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A model for frictional melt production beneath large rock avalanches by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Elverhøi, Anders

“…Two puzzling traits of giant rock avalanches (sturzstroms) are the decrease of the effective friction coefficient as a function of the volume (volume effect)…”
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The Large Dendritic Morphologies in the Antoniadi Crater (Mars) and Their Potential Astrobiological Significance by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio

“…Mars has held large amounts of running and standing water throughout its history, as evidenced by numerous morphologies attributed to rivers, outflow channels,…”
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Inferring the high velocity of landslides in Valles Marineris on Mars from morphological analysis by Mazzanti, Paolo, De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Di Bastiano, Camilla, Bozzano, Francesca

“…The flow characteristics and velocities of three landslides in Valles Marineris on Mars are investigated using detailed morphological analyses of…”
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Sliding of outrunner blocks from submarine landslides by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Engvik, Lars Enok, Elverhøi, Anders

“…Outrunner blocks are nearly intact pieces of debris that detach from a slowing‐down submarine landslide and flow ahead of the front. Data gathered from…”
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Friction and dynamics of rock avalanches travelling on glaciers by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio

“…Rock avalanches travelling on glaciers often exhibit effective friction coefficient lower than those on a rocky terrain. After briefly considering some data of…”
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Frontal Aureole Deposit on Acheron Fossae ridge as evidence for landslide-generated tsunami on Mars by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio

“…The recurrent failures of the 8 to 10-km high basal scarp of the Olympus Mons volcano on Mars has resulted in enormous landslides merging into a composite…”
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The pristine shape of Olympus Mons on Mars and the subaqueous origin of its aureole deposits by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio

“…•The original outline of Olympus Mons between N and SW is reconstructed.•Along the north-western sectors, the volcanic shield was about 200 km longer.•A…”
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Landslides in Valles Marineris (Mars): A possible role of basal lubrication by sub-surface ice by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio

“…There is much interest on the occurrence of water and ice in the past history of Mars. Because landslides on Mars are much better conserved than their…”
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Fragmentation and boosting of rock falls and rock avalanches by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Crosta, Giovanni Battista

“…Fragmentation has been proposed as an important dynamical process in the propagation of rock avalanches. The occurrence of an intense block fragmentation…”
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Thriving at high hydrostatic pressure: the example of ammonoids (extinct cephalopods) by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio

“…Ammonoids are a group of extinct mollusks belonging to the same class of the living genus Nautilus (cephalopoda). In both Nautili and ammonoids, the (usually…”
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Flow dynamics and thermal effects in the ejecta of the multiple-layered Kotka crater on Mars by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Ciceri, Fabio, Crosta, Giovanni Battista

“…The multiple-layered ejecta surrounding crater Kotka (east of Elysium Mons) are studied using imagery and physical modelling. This particular crater was chosen…”
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The aureole of Olympus Mons (Mars) as the compound deposit of submarine landslides by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio

“…The enigmatic deposits building up the Olympus Mons aureole on Mars are likely among the largest landslide remnants in the Solar System. These deposits exhibit…”
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The glacial and periglacial evolution of Coprates Chasma (Valles Marineris, Mars) by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Crosta, Giovanni Battista, Fusetti, Davide, Valbuzzi, Elena

“…The search for past and present water on Mars, either as liquid or solid ice, with its important climatological and astrobiological consequences, has been…”
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The Acheron Dorsum on Mars: A novel interpretation of its linear depressions and a model for its evolution by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Martino, Salvatore

“…The Acheron Dorsum north of Olympus Mons on Mars is a unique 800 km-long arcuate ridge apparently unrelated to other adjacent morphologies. Acheron Dorsum is…”
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Rapid clade divergence and phyletic gradualism in an interacting particle model of sympatric speciation by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Freiesleben De Blasio, Birgitte

“…The coexistence of cladogenesis, i.e., the branching of lineages along an evolutionary tree as observed in the fossil record, and anagenesis, which is the…”
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Possible erosion marks of bottom oceanic currents in the northern lowlands of Mars by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio

“…There has been much interest for the hypothetical ancient ocean which might have resided in the northern lowlands of Mars. Hints are the global subdivision of…”
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Mobility and erosion of granular flows travelling on an erodible substrate: Insights from the small-scale flume experiments by Liu, Hongwei, Zhao, Xiaoyan, Frattini, Paolo, Crosta, Giovanni Battista, De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Wan, Yuhao, Zhu, Xuze

“…Rock avalanches are extremely rapid, flow-like movements of dry debris mass with extreme destructive potential. Among the dynamical aspects of rock avalanches…”
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Investigation of rock fragmentation during rockfalls and rock avalanches via 3‐D discrete element analyses by Zhao, Tao, Crosta, Giovanni Battista, Utili, Stefano, De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio

“…This paper investigates the characteristics of dynamic rock fragmentation and its influence on the postfailure fragment trajectory. A series of numerical…”
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Fragmentation and boosting of rock falls and rock avalanches: FRAGMENTATION AND BOOSTING OF ROCK AVALANCHES by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio, Crosta, Giovanni Battista

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Conceptual model for the origin of the Olympus Mons cliffs, Mars: An essential influence of water? by De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio

“…With a height of 21km above the mean Martian altitude and a diameter of 600km, the Olympus Mons of Mars is the highest and one of the largest volcanoes in the…”
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