SCIENZE GEOFISICHE

• Seismic tomography of lithosphere and upper mantle (team members involved: BO, DP, CT, SS). • Implementation of new methods for earthquake location, moment tensor inversion and seismic tomography (team members involved: BO, DP, CT, SS). • Earthquake focal mechanism computation by seismic waveform inversion (team members involved: BO, DP, CT, SS). • Seismogenic stress and seismic strain tensor estimates (team members involved: BO, DP, CT, SS). • Joint analysis of seismological, geophysical and geological data for modeling of seismotectonic and geodynamic processes (team members involved: BO, DP, CT, SS). • Seismogenic source detection and geometric, kinematic and dynamic characterization (team members involved: BO, DP, CT, SS). • Seismic hazard and risk estimates (team members involved: GN, BO, DP, SS, DD, MI). • Strong earthquakes and tsunamis in the Central Mediterranean region (team members involved: BO, DP, CT, SS). • Integrated analysis of geophysical and geological data for the characterization of structures and crustal dynamics having a greater impact on the territory with particular reference to buildings (team members involved: GN, BO, DP, SS, DD, MI). • Analyse the processes involved in the production of the Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) and the export of those waters from the continental shelf. • Investigate the salinity inter-annual variability of the Dense Shelf Waters (precursor of the AABW)produced in the Ross Sea and the processes that govern this variability. • Study the role of the tides on the watermasses exchange across the Ross Sea continental shelf break.