Search Results - "Vattano, Marco"
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Guano-related phosphate-rich minerals in European caves
Published in International journal of speleology (01-01-2019)“…Guano is a typical deposit found in caves derived from the excretions of bats and in minor cases of birds. These organic deposits decompose and form a series…”
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Geomorphological evolution of western Sicily, Italy
Published in Geologica Carpathica (01-02-2017)“…This paper proposes a morphoevolutionary model for western Sicily. Sicily is a chain–foredeep–foreland system still being built, with tectonic activity…”
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Evaporite karst in Italy: a review
Published in International journal of speleology (01-05-2017)“…Although outcropping rarely in Italy, evaporite (gypsum and anhydrite) karst has been described in detail since the early 20th century. Gypsum caves are now…”
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New insights on secondary minerals from Italian sulfuric acid caves
Published in International journal of speleology (01-09-2018)“…Sulfuric acid minerals are important clues to identify the speleogenetic phases of hypogene caves. Italy hosts ~25% of the known worldwide sulfuric acid…”
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Secondary minerals from salt caves in the Atacama Desert (Chile): a hyperarid and hypersaline environment with potential analogies to the Martian subsurface
Published in International journal of speleology (01-01-2017)“…Over the past 15 years several expeditions by French, American and especially Italian cavers have unveiled over 50 caves in the Cordillera de la Sal (Atacama…”
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New knowledge on the Monte Conca gypsum karst system (Central-western Sicily, Italy)
Published in Acta carsologica (01-05-2011)“…The Monte Conca karst system is located in Central-Western Sicily, where Messinian evaporites are widespread. Here, the evaporites lie on lower…”
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Sulfuric acid caves of Italy: A review
Published in Geomorphology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (15-05-2019)“…In Italy, especially along the Apennine Chain, numerous active and inactive sulfuric acid speleogenetic (SAS) caves have been documented in the last two…”
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Deep-seated gravitational slope deformations in western Sicily: Controlling factors, triggering mechanisms, and morphoevolutionary models
Published in Geomorphology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (01-03-2014)“…A study of deep-seated gravitational slope deformation (DSGSD) phenomena affecting areas of various geological and geomorphological settings in western Sicily…”
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Speleology as an analogue to space exploration: The ESA CAVES training programme
Published in Acta astronautica (01-07-2021)“…Caves remain among the most challenging exploration frontiers on planet Earth. They are difficult to access, present a range of unique and unusual…”
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Sulfuric acid speleogenesis (SAS) close to the water table: Examples from southern France, Austria, and Sicily
Published in Geomorphology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (15-01-2016)“…Caves formed by rising sulfuric waters have been described from all over the world in a wide variety of climate settings, from arid regions to mid-latitude and…”
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Hypogenic caves of Syracuse area, Sicily (Italy): geomorphological evidence of CO2 degassing, freshsalt water mixing, and late condensaAon corrosion
Published in International journal of speleology (2024)“…Many caves in Sicily have been shown to have a sulfuric acid or other hypogenic origin. We studied three caves (Palombara, Scrivilleri, Monello) near Syracuse…”
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The guano holes: a new corrosion form from Natuturingam Cave (Palawan, Philippines)
Published in Travaux de l'Institut de spéologie Emile Racovitza (01-01-2018)“…A totally new corrosion form has been recently observed inside the Natuturingam cave (better known as Puerto Princesa Underground River) in Palawan…”
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