Member Since 1996
Claudio Faccenna
Professor, Roma TRE University
Professional Experience
Roma TRE University
Professor
1996 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1993
Honors & Awards
Francis Birch Lecture
Received December 2019
Union Fellow
Received December 2017
Citation
For advances in understanding the processes and consequences of subduction in settings ranging from geologic to upper mantle in scale.
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Current Roles
Member
Excellence in Geophysical Education Award Committee
Publications
Morpho‐Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Apennines and Calabrian Arc: Insights From Pollino Range a...

The evolution of topography in forearc regions results from the complex interplay of crustal and mantle processes. The Southern Apennines represent...

May 16, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Morpho-Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Apennines and Calabrian Arc: Insights From Pollino Range and Surrounding Extensional Intermontane Basins
SURFACE PROCESSES AND RELIEF PRODUCTION IN ACTIVE OROGENS II POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 15 december 2023
Romano Clementucci, Riccardo Lanari, Claudio Facce...
The evolution of topography in forearc regions has been poorly constrained so far. It results from the complex interplay of crustal and mantle process...
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Tectonics of Delamination, Slab break-off and Convective Removal: Deformation, Topography and Their Role in Orogeny
THE FATE OF THE LITHOSPHERE DURING CONTINENTAL COLLISION: SLAB DEFORMATION, LITHOSPHERIC REMOVAL, AND TECTONIC SEGMENTATION IN ACTIVE OROGENIC SYSTEMS II ORAL
tectonophysics | 14 december 2023
Oguz Gogus, Russell Pysklywec, Claudio Faccenna, E...
Orogenesis accounts for the formation of mountain belts and basins through plate boundary scale shortening and extension, over millions of years, base...
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Deep mantle forcing on the rise of mountain belt
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TECTONICS AND SURFACE PROCESSES: FROM OROGENS TO SEDIMENTARY BASINS II ORAL
tectonophysics | 14 december 2023
Claudio Faccenna, Thorsten W. Becker, Romano Cleme...
The rise of a mountain belt represents a still poorly constrained process. A vivid discussion revolves around whether crustal tectonics or climate is ...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Excellence in Geophysical Education Award Committee
2017 - 2023
Editor-in-Chief
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
2013 - 2017
Editor
Tectonics
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