https://oceanexpert.org/expert/umberto.fracassi

ORCID : 0000-0001-7102-514X

Ph.D.

Research

Marine Geology, Geophysics

Member of the DISS Working Group and co-worker for the Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (contributing to geological input data for Italy’s national seismic hazard model); curator of the Composite Sources. Re-evaluation of seismic crises of the past few centuries in central and southern Italy. Appraisal of potential seismogenic sources of major historical and instrumental earthquakes, with emphasis on subsurface data, rupture complexities, and the spatial and chronological intersection between historical sources and landscape heritage.

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin

Geological expertise

Appraisal of potential seismogenic sources from instrumental and historical seismicity, field and subsurface geology, landscape parameters, and displacement modeling.     

Geomorphological analysis of drainage basin evolution. Analysis of geometry and evolution of fault transfer zones.

Regional extents and global distribution of margin-basin systems, their resource outlook, and energy/GHG storage potential.

Structural and stratigraphic interpretation of multichannel and VHR seismic reflection profiles. 

Structural interpretation of analog sandbox models (rift and strike-slip settings). Interpretation of well logs and cuttings.

Modeling of geo-acoustic parameters using underwater wide-angle seismic reflection data.

Geophysical applications

Fault input and seismic zonation for seismic hazard modeling.

Assessing the intersection among seismological, geological, and historical records to decipher shifting landscapes, “seismic memory” inheritance, and human siting.

Evaluating the interplay among natural and anthropogenic multi-hazards, energy budget, geosphere-biosphere feedback, and physical complexities to address medium/long-term safety/relocation of the built environment. Geological contribution to global change and GHG; CCS and associated hazards; resource intelligence (terrestrial and extra-terrestrial). 

Cross-disciplinarity links with social, economic, and communication contexts. Multi-Sector Dynamics. Science for Policy.

English
Italian

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