ETH (CH), Columbia University (USA), KAUST (Saudi Arabia) and Oxford University (UK);


  • Speaker of the Distinguished Lectures della Società Geologica Italiana year 2015-2106 (series of seminars on Earthquake mechanics given in several Italian Universities);


  • More than 200 reviews for 25 different ISI journals (including Science and Nature) and project proposals (NSF, ERC, etc.);


  • member of the advisory editorial board of Geology (2014-2016) Tectonophysics (from 2012) and of the Journal of Structural Geology (2011-2012);


  • organization of two international meetings (both with > 100 participants): Physico-chemical process during the seismic cycle, Padova, Italy, 2010 (with G. Pennacchioni, S. Mittempergher and F. Ferri); Meeting of Young Researchers in Earth Sciences (www.myres.org) on the Dynamics of the Lithosphere, Verbania, Italy, 2006 (with L. Montesi) and of nine sessions at geophysical international meetings (AGU & EGU);


  • involvement in research projects dedicated to drilling of active faults (CRISP, Costa Rica; SAFOD, USA; J-FAST Rapid Drilling Project after the March 11 2011 Tohuku earthquake, Japan);


  • 2008 Outstanding Young Scientist (Arne Richter) Award of the European Geosciences Union for the “extraordinary contributions in fault and earthquake mechanics”;


  • 2010 Premio Tartufari from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei for Geology given by the President of the Italian Republic Mr. Giorgio Napolitano for the “innovative approach (and results) relative to the study of earthquake mechanics”;


  • member (socio corrispondente) of the Academia Nazionale dei Lincei for scientific merits from 2018.


  • member of the Academia Europeae for scientific merits from 2013.


  • member of the Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Padova for scientific merits from 2014.


  • the 1,992,000 Euro grant for the European Research Council – Starting Grant Project (2008-2013): Uncovering the Secrets of an Earthquake: Multidisciplinary Study of Physico-Chemical Processes During the Seismic Cycle (acronym USEMS);


  • the 1,963,000 Euro grant for the European Research Council –Consolidator Grant Project (2014-2019): New Outlook on  seismic faults: from earthquake nucleation to arrest  (acronym NOFEAR)


  • popular scientific activity by means of interviews for European TV and Radio broadcasts (BBC 2, Rai1 UNO, Rai DUE, Rai TRE, FRANCE 2, Radio Rai 1, Radio Rai 3), for scientific journals (Science), for Italian newspapers (Corriere della Sera, La Stampa, Il Messaggero, ANSA, etc.) and for scientific movies (“Die Eroberung der Alpen”, Germany; “Italian Quake Lab”, Discovery Channel, Canada);


  • the several activities in mass media and scientific meetings in support of the European Research Council (including two promotional videos);


  • Research Professor ("Enseignant Chercheur") at the Ecole Normale Superieure (2016-2017), Paris (France).


  • the supervision of 13 Post Docs, 10 Ph.Ds. and 22 M.S. and B.S. students since 2010.


  • Post-docs A. Niemeijer, S. Smith, A. Griffith, S. Mittempergher, M. Violay, F. Passelegue, S. Aretusini and M. Fondriest obtained International Awards or relevant grants during or just after my supervision.


  • Ashley W. Griffith, Steven A. Smith, André R. Niemeijer, Fabio Ferri, Marie Violay, Li-Wei Kuo, Thomas Mitchell, Nicola Tisato, Elena Spagnuolo and Shane Murphy obtained permanent positions during or just after my supervision.


  • My skills in leading research groups were recognized in the journal Science: (http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/203/2) and attested, according to the ERC Scientific Panel, by the success of the ERC StG project USEMS I lead.


 

SUPERVISOR OF SHORT TERM POST-GRADUATE POSITIONS

 

1.     Silvia Mittempergher (2015). Topic "Analisi geochimiche-mineralogiche-petrografiche-microstrutturali di rocce di faglia”. Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova (Padua, Italy).

 

2.     Francesca Prando (2015). Topic "Studio microstrutturale di rocce di faglia”. Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova (Padua, Italy).

 

3.     Piercarlo Giacomel (2015). Topic “Esperimenti di iniezione di fluidi pressurizzati per stoccaggio di CO2 e instabilità di faglia”. Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova (Padua, Italy).


4.     Simone Masoch (2018). Topic "Studio di terreno, mineralogico e microstrutturale di brecce a coccarda e mineralizzazioni a calcite e dolomite in zona di faglia”. Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova (Padua, Italy).


TUTOR OF GRADUATE STUDENTS (PhD Thesis)



  1. Lidia Pittarello (2005-2008). Ph.D. Thesis XX ciclo. Study of exhumed paleo-seismic faults as a gauge to estimate earthquake source parameters. Tutor Prof. Giorgio Pennacchioni; co-tutor, Giulio Di Toro.


  2. Silvia Mittempergher (2009-2012) Ph.D. Thesis. XXIV ciclo. Physico-chemical processes in seismogenic faults: active and exhumed examples. Tutor Giulio Di Toro; co-tutor, Jean-Pierre Gratier (Univ. Fourier, Grenoble, France). Co-tutelle Italo-Francoise.


  3. Francois Souquiere (2006-2010). Ph.D. Thesis. Mechanics of Earthquakes in the Continental Crust: insight from the structural analysis of pseudotachylytes and cataclasites. Tutor: Olivier Fabbri (Univ. Besancon, France); co-tutor, Giulio Di Toro. Co-tutelle Italo-Francoise.


  4. Michele Fondriest (2011-2014). Ph.D. Thesis XXVI ciclo. Structural and mechanical properties of seismogenic fault zones in carbonates. Tutor Giulio Di Toro; co-tutor, Steven S.A. Smith.


  5. Francois Passelegue (2011-2014). Ph.D. Thesis. Etude de la nucléation et de la propagation de la rupture sismique: des résultats expérimentaux aux données de terrains. Tutor Alex Schubnel (Ecole Normle Superior, Paris, France), co-tutor, Giulio Di Toro. Co-tutelle Italo-Francoise.


  6. Marieke Rempe (2012-2015). Ph.D. Thesis XXVII ciclo. Frictional behavior and microstructures of calcite-bearing faults. Tutor Giulio Di Toro. Co-tutors Dr. Steven A.F. Smith and Thomas Mitchell.


  7. Stefano Aretusini (2014-2017). Ph.D. Thesis XIX ciclo. Running title. Frictional processes of clay-rich gouges in megathrust and landslide decollement environments. Tutor Giulio Di Toro.


  8. Matteo Demurtas (2014-2017). Ph.D, XXX ciclo. Thesis. Running Title: Seismogenic carbonate-built normal faults: structure and deformation processes. Tutor Giulio Di Toro; Co-tutors: Steven A.F. Smith and Michele Fondriest.


  9. Amy Hughes (2016-). Ph.D. Thesis. Running Title: “Investigating volcanic flank instability and catastrophic sector collapse”. Tutors Yan Lavalleé. Co-tutors: Jackie Kendrick and Giulio Di Toro.


  10. Silvia Cortinovis (2016- ). Ph.D. Thesis: Multiscale analysis of brittle deformation in seismogenic fault zones affecting carbonate platform rocks: case studies from the Central Apennines, Italy. Tutor Fabrizio Balsamo. Co-tutors: Fabrizio Storti and Giulio Di Toro.


  11. Piercarlo Giacomel (2017-). Ph.D. Thesis. Frictional instabilities in basaltic rock reservoirs pressurized with CO2 rich fluids. Tutor Cristiano Collettini; Co-tutors: Giulio Di Toro and Elena Spagnuolo.


  12. Luca Del Rio (2018-). Ph.D. Thesis. Mechanism of formation of slip surfaces in carbonate-built rocks: seismic faulting vs. Deep Seated Gravitational Slope Deformation. Tutor Giulio Di Toro; co-tutors Michele Fondriest, Michele Saroli, Stefano Gori, Emanuela Falcucci, Marco Moro.

SUPERVISOR FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESERCH FELLOWSHIPS



  1. Ashley Griffith (2008-2009). Scientific Topic: Earthquake physics. Grant from National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship (USA) (Oct 2008-Dec 2009)


  2. Steven Smith (2009-2013). Scientific Topic: Physico-chemical processes during the seismic cycle. Field and experimental constraints. Grant from the ERC StG.


  3. André Niemeijer (2009–2010). Scientific Topic: Physico-chemical processes during the seismic cycle. Experimental constraints. Grant from the ERC StG.


  4. Elena Spagnuolo (2010–). Scientific Topic: Physico-chemical processes during the seismic cycle. Experimental and theoretical constraints. Grant from the ERC StG.


  5. Fabio Ferri (2008-2010). Scientific Topic: Landslide mechanics: the Vaiont case. Field and experimental constraints. Grant from Fondazione CA.RI.PA.RO.


  6. Marie Violay (2011-2013) Scientific Topic: Physico-chemical processes during the seismic cycle. Experimental and theoretical constraints. Grant from the ERC StG.


  7. Thomas Mitchell (2011-2013) Scientific Topic: Physico-chemical processes during the seismic cycle. Field and experimental constraints. Grant from the ERC StG.


  8. Silvia Mittempergher (2012-2013). Scientific Topic: Physico-chemical processes during the seismic cycle. Field constraints. Grant from the ERC StG.


  9. Michele Fondriest (2014-2015). Scientific topic. Structure and mechanics of seismic sources in carbonate-bearing rocks: insights from field, microstructural and experimental studies. Assegno Junior 2014 dell'Università di Studi di Padova.


  10. Li-Wei Kuo (2014-2015). Scientific Topic: Graphitization processes during earthquakes. Post-Doctoral Research Abroad Program, National Science Council, Taiwan (July 2014-June 2015).


  11. Marieke Rempe (2015). Scientific topic. Frictional behavior and microstructures of calcite-bearing faults. . Grant from the ERC StG.


  12. Francois Passelegue (2015-2017). Scientific Topic: Earthquake source physics: an experimental approach.  Grant from the ERC CoG NOFEAR


  13. Shane Murphy (2015-2017). Scientific topic: Modelling of seismogenic sources. Grant from the ERC CoG NOFEAR.


  14. Michele Fondriest (2016-). Scientific topic. Structure and mechanics of seismic sources in carbonate-bearing rocks: insights from field, microstructural and experimental studies. Grant from University of Manchester, Manchester (UK).


  15. Stefano Aretusini (2018-). Scientific topic: Experimental studies of frictional properties of water- anf fluid-rich gouges. Grant from the ERC CoG NOFEAR.


  16. Christopher Harbord (2018-). Scientific topic: Experimental studies of elastic properties and attenuation of fault zones. Grant from the ERC CoG NOFEAR.


  17. Rodrigo Gomila (2018-). Scientific topic: Architecture of fault zones in the continental crust: geological constraints. Grant from the ERC CoG NOFEAR.


 

Teaching (materiale didattico)

ANNO ACCADEMICO 2012-2013

Le lezioni del corso di Rilevamento Geologico (AA 2012-2013) e del corso di Meccanica delle Rocce (AA 2012-2013) sono scaricabili da:

www.geoscienze.unipd.it/studenti/ditoro

 

ANNO ACCADEMICO 2011-2012

Per le lezioni del corso di Complementi di Geologia (AA 2011-12) e del corso di Geologia Strutturale Avanzata (AA 2011-12) scrivere a giulio [dot] ditoroatunipd [dot] it

 

ALTRO MATERIALE DIDATTICO

La lezione su come preparare una presentazione orale per un congresso (didattica per dottorandi) è direttamente scaricabile da questo link.

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UNIPD2011_come_fare_talk.pdf1.33 MB

Thesis (Tesi proposte)

TUTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

 

B.S. Thesis (TESI TRIENNALI)

 

1.     Stefano Aretusini (2011). B.S. Thesis. The evolution of fabric with displacement in seismogenic faults in tonalite (Gole Larghe Fault Zone, Adamello, Italy). Tutor Giulio Di Toro; Co-tutor Dr.ssa Silvia Mittempergher.

 

2.     Federico Tancon (2011). B.S. Thesis. Meso-scale characterization of the Valsugana Thrust (Valle Imperina, Southern Alps, Italy). Tutor Giulio Di Toro; Co Tutor Dr. Steven A. Smith & Michele Fondriest.

 

3.     Ervin Lazzarini (2011). B.S. Thesis. Structural Survey of the Valsugana Thrust (Valle Imperina, Southern Alps, Italy). Tutor Giulio Di Toro; Co-tutor Dr. Steven A. Smith & Michele Fondriest.

 

4.     Francesca Prando (2011). B.S. Thesis. Image analysis of fault rocks in limestones (Tre Monti Fault, Central Apennines, Italy). Tutor Giulio Di Toro; Co-tutor Dr. Steven Smith.

 

5.     Matteo Demurtas (2012). B.S. Thesis. Mesoscale characterization of the Linea of the Val di Centa (Passo della Fricca, Southern Alps, Italy). Tutor Giulio Di Toro; Co Tutor Dr. Silvia Mittempergher.

 

6.     Luca Del Zilio (2012). B.S. Thesis, Preliminary study of the structural setting of the “Boati del Fadalto” microearthquakes  (Southern Alps, Italy). Tutor: Nereo Preto; Co-tutor, Giulio Di Toro

 

7.     Matteo Miolo (2012) B.S. Thesis. Microstructural, geochemical and mineralogical analysis of experimental fault rocks in dolomite. Tutor Giulio Di Toro; Co-tutor Fabrizio Nestola.

 

8.     Gloria Guastalli (2013) B.S. Thesis. Rilevamento geologico-strutturale e analisi microstrutturale della Zona di Faglia della Val di Centa (Passo della Fricca, Api Meridionali, Italia). Tutor Giulio Di Toro; Co-Tutor Dr. Silvia Mittempergher.

 

9.     Alberto Pirollo (2013). B.S. Thesis. Studio microstrutturale di rocce di faglia in calcescisti (Corsica Alpina, Francia). Tutor Giulio Di Toro.

 

10.  Carlo Sommacampagna  (2014). B.S. Thesis. La diminuzione del coefficiente di attrito durante un terremoto: processi di indebolimento dinamico nei carbonati. Tutor: Giulio Di Toro.

 

11.  Stefania Simion (2014). B.S. Thesis. Processi fisico-chimici ed evoluzione dell'attrito nelle faglie durante terremoti. Tutor: Giulio Di Toro.

 

12.  Jasper Mowatt (2017). B.S. Thesis. Evidence of CO2-rich mantle fluids in extensional fault zones in Alpine Corsica (France).  Tutor: Giulio Di Toro. Co-tutor: Prof. Ray Burgess.

 

M.S. Thesis (TESI MAGISTRALI)        

 

1.     Barbara Bonetto (2005). M. S. Thesis. Analisi Rietveld di cataclasiti: contributo della diffrazione dei raggi X da polveri alla comprensione dell'evoluzione strutturale di una faglia sismogenetica (Faglia delle Gole Larghe, Adamello, Alpi Meridionali). Tutor Prof. Gabriella Salviulo, co-tutor, Giulio Di Toro.

 

2.     Silvia Mittempergher (2006). M. S. Thesis. Effects of fluids on the seismicity of a fault. Study of exhumed structures in the Northern Adamello (Southern Alps, Italy). Tutor Prof. Giorgio Pennacchioni, co-tutor, Giulio Di Toro.

 

3.     Nicola Tisato (2008). M.S. Thesis. Experimental study of flash heating and application to earthquake nucleation. Studio sperimentale del coefficiente di attrito e della temperatura di flash durante lo scivolamento sismico.Tutor. Giulio Di Toro

 

4.     Michele Fondriest (2010). M.S. Thesis. Field and microstructural investigation of an exhumed fault zone in dolostone (Western Venetian Fore-Alps, Italy). Tutor Prof. Dario Zampieri; co-tutor, Giulio Di Toro.

 

5.     Angela Castagna (2012). M.S. Thesis. Micro roughness of pseudotachylyte as a gauge of frictional power dissipated during earthquakes. Tutor Giulio Di Toro; Co-tutors Dr. Stefan Nielsen and Prof. Ashley Griffith.

 

6.     Stefano Aretusini (2013). M.S. Thesis. Architecture and seismic markers of an exhumed fault zone in dolostones (Foiana Line, Italian Southern Alps). Relatore Prof. Giulio Di Toro; Correlatore: Dr. Michele Fondriest.

 

7.     Matteo Miolo (2014). M.S. Thesis. Rilievi topografici con D-GPS dei megafan del Piave (Treviso, Italia): evidenze di scarpate morfotettoniche. Relatore Dr. Paolo Mozzi; Correlatore: Prof. Giulio Di Toro.

 

8.     Matteo Demurtas (2014). M.S. Thesis. "Field and microstructural investigation of an exhumed normal fault in carbonate-built rocks (Campo Imperatore, Central Apennines, Abruzzo)" Relatore Prof. Giulio Di Toro; Correlatori: Prof. Fabrizio Storti & Dr. Michele Fondriest.

 

9.     Francesca Prando (2014). M.S. Thesis. "Field and microstructural investigation of exhumed normal faults in quartzites and calcschists (Schist Lustrés, Alpine Corsica, France)". Relatore Prof. Giulio Di Toro; Correlatore: Prof. Giorgio Pennacchioni.

 

10.  Piercarlo Giacomel (2015). M.S. thesis "Frictional instabilities of basalts and calcite-built marbles in the presence of pressurized H2O and CO2 fluids". Relatore Prof. Giulio Di Toro; Correlatore: Prof. Andrea Marzoli e Dr.ssa Elena Spagnuolo.

 

11.  Harold Leah (2017). M.S. thesis "Field and microstructural study of the Vado di Ferruccio Thrust fault, Central Apennines, Italy ". Supervisor Prof. Giulio Di Toro; Co-supervisor Dr. Michele Fondriest.

 

12.  Simone Masoch (2018). M.S. thesis "Formation of cockade breccias in extensional brittle faults (Col de Teghime, Alpine Corsica). Supervisor Prof. Giulio Di Toro; Co-supervisor Dr. Michele Fondriest.

 

13.  Carlo Sommacampagna (2019). M.S. Thesis. "Structure and fault processes of an upper crustal seismogenic fault zone (Bolfin Fault Zone, Atacama desert, Chile)". Tutor: Giulio Di Toro.

 

14.  Fabio La Valle (2019). M.S. Thesis. "Factors controlling the thickness of damage fault zones in carbonates". (Fattori che controllano lo spessore delle zone di danneggiamento di faglie in carbonati). Tutor: Giulio Di Toro; Co-supervisor Dr. Michele Fondriest.

 

 

 

LE SEGUENTI TESI MAGISTRALI SONO STATE PUBBLICATE IN RIVISTE INTERNAZIONALI CON REVISORI

 

1.      Silvia Mittempergher (M.Sci. 2006). In Mittempergher, S., Pennacchioni, G., Di Toro, G. 2009. Effects of fault orientation and fluid infiltration on fault rock assemblages at seismogenic depths. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 31, 1511-1524

 

2.      Nicola Tisato (M.Sci. 2008). In Tisato, N., Di Toro, G., De Rossi, N., Quaresimin, M., Candela T., 2012. Experimental investigation of flash weakening in limestone. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 38, 183-199.

 

3.      Michele Fondriest (M.Sci. 2010). In Fondriest, M., Smith, S.A.F., Zampieri, D., Mittempergher, S., Di Toro, G., 2012. Fault Zone Structure and Slip Localization in Dolostones, an example from the Southern Alps, Italy. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 45, pp. 52-67.

 

4.      Stefano Aretusini (M.Sci. 2013). In Fondriest M., Aretusini S., Di Toro G., Smith S.A.F. 2015. Fracturing and rock pulverization along an exhumed seismogenic fault zone in dolostones: the Foiana Fault Zone (Southern Alps, Italy). Tectonophysics, vol. 654, pp. 56-74.

 

5.      Matteo Demurtas (M.Sci 2014). In Demurtas M., Fondriest M., Balsamo F., Clemenzi L., Storti F., Bistacchi A., Di Toro G. 2016. Structure of a normal seismogenic fault zone in carbonates: the Vado di Corno Fault, Campo Imperatore, Central Apennines (Italy). Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 90, pp. 185-206, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2016.08.004.

 

6.      Piercarlo Giacomel (M.Sci. 2015). In Giacomel P., Spagnuolo E., Manuela N., Marzoli A., Passelegue F., Youbi N., Di Toro G., 2018. Frictional instabilities and carbonation of basalts triggered by injection of pressurized H2O-  and CO2-rich fluids. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 45, pp.  1-10, (GRL57585), doi:10.1029/2018GL078082.

7.      Harold Leah (M.Sci. 2017) In Leah H., Fondriest M., Lucca A., Storti F., Balsamo F., Di Toro G., 2018, Coseismic extension recorded within the damage zone of the Vado di Ferruccio Thrust Fault, Central Apennines, Italy. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 114, pp. 121–138, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2018.06.015

Research (Attività di ricerca)

ATTIVITA' SCIENTIFICHE E RISULTATI PRINCIPALI

 

            La ricerca del Prof. Di Toro ha carattere interdisciplinare e comprende la Geologia Strutturale, la Tettonofisica, la Meccanica delle Rocce e, in minor misura, la Sismologia. La sua attività di ricerca è mirata alla comprensione della meccanica dei terremoti integrando (1) studi di terreno di sorgenti sismiche (= faglie) esumate, (2) esperimenti di laboratorio che riproducono le estreme condizioni di deformazione in una faglia durante un terremoto, (3) studi microstrutturali/geochimici di materiali di faglia naturali e sperimentali e (4) modelli numerici di propagazione della rottura sismica.

 

            Obiettivo principale della sua ricerca, in collaborazione con studiosi con diversa estrazione culturale (geologi, geochimici, sismologi, fisici, ingegneri, matematici applicati), è di meglio comprendere i processi fisici e chimici attivi durante il ciclo sismico e la fisica dei terremoti. Tra i risultati più rilevanti, la prima evidenza sperimentale di lubrificazione di faglie durante terremoti (Di Toro et al., Nature, 2004), la quantificazione degli effetti operati da fusi di frizione in una faglia durante un terremoto (Di Toro et al., Science, 2006) e la proposta di un comportamento generale dell'attrito nelle faglie durante i terremoti (Di Toro et al., Nature, 2011). Altri risultati di questa ricerca includono l'evidenza che la propagazione della rottura sismica è "congelata" nelle rocce, consentendo di quantificare altri parametri caratteristici (direttività e velocità della rottura) della sorgente sismica (Di Toro et al., Nature 2005), o, in collaborazione con altri autori, che la rottura sismica si propaga fino a rompere il fondale marino nei grandi terremoti tsunamigenici (Vannucchi et al., Nature Geoscience 2017).

 

            Oltre ai risultati scientifici, questa attività si è concretizzata, grazie anche a due progetti finanziati dall'European Research Council (ERC StG USEMS, 2008-2013 e ERC CoG NOFEAR, 2014-2019), con la realizzazione, in Italia, del più potente simulatore di terremoti esistente al mondo (SHIVA) installato presso l’Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia di Roma. Inoltre, ha installato un secondo apparato sperimentale per studiare l’attrito nelle rocce e in altri materiali presso il Dipartimento di Geoscienze dell’Università di Padova. Queste due macchine sperimentali e il gruppo di ricerca che ha costruito negli anni hanno consentito di ottenere una serie di risultati innovativi riguardo la meccanica dei terremoti e contribuito a dare al nostro paese una posizione di rilievo nello studio dei terremoti, stimolando, tra le altre cose, la collaborazione con prestigiosi istituti di ricerca e università internazionali (Columbia University, Stanford University, JAMSTEC Giappone, etc.) e la crescita scientifica di giovani ricercatori Italiani e stranieri. Tra i risultati e riconoscimenti dell’attività scientifica:

 

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  • 95 pubblicazioni scientifiche su riviste con revisori, inclusi quattro articoli pubblicati come primo autore su Nature e Science (tra le riviste scientifiche più selettive e con il più alto fattore d’impatto);

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  • 43 interventi ad invito (+ altri 24 come co-autore) e oltre 370 contributi presentati a congressi internazionali;

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  • 67 seminari presso istituti di ricerca ed università, compresi il Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), la Columbia University (USA), l’Oxford University (GB) e l’ETH (Zurigo, CH);

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  • co-editore di una Monografia sulla Meccanica dei Terremoti pubblicata dalla American Geophysical Union e di due Volumi Speciali delJournal of Structural Geology e di Tectonophysics dedicati alla fisica dei terremoti e dei terremoti di "megathrust";

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  • finanziamento di 1.992.000 Euro ricevuto dall’European Research Council (progetti ERC Starting Grant, periodo 2008-2013) come Responsabile del progetto: Uncovering the Secrets of an Earthquake: Multidisciplinary Study of Physico-Chemical Processes During the Seismic Cycle (acronimo USEMS).

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  • finanziamento di 1.963.000 Euro ricevuto dall'European Research Council (progetti ERC Consolidator Grant, periodo 2014-2019) come Responsabile del progetto: New Outlook to seismic faults: from earthquake nucleation to arrest (acronimo NOFEAR).

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  • membro dell’Editorial Board di riviste specialistiche (Geology, Journal of Structural Geology e Tectonophysics);

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  • l’attività di revisore (ca. 200 revisioni) per 25 riviste scientifiche (incluse Science e Nature) e di progetti di ricerca (National Science Foundation, USA; European Research Council; Israel Science Foundation, ISR, etc.);

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  • l’organizzazione di sessioni a meeting internazionali (American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2004; 2008; Europoean Geoscience Union2006; 2007; 2011; 2016) e dei congressi (con G. Pennacchioni, S. Mittempergher e F. Ferri) "Physico-chemical process during the seismic cycle", Padova, 2010, e (con L. Montesi) del Meeting of Young Researchers in Earth Sciences  on the Dynamics of the Lithosphere (www.myres.org ) Verbania, Italia, 2006. In entrambi i congressi hanno partecipato > 100 studiosi provenienti da tutto il mondo;

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  • il premio internazionale "Anne Richter" ricevuto nel 2008 dalla European Geosciences Union come “Outstanding Young Scientist 2008” per gli “extraordinary contributions in fault and earthquake mechanics”;

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  • il premio internazionale "Luigi Tartufari" ricevuto nel 2010 dall’Accademia dei Lincei per la Geologia con la motivazione “Giulio Di Toro è uno dei principali ed apprezzati giovani emergenti a livello mondiale nello studio della meccanica dei terremoti, fautore di un approccio innovativo basato sull’integrazione di indagini geologico-strutturali di tipo classico, analisi microstrutturali e geochimiche su rocce di faglia, esperimenti sull’attrito delle rocce in condizioni di deformazione sismica e modelli numerici”. Il premio è stato consegnato dal Presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano;

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  • Socio corrispondente dell’Accademia dei Lincei dall’anno 2018 per meriti scientifici;

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  • Membro dell'Academia Europeae dall'anno 2013 per meriti scientifici;

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  • Membro dell'Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Padova dall'anno 2014 per meriti scientifici.

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  • Professore di Ricerca ("Enseignant Chercheur") per il 2016 presso l'Ecole Normale Superieure (Parigi, Francia).

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  • Relatore delle "Distinguished Lectures" della Società Geologica Italiana AA. 2015-2016 (ciclo di seminari sulla Meccanica dei Terremoti presso diverse Università Italiane);

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  • La supervisione di 14 Post Docs, 10 Ph.Ds. e di 23 studenti di Lauree Magistrali e Triennali negli ultimi 7 anni;

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  • L'ottenimento di prestigiosi premi Internazionali e finanziamenti durante o dopo la mia supervisione da parte dei ricercatori André Niemeijer, Steven Smith, Ashley Griffith, Silvia Mittempergher, Marie Violay, Stefano Aretusini e Michele Fondriest;

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  • L'ottenimento di posizioni permanenti nell'Accademia durante o dopo la mia supervisione dei ricercatori Ashley Griffith, Steven Smith, André Niemeijer, Fabio Ferri, Marie Violay, Li-Wei Kuo, Nicola Tisato, Shane Murphy, Elena Spagnuolo e Thomas Mitchell;

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  • Attività divulgativa: interviste a TV e Radio (Rai1 UNO, Rai DUE, Rai TRE, FRANCE 2, Radio Rai 1, Radio Rai 3), programmi televisivi (Geo & Geo, Rai TRE), riviste scientifiche (Science), giornali (Corriere della Sera, La Stampa, Il Messaggero, ANSA, etc.) e documentari (“Die Eroberung der Alpen”, Germania; “Italian Quake Lab”, Discovery Channel, Canada);

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  • Attività di promozione per l'European Research Council (documentari e interviste).

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Publications (Pubblicazioni)

Publications in major scientific journals (Nature, Nature Geoscience and Science)


 

     
  • Vannucchi P., Spagnuolo E., Ujiie K., Aretusini S., Di Toro G., Nielsen S., Tsutsumi A., 2017. Past seismic slip-to-the-trench recorded in Central America megathrust.  Nature Geoscience, vol. 10, pp. 935-940, 10.1038/s41561-017-0013-4.

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  • Kendrick, J. E., Lavallée, Y., Hirose, T, Di Toro, G., Hornby, A.J., De Angelis, S., Dingwell, D.B. 2014. Volcanic drumbeat seismicity caused by stick-slip motion and magmatic frictional melting. Nature Geoscience, vol. 7, pp. 438-442.

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  • Di Toro, G., Han R., Hirose, T., De Paola, N., Nielsen, S., Mizoguchi, K., Ferri, F., Cocco, M., Shimamoto, T., 2011. Fault lubrication during earthquakes. Nature 471, 494-498 (I.F. 36.3).

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  • Burlini, L., Di Toro, G., 2008. Volcanic Symphony in the lab. Science 322, 207-208 (I.F. 31.1).

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  • Di Toro, G., Hirose, T., Nielsen, S., Pennacchioni, G., Shimamoto, T., 2006. Natural and experimental evidence of melt lubrication of faults during earthquakes. Science 311, 647-649 (I.F. 31.1).

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  • Di Toro, G., Nielsen, S., Pennacchioni, G., 2005. Earthquake rupture dynamics frozen in exhumed ancient faults. Nature436, 1009-1012 (I.F. 36.3).

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  • Di Toro, G., Goldsby D.L., Tullis, T.E., 2004. Friction falls towards zero in quartz rock as slip velocity approaches seismic rates. Nature 427, 436-439 (I.F. 36.3). 

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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (underlined: M.S., Ph.D. or Post-Doc advised or co-advised by GDT)

 

2018

 

1.      Guerin-Marthe S., Nielsen S., Bird R., Di Toro G., Giani S., 2018. Earthquake Nucleation Size: Evidence of Loading Rate Dependence in Laboratory Faults. Journal of Geophysical Research, accepted.

 

2.      Rowe C., Lamothe K., Rempe M., Andrews M., Mitchell T., Di Toro G., White J.C., 2018. Earthquake lubrication and healing explained by amorphous nanosilica. Nature Communications, accepted.

 

3.      Rempe M., Mitchell T., Renner J., Smith S.A.F., Bistacchi A., Di Toro G., 2018. The relationship between microfracture damage and the physical properties of fault-related rocks: The Gole Larghe Fault Zone, Italian Southern Alps. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 123, pp. 7661-7687, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB015900.

 

4.      Savage H., Rabinowitz H., Spagnuolo E., Aretusini S., Polissar P., Di Toro G., 2018. Biomarker thermal maturity experiments at earthquake slip rates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 502, pp. 253-261, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.038.

 

5.      Leah H., Fondriest M., Lucca A., Storti F., Balsamo F., Di Toro G., 2018, Coseismic extension recorded within the damage zone of the Vado di Ferruccio Thrust Fault, Central Apennines, Italy. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 114, pp. 121–138, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2018.06.015

 

6.      Giacomel P., Spagnuolo E., Manuela N., Marzoli A., Passelegue F., Youbi N., Di Toro G., 2018. Frictional instabilities and carbonation of basalts triggered by injection of pressurized H2O-  and CO2-rich fluids. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 45, pp.  1-10, (GRL57585), doi:10.1029/2018GL078082.

 

7.      Murphy S., G. Di Toro, F. Romano, A. Scala, S. Lorito, E. Spagnuolo, S. Aretusini, G. Festa, A. Piatanesi, S. Nielsen, 2018. Tsunamigenic earthquake simulations using experimentally derived friction laws.  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 486, pp. 155-165, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.01.011 .

 

 

 

2017

 

1.      Ferré E.C., Meado A.L., Geissman J., Di Toro G., Spagnuolo E., Ueda T., Ashwal L.D., Deseta N., Andersen T.B., Filiberto J., Conder J.A., 2017,Earthquakes in the mantle? Insights from rock magnetism of pseudotachylytes. Journal of Geophysical Research. vol. 122 (11), 10.1002/2017JB014618, pp.1-17.

 

2.      Vannucchi P., Spagnuolo E., Ujiie K., Aretusini S., Di Toro G., Nielsen S., Tsutsumi A., 2017. Past seismic slip-to-the-trench recorded in Central America megathrust.  Nature Geoscience vol. 10, pp. 935-940, doi:   10.1038/s41561-017-0013-4.

 

3.      Kuo L.-W., Di Felice F., Spagnuolo E., Di Toro G., Song S.-R., Aretusini S., Li H., Suppe J., Si J., Wen C.-Y., 2017 Fault gouge graphitization as evidence of past seismic slip. Geology vol. 45, pp. 979-982, doi:10.1130/G39295.1.

 

4.      Smeraglia L., Bettucci A., Billi A., Carminati E., Cavallo A., Di Toro G., Natali M., Passeri D., Rossi M., Spagnuolo E., 2017. Microstructural evidence for seismic and aseismic slip along clay bearing, carbonate faults. Journal of Geophysical Research, 10.1002/2017JB014042, pp. 1-21.

 

5.      Pischiutta M., Fondriest M., Demurtas M., Magnoni F., Di Toro G.,  Rovelli A., 2017. Structural control on the directional amplification of seismic noise (Campo Imperatore, central Italy). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 471, pp. 10-18.

 

6.      Smeraglia L., Billi A., Carminati E., Cavallo A., Di Toro G., Spagnuolo E., Zorzi F., 2017. Ultra-thin clay layers facilitate  seismic slip in carbonate rocks. Nature Scientific Reports, pp. 1-10, vol. 7: 664 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-00717-4.

 

7.      Rempe M., Smith S., Mitchell T., Hirose T., Di Toro G., 2017. The effect of water on strain localization in calcite fault gouge sheared at seismic slip rates. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 97, pp. 104-117.

 

8.      Aretusini S., Spagnuolo E., Mittempergher S., Plumper O., Gualtieri A., Di Toro G., 2017.  Production of nanoparticles during experimental deformation of smectites and implications for seismic slip. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 463, pp. 221-231.

 

9.      Fondriest M., Doan M.-L., Aben F., Fusseis F., Mitchell T., Voorn M., Secco M., Di Toro G., 2017, Static versus dynamic fracturing in shallow carbonate fault zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol.  461, pp. 8-19 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.12.024.

 

10.    Smith, S.A.F., Griffith, J.R., Fondriest, M., Di Toro, G., 2017. “Coseismic foliations” in gouge and cataclasite: experimental observations and consequences for interpreting the fault rock record. In: “Fault-zone Dynamic Processes: Evolution of Fault Properties During Seismic Rupture”, Eds. M. Thomas, T. Mitchell, H. Bath, Geophysical Monograph Series Vol. 227, (American Geophysical Union Special Volume, Washington D.C., USA), pp. 81-102. doi/10.1002/9781119156895

 

 

 

2016

 

1.      Beeler, N., Di Toro, G., Nielsen, S., 2016. Earthquake source properties from pseudotachylite. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.10.1785/0120150344.

 

2.      Mitchell M. M., Toy V., Di Toro G., Renner J., Sibson R., 2016. Fault welding by pseudotachylyte formation. Geology, vol. 44, no. 12,  pp. 1059–1062,  doi: 10.1130/G38373.1.

 

3.      Passelegue F.X., Spagnuolo E., Violay M., Nielsen S., Di Toro G., Schubnel A., 2016. Frictional evolution, acoustic activity and off-fault damage in simulated faults sheared at seismic slip rates. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 121, pp. 1-24, doi:10.1002/2016JB012988. 

 

4.      Demurtas M., Fondriest M., Balsamo F., Clemenzi L., Storti F., Bistacchi A., Di Toro G. 2016. Structure of a normal seismogenic fault zone in carbonates: the Vado di Corno Fault, Campo Imperatore, Central Apennines (Italy). Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 90, pp. 185-206, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2016.08.004.

 

5.      Spagnuolo E., Plümper O., Violay M., Cavallo A., Di Toro G., 2016, Dislocations motion and the microphysics of flash heating and weakening of faults during earthquakes, Crystals, vol. 6, 1-14, 83; doi:10.3390/cryst6070083.

 

6.      Spagnuolo E., Nielsen S., Violay M., Di Toro G., 2016. An empirically-based steady-state friction law and implications for fault stability.Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL067881.

 

7.      Nielsen B.S., Spagnuolo E., Smith S.A.F., Violay M., Di Toro G., Bistacchi A., 2016. G: Fracture energy, friction and dissipation earthquakes.Journal of Seismology, doi: 10.1007/s10950-016-9560-1.

 

8.      Nielsen B.S., Spagnuolo E., Smith S.A.F., Violay M., Di Toro G., Bistacchi A., 2016. Scaling in natural and laboratory earthquakes. Geophysical Research Letters vol. 43, doi:10.1002/2015GL067490.

 

 

 

2015

 

1.      Spagnuolo E, Plumper O., Violay M., Cavallo A., Di Toro G. 2015. Fast-moving dislocations trigger flash weakening in carbonates during earthquakes. Nature Scientific Reports, 5:16112, DOI: 10.1038/srep1611.

 

2.      Violay M., Di Toro G., Nielsen S., Spagnuolo E., Burg J.P., 2015. Thermo-mechanical pressurization of experimental faults in cohesive rocks during seismic slip. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 429, pp.1-10.

 

3.      Fondriest M., Aretusini S., Di Toro G., Smith S.A.F. 2015. Fracturing and rock pulverization along an exhumed seismogenic fault zone in dolostones: the Foiana Fault Zone (Southern Alps, Italy). Tectonophysics, vol. 654, pp. 56-74.

 

4.      Remitti F., Smith S.A.F., Gualtieri A.F., Mittempergher S., Di Toro G., 2015. Frictional properties of fault zone gouges from the J-FAST drilling project (Mw 9.0 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake). Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 42, pp. 1-9, doi:10.1002/2015GL063507.

 

5.      Smith S.A.F., Nielsen S., Di Toro G., 2015. Strain localization and the onset of dynamic weakening in calcite fault gouge.  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 413, pp. 25-36.

 

6.      Mitchell M.T., Smith S.A.F., Anders M., Di Toro G., Nielsen S., Cavallo A., Beard D.A., 2015. Catastrophic emplacement of giant landslides aided by thermal decomposition: Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 411, pp. 1-9.

 

 

 

2014

 

1.      Proctor B.P., Mitchell T., Hirth G., Goldsby D., Zorzi F., Platt J.D.,  Di Toro G., 2014. Dynamic weakening of serpentinite gouges and bare-surfaces at seismic slip rates. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 119, doi:10.1002/2014JB011057.

 

2.      Rempe M., Smith S.,A.F., Ferri F., Mitchell T., Di Toro, G., 2014. Clast-cortex aggregates in experimental and natural calcite bearing fault zones.Journal of Structural Geology, v. 68, p. 142-157.

 

3.      Dempsey, E.D., Holdsworth, R.E., Imber, J., Bistacchi, A, Di Toro, G, 2014. A geological explanation for intraplate earthquake clustering complexity: the zeolite-bearing fault/fracture networks in the Adamello Massif (Southern Italian Alps). Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 66, pp. 58-74, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.04.009.

 

4.      Kendrick, J. E., Lavallée, Y., Hirose, T, Di Toro, G., Hornby, A.J., De Angelis, S., Dingwell, D.B. 2014. Volcanic drumbeat seismicity caused by stick-slip motion and magmatic frictional melting. Nature Geoscience, vol. 7, pp. 438-442.

 

5.      Violay, M., Di Toro, G., Nielsen S., Gibert B., Spagnuolo E., Azais P., Del Gaudio, P., Scarlato, P.G., 2014. Effect of glass on the frictional behavior of basalts at seismic slip rates. Geophysical Research Letters. 10.1002/2013GL058601, pp.348-355.

 

6.      Mittempergher, S., Dallai, L., Pennacchioni, G., Renard, F., Di Toro, G., 2014. Origin of hydrous fluids at seismogenic depth: constraints from natural and experimental fault rocks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters vol. 385, pp. 97-109.

 

7.      Kuo, L.-W., Li, H., Smith, S.A.F., Di Toro, G., Suppe, J., Song, S.-R., Nielsen, S., Sheu, H.-S., Si, J., 2014. Gouge graphitization and dynamic fault weakening during the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake. Geology,  vol. 42, pp. 43-46.

 

8.      Violay M., Nielsen S., Gibert B., Spagnuolo E., Cavallo, A., Vinciguerra S., Azais P., Di Toro, G., 2014. Effect of water on the frictional behavior of cohesive rocks during earthquakes. Geology, vol. 42, pp. 27-30.

 

 

 

2013

 

1.      Fondriest M., Smith S.A.F., Candela T., Nielsen, S.B., Mair K., Di Toro G., 2013. Mirror-like faults and power dissipation during earthquakes.Geology, vol. 41, pp. 1157-1160.

 

Special Issue: Great Earthquakes along Subduction Zones. Tectonophysics, vol. 600, pp. vi.

 

3.      Smith, S.A.F., Bistacchi, A., Mitchell, T., Mittempergher, S., Di Toro, G., 2013. The structure of an intraplate exhumed seismogenic fault in crystalline basement. Tectonophysics, vol. 599, pp. 29-44.

 

4.      Violay, M., Nielsen, S., Spagnuolo, E., Cinti, D., Di Toro, G., 2013. Pore fluid in experimental calcite-bearing experimental faults: abrupt weakening and geochemical signature of coseismic processes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 361, pp. 74-84.

 

5.      Smith, S.A.F., Di Toro, G., Kim, S. Ree J-H., Nielsen S., Billi, A., Spiess, R., 2013. Co-seismic recrystallization during shallow earthquake slip.Geology, vol. 41, pp. 63-66.

 

 

 

2012

 

1.      Griffith, W.A., Mitchell, M.T., Renner, J., Di Toro, G., 2012. Coseismic damage and softening of fault rocks at seismogenic depths. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 353-354, pp. 219-230.

 

2.      Pittarello, L., Pennacchioni, G., Di Toro, G., 2012, Amphibolite-facies pseudotachylytes in Premosello metagabbros and felsic mylonites (Ivrea Zone,Italy). Tectonophysics, vol. 580, pp. 43-57.

 

3.      Fondriest, M., Smith, S.A.F., Zampieri, D., Mittempergher, S., Di Toro, G., 2012. Fault Zone Structure and Slip Localization in Dolostones, an example from the Southern Alps, Italy. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 45, pp. 52-67.

 

4.      Hadizadeh, J., Mittempergher, S., Gratier, J-P., Renard, F., Di Toro, G., Richard, J., Babaie, A.H., 2012. A microstructural study of the fault rocks from the SAFOD; Implications for the deformation mechanisms and strength of the creeping segment of the San Andreas Fault.  Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 42, pp. 242-260.

 

5.      Di Toro, G., 2012. Photograph of the Month: Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 38, pp. 1-2.

 

6.      Niemeijer, A.R., Di Toro, G., Smith, S.A.F., Griffith, A.W., Bistacchi, A., Nielsen, S., 2012. Inferring earthquake physics and chemistry using an integrated laboratory and field approach. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 39, pp. 2-36.

 

7.      Di Toro, G., Mittempergher, S., Ferri F., Mitchell, T.M., Pennacchioni, G., 2012. The contribution of structural geology, experimental rock deformation and numerical modeling in the understanding of the seismic cycle Preface to the Special Volume "Physico-chemical processes in seismic faults". Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 38, pp. 3-10.

 

8.      Tisato, N., Di Toro, G., De Rossi, N., Quaresimin, M., Candela T., 2012. Experimental investigation of flash weakening in limestone. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 38, 183-199.

 

 

 

2011

 

1.      Ferri, F., Di Toro, G., Hirose, T., Han, R., Noda, H., Shimamoto, T., Quaresimin, M., De Rossi, N. 2011. Low- to high-velocity frictional properties of the clay-rich gouges from the slipping zone of the 1963 Vaiont slide (Northern Italy). Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B09208, doi:10.1029/2011JB008338.

 

2.      Gratier, J-P., Richard, J., Renard, F., Mittempergher, S., Doan, M-L., Di Toro, G., Hadizadeh, J., Boullier, A-M., 2011. Aseismic sliding of active faults by pressure solution creep: evidence from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD). Geology, 39, 1131-1134.

 

3.      Niemeijer, A.R., Di Toro, G., Nielsen, S., Di Felice, F. 2011.  Frictional melting of gabbro under extreme experimental  conditions of normal stress, acceleration and sliding velocity. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B07404, doi:10.1029/2010JB008181.

 

4.      Bistacchi, A., Griffith, W.A., Smith, S.A.F., Di Toro, G., Jones, R., Nielsen, S. 2011. Fault roughness at seismogenic depths from LIDAR and photogrammetric analysis. Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi:10.1007/s00024-011-0301-7, vol. 168 (2011), 2345–2363.

 

5.      Di Toro, G., Han R., Hirose, T., De Paola, N., Nielsen, S., Mizoguchi, K., Ferri, F., Cocco, M., Shimamoto, T., 2011. Fault lubrication during earthquakes. Nature, vol. 471, 494-498.

 

6.      Smith, S., Billi, A., Di Toro, G., Speiss, R., 2011. Microstructures of Principal Slip Zones in Limestone, and Implications for the Seismic Cycle (Tre Monti fault, central Apennines, Italy). Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi:10.1007/s00024-011-0267-5, vol. 168, 2365–2393.

 

7.      Mittempergher, S., Di Toro, G., Gratier, J-P., Hadizadeh, J., Smith, S.A.F., Spiess, R., 2011, Evidence of transient increases of fluid pressure 1 in SAFOD phase III  cores. Geophysical Research Letters, v.38, L03301, doi:10.1029/2010GL046129.

 

8.      De Paola, N., Hirose, T., Mitchell, T., Di Toro, G., Togo, T., Shimamoto, T. 2011. Fault lubrication and earthquake propagation in thermally unstable rocks.  Geology, vol. 39, pp. 35-38.

 

 

 

2010

 

1.      Di Toro, G., Niemeijer, A.R., Tripoli A., Nielsen S., Di Felice F., Scarlato P., Spada G., Alessandroni R., Romeo G., Di Stefano G., Smith S., Mariano S. 2010. From field geology to earthquake simulation: a new state-of-the-art tool to investigate rockfriction during the seismic cycle (SHIVA). Rendiconti Lincei, vol. 21 (Suppl 1) S95-S114, DOI: 10.1007/s12210-010-0097-x, pp. 1-20.

 

2.      Ferri F., Di Toro G., Hirose T., Shimamoto T. 2010. Evidences of thermal pressurization in high velocity friction experiments on smectite-rich gouges. Terra Nova, vol. 22, pp. 347-353.

 

3.      Nielsen, S., Mosca, P., Giberti, G., Di Toro, G., Hirose, T., Shimamoto, T. 2010. On the transient behavior of frictional melt during seismic slip.Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, B10301, doi:10.1029/2009JB007020, pp. 1-21.

 

4.      Nielsen, S., Di Toro, G., Griffith, A. 2010. Friction and roughness of a melting rock surface. Geophysical Journal International, vol. 182, pp. 299-310.

 

5.      Griffith, A., Nielsen, S., Di Toro, G., Smith, F.A.S. 2010. Rough Faults, Distributed Weakening, and Off-Fault Deformation. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, B08409, doi:10.1029/2009JB006925, pp. 1-22.

 

6.      Nestola F., Mittempergher S., Di Toro G., Zorzi F., Pedron D. 2010. Evidence of dmisteinbergite (hexagonal form of CaAl2Si2O8) in pseudotachylyte: A tool to constrain the thermal history of a seismic event. American Mineralogist, vol. 95, 405-409.

 

7.      Pittarello, L., Pennacchioni, G., Di Toro, G., 2010. Deep-seated pseudotachylytes from the Ivrea Zone metagabbros (Southern Alps, Italy). Trabajos de Geologia, vol. 30, pp. 134-139.

 

8.      Meneghini, F., Di Toro, G., Rowe, D.C., Moore, J.C., Tsutsumi, A., Yamaguchi, A., 2010. Record of mega-earthquakes in subduction thrusts: the black fault rocks of Pasagshak Point (Kodiak Island, Alaska). Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, vol. 122, pp. 1280-1297, doi: 10.1130/B30049.1.

 

 

 

2009

 

1.      Mittempergher, S., Pennacchioni, G., Di Toro, G. 2009. Effects of fault orientation and fluid infiltration on fault rock assemblages at seismogenic depths. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 31, 1511-1524.

 

2.      Burlini, L., Di Toro, G., Meredith, P. 2009. Seismic tremor in subduction zones: the rock-physics evidence. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 36, L08305, doi:10.1029/2009GL037735.

 

3.      Del Gaudio, P., Di Toro, G., Han, R., Hirose, T., Nielsen, S., Shimamoto, T., Cavallo, A., 2009. Frictional melting of peridotite and  seismic slip.Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 114, doi: 1029/2008JB005990.

 

4.      Griffith, W.A., Di Toro, G., Pennacchioni, G., Pollard, D.D., Nielsen, S. 2009. Static stress drop associated with brittle slip events on exhumed faults. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 114, B02402.

 

5.      Di Toro, G., Pennacchioni G., Nielsen, S., 2009. Pseudotachylytes and Earthquake Source Mechanics. In: “Fault-zone Properties and Earthquake Rupture Dynamics”, Ed. Eiichi Fukuyama, published by the International Geophysics Series, Elsevier, pp. 87-133.

 

 

 

2008

 

1.      Burlini, L., Di Toro, G., 2008. Volcanic Symphony in the lab. Science, Vol. 322, 207-208.

 

2.      Griffith, W.A., Di Toro, G., Pennacchioni, G., Pollard, D.D., 2008. Thin pseudotachylytes in Faults of the Mt. Abbot Quadrangle, Sierra Nevada: physical constraints for small seismic slip events. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 30, 1086-1094.

 

3.      Billi, A., Di Toro, G., 2008. Fault-related carbonate rocks and earthquake indicators: recent advances and future trends. In “Structural Geology: new research”, Eds. Sean J. Landowe and Garth M. Hammler, Novascience.

 

4.      Ueda, T., Obata, M., Di Toro, G., Kanagawa, K., Ozawa, K., 2008. Mantle earthquakes frozen in mylonitized ultramafic pseudotachylytes of spinel-lherzolite facies. Geology, vol. 36(8), pp. 607-610.

 

5.      Nielsen, S., Di Toro, G., Hirose, T., Shimamoto, T., 2008. Frictional Melt and Seismic Slip, Journal of Geophysical Research vol. 113, B01308, doi:10.1029/2007JB005122.

 

6.      Wibberley , C.A.J, Graham, Y., Di Toro, G., 2008. Recent advances in the understanding of fault zone internal structure: a review. In “The Internal Structure of Fault Zones – implications for mechanical and fluid flow properties”, Eds. C.A.J. Wibberley, W. Kurz, J. Imber, R.E. Holdsworth & C. Collettini, Special Volume of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 299, pp. 5-33.

 

7.      Pittarello, L., Di Toro, G., Bizzarri, A., Pennacchioni, G., Hadizadeh, J., Cocco, M., 2008. Energy partitioning during seismic slip in pseudotachylyte-bearing faults (Gole Larghe Fault, Adamello, Italy). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 269, pp. 131-139.

 

 

 

2007

 

1.      Burlini, L., Vinciguerra, S., Di Toro, G., De Natale, G., Burg, J-P, 2007. Seismicity preceding volcanic eruptions: new experimental insight.Geology, vol. 35(2), pp. 183-186.

 

2.      Veveakis, E., Vardoulakis, I., Di Toro, G., 2007. Thermo-poro-mechanics of creeping landslides: the 1963 Vaiont (Northern Italy) case. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 112, F03026, doi:10.1029/2006JF000702.

 

 

 

2006

 

1.      Di Toro, G., Hirose, T., Nielsen, S., Pennacchioni, G., Shimamoto, T., 2006. Natural and experimental evidence of melt lubrication of faults during earthquakes. Science, vol. 311, 647-649.

 

2.      Di Toro, G., Hirose, T., Nielsen, S., Shimamoto, T., 2006. Relating high-velocity rock friction experiments to coseismic slip. In “Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting”, Eds. Abercrombie, R., McGarr, A., Di Toro, G., Kanamori, H., Geophysical Monograph Series Vol. 170 (American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.), pp. 121-134.

 

3.      Abercrombie, R., McGarr, A., Di Toro, G., Kanamori, H., 2006. Preface of: Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting, Geophysical Monograph Series Vol. 170 (American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.).

 

4.      Abercrombie, R., McGarr, A., Kanamori, H., Di Toro, G., 2006. Introduction of: Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting,Geophysical Monograph Series Vol. 170 (American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.), pp. 1-2.

 

5.      Montesi, G.J., Di Toro, G., Simons, F.J., Akber, S., Becker, T.W., Billen, M., Deschamps, A., Kellogg, J.B., 2006. MYRES II: Dynamics of the Lithosphere. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 87, No. 44, page 482.

 

6.      Pennacchioni, G., Di Toro, G., Brack, P., Menegon, L., Villa, I.M., 2006. Brittle-ductile-brittle deformation during cooling of  tonalite (Adamello, Southern Italian Alps). Tectonophysics, vol. 427, pp. 171-197.

 

 

 

2005

 

1.      Di Toro, G., Pennacchioni, G., Teza, G., 2005. Can pseudotachylytes be used to infer earthquake source parameters? An example of limitations in the study of exhumed faults. Tectonophysics, vol. 402/1-4, pp. 3-20.

 

2.      Di Toro, G., Pennacchioni, G., 2005. Fault plane processes and mesoscopic structure of a strong-type seismogenic fault in tonalites (Adamello batholith, Southern Alps). Tectonophysics, vol. 402/1-4, pp. 54-79.

 

3.      Di Toro, G., Nielsen, S., Pennacchioni, G., 2005. Earthquake rupture dynamics frozen in exhumed ancient faults. Nature, vol. 436, pp. 1009-1012.

 

 

 

2004

 

1.      Di Toro, G., Goldsby D.L., Tullis, T.E., 2004. Friction falls towards zero in quartz rock as slip velocity approaches seismic rates. Nature, vol. 427, pp. 436-439.

 

2.      Di Toro, G., Pennacchioni, G., 2004. Superheated friction-induced melts in zoned pseudotachylytes within the Adamello tonalites (Italian Southern Alps). Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 26, pp. 1783-1801.

 

 

 

2003

 

1.      Di Toro, G., Castellaro, S., 2003. A geologist’s view of earthquakes (pp. 33-37). In: Earthquake Science and Seismic Risk Reduction, Mulargia, F., Geller, R.J. Editors. NATO Science Series: IV Earth and Environmental Sciences 32. Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, pp 338.

 

 

 

2001

 

1.      Pennacchioni, G., Di Toro, G., Mancktelow, N.S., 2001: Strain-insensitive preferred orientation of porphyroclasts in Mont. Mary mylonites. Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 23, pp. 1281-1298.

 

 

BOOKS AND SPECIAL VOLUMES


1.      Kimura, G., Di Toro, G., Park, Jin-Oh, Underwood, M., Kanagawa, K., Ide, S., Brodsky E., (Eds.) 2013, Great Earthquakes along Subduction Zones, Tectonophysics, vol. 600, pp. 1-240.

2.      Di Toro, G., Ferri, F., Mitchell, T., Mittempergher, S., Pennacchioni, G, (Eds.) 2012, Physico-Chemical Processes in Seismic Faults. Journal of Structural Geology, 38, pp. 1-278.

3.      Abercrombie, R., McGarr, A., Di Toro, G., Kanamori, H., (Eds.), 2006. Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting, Geophysical Monograph Series Vol. 170 (American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.), pp. 1-327. ISBN 978-0-87590-435-1

Industrial applications (Applicazioni industriali)

Dissemination to non-academic audience (Divulgazione)

Articolo divulgativo sull'emergenza di comunicazione relativamente ai terremoti pubblicato su IL BO, 2012.

Presentazione divulgativa Sull'Emergenza di Comunicazione e Terremoti presentata al Festival della Geografia di Bardolino (VR), 12 Ottobre 2012.

Presentazione divulgativa sui Terremoti presentata all'incontro con la popolazione avente come tema "Sismicità e Montello: cosa sappiamo" tenuto il 18 Ottobre 2012 presso l'Auditorium del Comune di Volpago del Montello (TV)

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