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Professor Francesca C. Ghisetti

Prof Francesca C Ghisetti

Dottore in Scienze Geologiche(Catania) Fellow National Council of Research(Italy)

Research Professor - Structural Geology

Email francesca.ghisetti@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

Tel 64 3 479 9051

Teaching

For further information see Francesca'sadditional web pages.

The Gran Sasso thrust belt, central Apennines, Italy.

The Gran Sasso thrust belt, central Apennines, Italy

Research Interests

  • Structural analysis of fold-and-thrust belts, section balancing, stress inversions
  • Structural analysis of active faults
  • Basin evolution and fault-controlled sedimentation
  • Microstructural assemblages of brittle fault rocks
  • Field mapping of sedimentary, metamorphic and volcanic assemblages
  • Regional Tectonics
  • Tectonic geomorphology, Quaternary geology, and Neotectonics
  • Seismotectonics and seismic hazard assessment
  • Geological map editing and publishing, GIS

Ongoing Research

Definition of geometry, kinematics, and deformation mechanisms of major fault systems of the central Apennines, (Italy), Mt. Isa (Queensland, Australia) and New Zealand (Ostler Fault), based on mapping and analysis of structural assemblages and brittle fault rocks at different scales and on interpretation of seismic reflection profiles. Analysis of mesoscopic fault assemblages and stress inversions.

Style of inversion tectonics in the South Island (New Zealand): reactivation of inherited fault systems versus creation of new, favourably oriented, thrusts. Estimates of amount of shortening constrained from restored balanced sections. Implications for seismic hazard. See Ghisetti and Sibson, 2006.

Evolution and mobility of Tertiary Basins of the South Island in relation to synsedimentary compressional deformation. See Beggs and Ghisetti, 2006.

Deformed sequence in the hanging wall of the Ostler Fault, Twizel

Deformed sequence in the hanging wall of the Ostler Fault, Twizel

Selected Recent Publications

  • Ghisetti, F. (2000). "Slip partitioning and deformation cycles close to major faults in southern California: evidence from small-scale faults." Tectonics 19: 25-43.
  • Ghisetti, F., D. Kirschner, et al. (2001). "Stable isotope evidence for contrasting paleofluid circulation in thrust faults and normal faults of the central Apeninnes, Italy." J. Geophys. Res. 106: 8811-8825.
  • Ghisetti, F. and L. Vezzani (2002). "Normal faulting, extension and uplift in the outer thrust belt of the central Apennines (Italy): the role of the Caramanico fault." Basin Research 14: 225-236.
  • Ghisetti, F. and L. Vezzani (2002). "Normal faulting, transcrustal permeability and seismogenesis in the Apennines (Italy)." Tectonophysics 348: 155-168.
  • Ghisetti, F. and L. Vezzani (2005). "Inherited structural controls on normal fault architecture in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece)." Tectonics 24 doi: 10.1029/2004TC001696.
  • Gresta, S., F. Ghisetti, et al. (2005). "Coupling of eruptions and earthquakes at Mt. Etna (Sicily, Italy): a case study from the 1981 and 2001 events." Geophysical Research Letters 32 doi: 10.1029/2004GL021479.
  • Beggs, J.M. and F. Ghisetti (2006). "Transpressional structures in Western Southland Basins." New Zealand Petroleum Conference Proceedings, March 2006, Auckland.
  • Ghisetti, F. and R.H. Sibson (2006). "Accommodation of compressional inversion in northwestern South Island, New Zealand: old faults versus new?". J. Structural Geology, in press (available online in the Journal web page as corrected proof).

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