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Palano INGV – Osservatorio Etneo
Piazza Roma, 2
95125 – Catania (Italy)
Telefono:+39-095-7165812
Fax:+39-095-7165826
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Sito web: www.ct.ingv.it

Research field

My research interests has focused on the understanding of the mechanisms promoting Earth's surface deformation and stress conditions in and around volcanoes and tectonic active areas. To address these questions I use a combination of techniques from structural geology, geodesy, seismology, geophysical prospecting and computer modelling. Currently I’m studying the ground deformation patterns of Mt. Etna volcano by analyzing the GPS data collected by continuous and campaign stations. I have studied also the ground deformation patterns associated to the last eruptions occurred on Mt. Augustine (Alaska, USA) and Mt. St. Helens (Washington, USA) volcanoes. I’m studying also the deformation processes occurring on the Mediterranean area related to the convergence process of the Eurasian and African plates.

Selected Publications

  • Palano M., Gresta S., Puglisi G. - Time-dependent deformation of the eastern flank of Mt. Etna: after-slip or viscoelastic relaxation? Tectonophysics, (2009), vol. 473, pp. 300-311, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.02.047.
  • Bonanno, A., Palano M., Privitera E., Gresta S., Puglisi G. - Magma intrusion mechanisms and redistribution of seismogenic stress at Mt. Etna volcano (1997-1998). Terra Nova, (2011) vol. 23, pp. 339-348, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01019.x.
  • Palano M., Ferranti L., Monaco C., Mattia M., Aloisi M., Bruno V., Cannavò F., Siligato G. - GPS velocity and strain fields in Sicily and southern Calabria, Italy: updated geodetic constraints on tectonic block interaction in the central Mediterranean. J. Geophys. Res., (2012), vol. 117, B07401, doi:1029/2012JB009254.
  • González, P. J., Tiampo, K. F., Palano M., Cannavò, F., Fernández J. - The 2011 Lorca earthquake slip distribution controlled by groundwater crustal unloading. Nature Geoscience, (2012), vol. 5, 821-825, doi:10.1038/ngeo1610.
  • Palano M., Gonzalez P., Fernandez J. - Strain and stress fields along the Gibraltar Orogenic Arc: constraints on active geodynamics. Gondwana Res., (2012), doi:10.1016/j.gr.2012.05.021. in press.