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Clara Monaco

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The marine activities performed within the TOMO-ETNA experiment

2016

<p>The TOMO-ETNA experiment was planned in order to obtain a detailed geological and structural model of the continental and oceanic crust beneath Mt. Etna volcano and northeastern Sicily up to the Aeolian Islands (southern Italy), by integrating data from active and passive refraction and reflection seismic methodologies, magnetic and gravity surveys. This paper focuses on the marine activities performed within the experiment, which have been carried out in the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas, during three multidisciplinary oceanographic cruises, involving three research vessels (“Sarmiento de Gamboa”, “Galatea” and “Aegaeo”) belonging to different countries and institutions. During the o…

0301 basic medicineSeismometerlcsh:QC851-999010502 geochemistry & geophysicsRemotely operated vehicle01 natural sciencesSonarGravity anomalyEtna offshore; Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas; Marine geophysical data acquisition; Scientific cruise report; Geophysics03 medical and health sciencesSeismic refraction0105 earth and related environmental sciencesMarine geophysical data acquisitionIonian and Tyrrhenian Seaslcsh:QC801-809Ionian and Tyrrhenian SeaSeafloor spreadinglcsh:Geophysics. Cosmic physics030104 developmental biologyGeophysicsSeismic tomographyScientific cruise reportEtna offshorelcsh:Meteorology. ClimatologySubmarine pipelineGeologySeismologyAnnals of Geophysics
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Trends in summer presence of fin whales in the Western Mediterranean Sea Region: new insights from a long-term monitoring program

2020

Background The Mediterranean subpopulation of fin whale Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) has recently been listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of threatened species. The species is also listed as species in need of strict protection under the Habitat Directive and is one of the indicators for the assessment of Good Environmental Status under the MSFD. Reference values on population abundance and trends are needed in order to set the threshold values and to assess the conservation status of the population. Methods Yearly summer monitoring using ferries as platform of opportunity was performed since 2008 within the framework of the FLT Med Network. Data were collected along sever…

0106 biological sciencesFin whale010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesConservation BiologyPopulationMarine BiologyDistributionAssessment01 natural sciencesMediterranean BasinGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyMediterranean seabiology.animalIUCN Red ListeducationTransect0105 earth and related environmental scienceseducation.field_of_studyBalaenopterabiologyEcologyWhale010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyGeneral NeuroscienceGeneral Medicinebiology.organism_classificationGeographyBiogeographyMediterranean seaConservation statusPhysical geographyTrendsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesZoologyPeerJ
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3‐D Architecture and Plio‐Quaternary Evolution of the Paola Basin: Insights Into the Forearc of the Tyrrhenian‐Ionian Subduction System

2020

Using seismic reflection profiles and bathymetric data, we analyzed the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Paola Basin, providing information on the dynamic of the forearc of the Tyrrhenian-Ionian subduction system. The Paola Basin is a NNW-SSE trending syncline, bounded by the Coastal Chain to the east and the Paola Anticline to the west. It hosts up to 5.2 km thick Plio-Quaternary deposits, most of them supplied from Apenninic/Sila entry points and transported by longshore currents. The total subsidence reaches a value of ∼5 km. The sedimentary load varies from 60% to 75% of the total subsidence. The Pliocene to Lower Pleistocene sedimentary infill of the syncline displays a strata growth …

Tyrrhenian SeaSubductionsubduction zoneStructural basinCalabrian ArcPaleontologyGeophysicsforearc basinGeochemistry and Petrologygrowth stratacrustal foldingQuaternaryForearcGeology
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