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Deep Structure of Northern Apennines Subduction Orogen (Italy) as Revealed by a Joint Interpretation of Passive and Active Seismic Data by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Faccenna, Claudio

“…The Apennines is a well‐studied orogeny formed by the accretion of continental slivers during the subduction of the Adriatic plate, but its deep structure is…”
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Local three-dimensional earthquake tomography by trans-dimensional Monte Carlo sampling by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Giacomuzzi, Genny, Malinverno, Alberto

“…Local earthquake tomography is a non-linear and non-unique inverse problem that uses event arrival times to solve for the spatial distribution of elastic…”
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Sedimentary basin investigation using receiver function: an East African Rift case study by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Martini, Francesca, Mongan, Joe

“…SUMMARY We apply receiver function (RF) methodology to map the geometry of a sedimentary basin along a ∼10-km-long profile of broadband seismometers that…”
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Sedimentary basins investigation using teleseismic P‐wave time delays by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Martini, Francesca

“…ABSTRACT Passive seismic methods have been proven successful in recent years at retrieving information about the large‐scale structure of a sedimentary basin…”
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Weighing Geophysical Data With Trans‐Dimensional Algorithms: An Earthquake Location Case Study by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Malinverno, Alberto, Bodin, Thomas, Dahner, Christina, Dineva, Savka, Kissling, Eduard

“…In geophysical inverse problems, the distribution of physical properties in an Earth model is inferred from a set of measured data. A necessary step is to…”
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Estimating lateral and vertical resolution in receiver function data for shallow crust exploration by Subašić, Senad, Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Bean, Christopher J

“…SUMMARY In order to test the horizontal and vertical resolution of teleseismic receiver functions, we perform a complete receiver function analysis and…”
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Changepoint detection in seismic double-difference data: application of a trans-dimensional algorithm to data-space exploration by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Sgattoni, Giulia

“…Double-difference (DD) seismic data are widely used to define elasticity distribution in the Earth's interior and its variation in time. DD data are often…”
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The fate of the downgoing oceanic plate: Insight from the Northern Cascadia subduction zone by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Miller, Meghan S.

“…In this study, we use teleseismic receiver function analysis to image the seismic structure of the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate during its subduction beneath the…”
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Modeling of Anisotropy in the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere for Real Earth Cases: A Critical Assessment of the Impact on SKS Measurements by Lamarque, Gaelle, Piana Agostinetti, Nicola

“…We investigate effects of realistic Earth's lithospheric structures on measurements of SKS seismic waves birefringence, which could be perturbed by different…”
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Discovering geothermal supercritical fluids: a new frontier for seismic exploration by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Licciardi, Andrea, Piccinini, Davide, Mazzarini, Francesco, Musumeci, Giovanni, Saccorotti, Gilberto, Chiarabba, Claudio

“…Exploiting supercritical geothermal resources represents a frontier for the next generation of geothermal electrical power plant, as the heat capacity of…”
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Exploration of Data Space Through Trans‐Dimensional Sampling: A Case Study of 4D Seismics by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Kotsi, Maria, Malcolm, Alison

“…We present a novel methodology for exploring 4D seismic data in the context of monitoring subsurface resources. Data‐space exploration is a key activity in…”
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Crustal structure and deformation across a mature slab tear zone: the case of southern Tyrrhenian subduction (Italy) by Bianchi, Irene, Lucente, Francesco Pio, Di Bona, Massimo, Govoni, Aladino, Piana Agostinetti, Nicola

“…We compute S velocity profiles of the crust across the Messina Strait (Italy), the tear zone at the southern end of the Ionian subduction zone. Separating…”
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Flexible Coupling in Joint Inversions: A Bayesian Structure Decoupling Algorithm by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Bodin, Thomas

“…When different geophysical observables are sensitive to the same volume, it is possible to invert them simultaneously to jointly constrain different physical…”
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Orogen-parallel discontinuity of the Apennines subduction zone in Southern Italy as seen from mantle wedge seismic structure by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola

“…We investigate the seismic structure of the mantle wedge of the Apennines subduction zone (Central Mediterranean) using teleseismic receiver function (RF). We…”
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Seismic swarms and diffuse fracturing within Triassic evaporites fed by deep degassing along the low‐angle Alto Tiberina normal fault (central Apennines, Italy) by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Giacomuzzi, Genny, Chiarabba, Claudio

“…We present high‐resolution elastic models and relocated seismicity of a very active segment of the Apennines normal faulting system, computed via…”
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Deep structure of the crust in the area of the 2016–2017 Central Italy seismic sequence from receiver function analysis by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Buttinelli, Mauro, Chiarabba, Claudio

“…We compute a high-resolution topographic model of the Moho beneath the fault system activated during the 2016–2017 Central Italy seismic sequence, using…”
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Crustal structure above a retreating trench: Receiver function study of the northern Apennines orogen by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola, Levin, Vadim, Park, Jeffrey

“…Teleseismic receiver functions recorded along a densely-spaced transect of 20 broad-band seismic stations highlight systematic spatial variation of crustal…”
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Seismicity of Ireland, and why it is so low: How the thickness of the lithosphere controls intraplate seismicity by Lebedev, Sergei, Grannell, James, Arroucau, Pierre, Bonadio, Raffaele, Agostinetti, Nicola Piana, Bean, Christopher J

“…SUMMARY Ireland and neighbouring Britain share much of their tectonic history and are both far from active plate boundaries at present. Their seismicity shows…”
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The micro‐seismicity of Co. Donegal (Ireland): Defining baseline seismicity in a region of slow lithospheric deformation by Riva, Federica, Agostinetti, Nicola Piana, Marzorati, Simone, Horan, Clare

“…A catalogue of precisely located micro‐seismicity is fundamental for investigating seismicity and rock physical properties in active tectonic and volcanic…”
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The structure of the Moho in the Northern Apennines: Evidence for an incipient slab tear fault? by Piana Agostinetti, Nicola

“…This study investigates the geometry of the crust–mantle boundary along the Northern Apennines (Italy) and its relationship to the tectonic evolution of a…”
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