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Fracture Energy and Breakdown Work During Earthquakes by Cocco, Massimo, Aretusini, Stefano, Cornelio, Chiara, Nielsen, Stefan B, Spagnuolo, Elena, Tinti, Elisa, Di Toro, Giulio

“…Large seismogenic faults consist of approximately meter-thick fault cores surrounded by hundreds-of-meters-thick damage zones. Earthquakes are generated by…”
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A neural network based approach to classify VLF signals as rock rupture precursors by Nardi, Adriano, Pignatelli, Alessandro, Spagnuolo, Elena

“…The advent of novel technologies revealed that other geophysical signals than those directly related to fault motion could be used to probe the state of…”
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Rock deformation vs. radon emission: some constraints from shear stress-controlled experiments by Benà, Eleonora, Spagnuolo, Elena, Piersanti, Antonio, Galli, Gianfranco, Mazzoli, Claudio, Sassi, Raffaele

“…Numerous field and laboratory studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between radon variation and seismic events, as well as the complex…”
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Fast-moving dislocations trigger flash weakening in carbonate-bearing faults during earthquakes by Spagnuolo, Elena, Plümper, Oliver, Violay, Marie, Cavallo, Andrea, Di Toro, Giulio

“…Rupture fronts can cause fault displacement, reaching speeds up to several ms −1 within a few milliseconds, at any distance away from the earthquake nucleation…”
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Past seismic slip-to-the-trench recorded in Central America megathrust by Vannucchi, Paola, Spagnuolo, Elena, Aretusini, Stefano, Di Toro, Giulio, Ujiie, Kohtaro, Tsutsumi, Akito, Nielsen, Stefan

“…The 2011 Tōhoku-Oki earthquake revealed that co-seismic displacement along the plate boundary megathrust can propagate to the trench. Co-seismic slip to the…”
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Biomarker thermal maturity experiments at earthquake slip rates by Savage, Heather M., Rabinowitz, Hannah S., Spagnuolo, Elena, Aretusini, Stefano, Polissar, Pratigya J., Di Toro, Giulio

“…Evidence of temperature rise is useful for identifying where within a fault zone earthquake slip has occurred, as well as some attributes of the earthquake…”
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Ultra-thin clay layers facilitate seismic slip in carbonate faults by Smeraglia, Luca, Billi, Andrea, Carminati, Eugenio, Cavallo, Andrea, Di Toro, Giulio, Spagnuolo, Elena, Zorzi, Federico

“…Many earthquakes propagate up to the Earth’s surface producing surface ruptures. Seismic slip propagation is facilitated by along-fault low dynamic frictional…”
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Preliminary analysis of radon time series before the Ml=6 Amatrice earthquake: possible implications for fluid migration by Valentina Cannelli, Antonio Piersanti, Elena Spagnuolo, Gianfranco Galli

“…On August 24, 2016, a Ml=6.0 earthquake occurred in Central Apennines, Italy, between the towns of Norcia and Amatrice, causing severe destruction and…”
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Investigating the effectiveness of rupture directivity during the August 24, 2016 Mw 6.0 Central Italy earthquake by Elena Spagnuolo, Antonella Cirella, Aybige Akinci

“…In this study we investigate directivity effects associated to the Mw6.0 Amatrice earthquake taking into account the source rupture heterogeneities. We use the…”
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Frictional evolution, acoustic emissions activity, and off‐fault damage in simulated faults sheared at seismic slip rates by Passelègue, François. X., Spagnuolo, Elena, Violay, Marie, Nielsen, Stefan, Di Toro, Giulio, Schubnel, Alexandre

“…We present a series of high‐velocity friction tests conducted on Westerly granite, using the Slow to HIgh Velocity Apparatus (SHIVA) installed at Istituto…”
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Microstructural evidence for seismic and aseismic slips along clay‐bearing, carbonate faults by Smeraglia, Luca, Bettucci, Andrea, Billi, Andrea, Carminati, Eugenio, Cavallo, Andrea, Di Toro, Giulio, Natali, Marco, Passeri, Daniele, Rossi, Marco, Spagnuolo, Elena

“…In this multimethodological study, microstructural observations of fault rocks are combined with micromechanical property analyses (contact resonance atomic…”
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Italian Mothers and Italian-Canadian Daughters: Using Language to Negotiate the Politics of Gender by Spagnuolo, Elena Anna

“…This paper examines how migration redefines family narratives and dynamics. Through a parallel between the mother and the mother tongue, I unravel the…”
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From field geology to earthquake simulation: a new state-of-the-art tool to investigate rock friction during the seismic cycle (SHIVA) by Di Toro, Giulio, Niemeijer, André, Tripoli, Antonino, Nielsen, Stefan, Di Felice, Fabio, Scarlato, Piergiorgio, Spada, Giuseppe, Alessandroni, Roberto, Romeo, Giovanni, Di Stefano, Giuseppe, Smith, Steven, Spagnuolo, Elena, Mariano, Sofia

“…Despite considerable effort over the past several decades, the mechanics of earthquake rupture remains largely unknown. Moderate- to large-magnitude…”
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Dislocation Motion and the Microphysics of Flash Heating and Weakening of Faults during Earthquakes by Spagnuolo, Elena, Plümper, Oliver, Violay, Marie, Cavallo, Andrea, Di Toro, Giulio

“…Earthquakes are the result of slip along faults and are due to the decrease of rock frictional strength (dynamic weakening) with increasing slip and slip rate…”
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Earthquakes in the Mantle? Insights From Rock Magnetism of Pseudotachylytes by Ferré, Eric C., Meado, Andrea L., Geissman, John W., Di Toro, Giulio, Spagnuolo, Elena, Ueda, Tadamasa, Ashwal, Lewis D., Deseta, Natalie, Andersen, Torgeir B., Filiberto, Justin, Conder, James A.

“…Ultramafic pseudotachylytes have been regarded as earthquake fossils formed at mantle depths (i.e., >30 km). Here we show that pseudotachylytes hosted by…”
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Exploring frictional properties of upper plate fault reactivation in subduction zones: The Atacama Fault System in northern Chile by González, Yerko, González, Gabriel, Spagnuolo, Elena, Pozzi, Giacomo, Jensen, Erik, Aretusini, Stefano, Schleicher, Anja M.

“…•The frictional properties of the Atacama Fault System (AFS) are highly controlled by phyllosilicate content.•At low shear velocities, the fault gouges…”
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Selective clast survival in an experimentally-produced pseudotachylyte by Papa, Simone, Spagnuolo, Elena, Di Toro, Giulio, Cavallo, Andrea, Favero, Marco, Camacho, Alfredo, Pennacchioni, Giorgio

“…On-fault processes during earthquakes contribute to seismic rupture propagation and slip. Here we investigate clast fragmentation in an experimental…”
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Frictional properties of basalt experimental faults and implications for volcano-tectonic settings and geo-energy sites by Giacomel, Piercarlo, Ruggieri, Roberta, Scuderi, Marco M., Spagnuolo, Elena, Di Toro, Giulio, Collettini, Cristiano

“…We performed a suite of experiments aimed at examining the frictional properties of unaltered basalts at conditions considered to be representative of slip at…”
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Fast and Localized Temperature Measurements During Simulated Earthquakes in Carbonate Rocks by Aretusini, Stefano, Núñez‐Cascajero, Arántzazu, Spagnuolo, Elena, Tapetado, Alberto, Vázquez, Carmen, Di Toro, Giulio

“…The understanding of earthquake physics is hindered by the poor knowledge of fault strength and temperature evolution during seismic slip. Experiments…”
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Frictional Instabilities and Carbonation of Basalts Triggered by Injection of Pressurized H2O‐ and CO2‐ Rich Fluids by Giacomel, Piercarlo, Spagnuolo, Elena, Nazzari, Manuela, Marzoli, Andrea, Passelegue, François, Youbi, Nasrrddine, Di Toro, Giulio

“…The safe application of geological carbon storage depends also on the seismic hazard associated with fluid injection. In this regard, we performed friction…”
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