Loreto Filomena

My research interests are focused on active tectonics, geo-hazards, morpho-structures, geodynamics of arc systems. Others my work interests were been Gas Hydrates analysis, reservoir characterization, Geological Storage of CO2 (CCS technics), accretionary prism evolution. Expert in geophysical. Project involvement: BRS with KOPRI supported by Foreign Ministry; BSR, SLAPPSS, IGEOS supported by PNRA; Serena, Amedea, Sannazzaro, MAQUAI supported by Eni s.p.a. and ENEL s.p.a.; ISTEGE and ISTEGE2 supported by OGS; GEO-CAL14 supported by CNR; collaboration with ISPRA in the frame of EMODnet 2 and Emodnet 3 – Geology lot supported by EU. 2 PhD co-tutor; 1 PhD thesis in collaboration with the Royal Holloway, Univ. of London; 1 Int. Fellowship supervisor the TRIL Programme; 2 Master Training; 5 Curricular Internship. 35 publications on ISI journals; 28 techno/scientific reports.

I took part to 13 marine geophysical/geological surveys (total days on board 171) to investigate the Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas, the offshore southern Chile and the Antarctic Peninsula. During them, I took care of multibeam data and low / high resolution seismic data acquisition and processing, applying conventional and non-conventional procedures. I served as PI in three of those cruises

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1. Zitellini, N., Ranero, C. R., Loreto, M. F., Ligi, M., Pastore, M., D’Oriano, F., ... & Prada, M. (2020). Recent inversion of the Tyrrhenian Basin. Geology, 48(2), 123-127.Loreto, M. F., Düşünür-Doğan, D., Üner, S., İşcan-Alp, Y., Ocakoğlu, N., Cocchi, L., ... & Ligi, M. (2019). Fault-controlled deep hydrothermal flow in a back-arc tectonic setting, SE Tyrrhenian Sea. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-14.
2. Palmiotto C. and Loreto M.F., 2019. Regional scale morphotectonic pattern of the Tyrrhenian Sea: new insights from EMODnet bathymetry. Geomorphology, under press
3. Ocakoğlu, N., Nomikou, P., İşcan, Y., Loreto, M. F., & Lampridou, D. (2017). Evidence of extensional and strike-slip deformation in the offshore Gökova-Kos area affected by the July 2017 Mw6. 6 Bodrum-Kos earthquake, eastern Aegean Sea. Geo-Marine Letters, 1-15.
4. Loreto, M. F., Pagnoni, G., Pettenati, F., Armigliato, A., Tinti, S., Sandron, D., Brutto F., Muto F., Facchin L., & Zgur, F. (2017). Reconstructed seismic and tsunami scenarios of the 1905 Calabria earthquake (SE Tyrrhenian sea) as a tool for geohazard assessment. Engineering Geology, 224, 1-14.
5. Brutto, F., Muto, F., Loreto, M. F., De Paola, N., Tripodi, V., Critelli, S., & Facchin, L. (2016). The Neogene-Quaternary geodynamic evolution of the central Calabrian Arc: A case study from the western Catanzaro Trough basin. Journal of Geodynamics, 102, 95-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2016.09.002.
6. Brutto, F., Muto, F., Loreto, M. F., Tripodi, V., & Critelli, S. (2016). Transition from strike-slip to extensional tectonics in the Plio-Pleistocene Catanzaro Trough (Calabria, south Italy). RENDICONTI ONLINE SOCIETA GEOLOGICA ITALIANA, 38, 9-12.
7. Loreto, M. F., Pepe, F., De Ritis, R., Ventura, G., Ferrante, V., Speranza, F., ... & Sacchi, M., 2015. Geophysical investigation of Pleistocene volcanism and tectonics offshore Capo Vaticano (Calabria, southeastern Tyrrhenian Sea). Journal of Geodynamics, 90, 71-86.
8. Maria F. Loreto, Francesco Italiano, Davide Deponte, Lorenzo Facchin, Fabrizio Zgur. Mantle degassing on a near shore submarine volcano, SE Tyrrhenian Sea. Terra Nova, 2015, Doi: 10.1111/ter.12148
9. Sandron D., Loreto MF, Fracassi U., Tiberi L., 2015. Shaking scenarios from multiple source models shed light on the Mw 7 Calabria 8 September 1905 earthquake (S Italy). BSSA, 2015. Doi: 10.1785/0120140044
10. Maria Filomena Loreto, Umberto Fracassi, Annalisa Franzo, Paola Del Negro, Fabrizio Zgur and Lorenzo Facchin, 2013. Approaching the seismogenic source of the Calabria 8 September 1905 earthquake: New geophysical, geological and biochemical data from the S. Eufemia Gulf (S Italy). Marine Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.06.01622.
11. Maria Filomena Loreto, Denis Sandron, Annalisa Franzo, Paola Del Negro, Fabrizio Zgur, Lorenzo Facchin, Umberto Fracassi, Domenico Ridente, Francesco Italiano & Yeliz Iscan. A multidisciplinary approach to the 8 September 1905 earthquake study (offshore Eastern Calabria), the ISTEGE project. Rend. On-line Soc. Geol. It., 21 (2012), pp.780-783, 4 figs
12. Bo M., S. Canese, C. Spaggiari, A. Pusceddu, M. Bertolino, M. Angiolillo, M. Giusti, M.F. Loreto, E. Salvati, S. Greco,G. Bavestrello. 2012. Deep Coral Oases in the South Tyrrhenian Sea. PLoS ONE 7(11): e49870. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049870
13. Dario Civile; Emanuele Lodolo; Alessandro Vuan; Maria Filomena Loreto, 2012. Tectonics of the Scotia-Antarctica plate boundary constrained from seismic and seismological data. Tectonophysics, 550-553, 17-34, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.05.002
14. Maria Filomena Loreto and Umberta Tinivella, 2012. Gas hydrate versus geological features: the South Shetland case study. Marine and Petroleum Geology, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.04.005.
15. M. F. Loreto, F. Zgur, L. Facchin, U. Fracassi, F. Pettenati, I. Tomini, G. Cossarini, C. De Vittor, D. Sandron, and the Explora technicians team., 2011. In Search of New Imaging For Old Earthquakes: New Geophysical Survey offshore Calabria (southern Tyrrhenian sea, Italy). BGTA, Vol. 53. DOI 10.4430/bgta0046
16. Vargas Cordero I., Tinivella U., Accaino F., Fanucci F., Loreto M.F., Lascano M.E. and Reichert C., 2011. Basal and frontal accretion processes versus BSR characteristics along the Chilean Margin.  J. of Geological Research, v. 2011, doi:10.1155/2011/846101
17. M.F. Loreto, U. Tinivella, F. Accaino and M. Giustiniani, 2011. Gas hydrate reservoir characterization by geophysical data analysis (offshore Antarctic Peninsula) – Energies, 4, 39-56; doi:10.3390/en4010039
18. M. F. Loreto, L. Facchin, F. Zgur, F. Pettenati, I. Tomini, D. Deponde, C. De Vittor, G. Cossarini, D. Sandron, OGS-Explora party, U. Fracassi, 2011. Nuove immagini di vecchi terremoti: il rilievo geofisico nel Golfo di Sant'Eufemia (Calabria tirrenica). Geoitalia, 34.
19. Loreto M. F., Tinivella U., Accaino F., Giustiniani M., 2010. Correlation between geological structures and gas hydrate amount offshore the South Shetland Island. Eds by Jiamping Gan et al., World Scientific Publishing Co., Advances in Geosciences, a book series Ocean Science, vol 18, p. 223-232.
20. Giustiniani M., Accettella D., Tinivella U., Loreto M. F. and Accaino F., 2010. Geographical information system applied to geophysical data to study gas hydrate. Eds by Jiamping Gan et al., World Scientific Publishing Co, Advances in Geosciences, a book series Ocean Science, vol. 18, p. 213-223 .
21. Fanucci F., Vargas Cordero I., Loreto M.F., Tinivella U., 2009. Modelli di accrezione del margine cileno centro-meridionale. Rendiconti online Spc. Geol. It., v. 5, 93-94, 3ff.
22. Vargas Cordero I., Tinivella U., Fanucci F., Accaino F., Loreto M.F., 2009. Accretional style and its relationship to gas hydrate occurrence along Chilean margin. XII Congreso Geologico Chileno, Santiago, 22-26 Novembre, 2009. Extended Abstract.
23. Giustiniani M., D. Accettella, M. F. Loreto, U. Tinivella, F. Accaino, 2009. Geographic information system: an application to manage geophysical data. 71st EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8-11/06/2009. Extended Abstract.
24. Vargas Cordero I., Tinivella U., Accaino F., Loreto MF, Fanucci F., 2009. Gas hydrates and free gas estimate from multichannel seismic data analysis, Southern Chile Margin. 71st EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8-11/06/2009. Extended Abstract.
25. Vargas Cordero I., Tinivella U., Accaino F., Loreto MF, Fanucci F and Reichert C. J., 2009. Seismic evidences of gas hydrate presence offshore Arauco and Coyhaique (Chile). Geo-Marine Letters. DOI 10.1007/s00367-009-0171-5.
26. Vargas I., Tinivella U., Accaino F., Loreto MF, and Fanucci F., 2008. Thermal state and concentration of gas hydrate and free gas of Coyhaique, Chilean Margin (44_300 S). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 27, 1148-1156, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.02.011.
27. Della Vedova B., Accaino F., Loreto M.F., Tinivella U., 2007. Passive subduction of the Phoenix plate remnant at the South Shetland trench, Antarctic Peninsula, in Antarctica: A. Keystone in a Changing World – Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES X, edited by A.K. Cooper and C.R. Raymond et al., USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Extended Abstract 084, 4p.
28. Tinivella U., Loreto M.F. and Accaino F., 2009. Regional versus detailed velocity analysis to quantify hydrate and free gas in marine sediments: the South Shetland margin case study. From: Long D., Lovell M.A., Rrees J.G. & Rochelle C.A. (eds) Sediment-Hosted Gas Hydrates: New Insights on Natural and Synthetic Systems. The Geol. Soc. of London, Special Pubblications, 319. 103-119.
29. Polonia A., L. Torelli, G. Brancolini, M.-F. Loreto, 2007. Tectonics accretion versus erosion along the southern Chile trench: Oblique subduction and margin segmentation. Tectonics, v. 26, TC3005, doi: 10.1029.2006TC001983. pp 30.
30. Loreto M.F., Tinivella U. and C.R. Ranero, 2007. Evidence for fluid circulation, overpressure and tectonic style along the Southern Chilean margin. Tectonophysics, v. 429, 183-200.
31. Loreto M.F., Della Vedova B., Accaino F., Tinivella U. and Accettella D., 2006. Shallow geological structures of the South Shetland trench, Antarctic Peninsula. Ofioliti, v. 31(2), 151-159.
32. Loreto M.F.,  Tinivella U. , Accaino F. 2006. Gas hydrate and free gas occurrence vs climate changes and instability slopes from seismic data analysis. The south Shetland Margin case. Proceedings: International Conference on climate Change and the Middle East past, present and future. (eds) Y. Unal, Kahya C., Demirhan Bari D., Istanbul Technical University, Instabul, Turkey.
33. Loreto M.F., Polonia A & Tinivella U., 2003. Southern Chile Accretionary Wedge: Correlation between the Proto-Deformation Zone and Overpressured fluids Evidenced by AVO Analysis. Terra Antartica Reports, v. 9, (p3).
34. Polonia A., Brancolini G., Loreto M.F. e Torelli L., 2001. The Accretionary Complex of Southernmost Chile from the analysis of multichannel seismic data. - Terra Antartica, v. 8(2), pages 87-98.