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Giulio Di Toro
Full Professor, University of Padua
Member, Bucher Medal Committee
Professional Experience
University of Padua
Full Professor
2017 - Present
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Associate Researcher
Education
Doctorate
2003
Doctorate
Publications
Mechanical Energy Dissipation During Seismic Dynamic Weakening in Calcite‐Bearing Faults
Earthquakes are frictional instabilities caused by the shear stress decrease, that is, dynamic weakening, of faults with slip and slip rate. During...
September 18, 2024
Seismic Cycle in Bituminous Dolostones (Monte Camicia Thrust...
November 28, 2023
Influence of Frictional Melt on the Seismic Cycle: Insights ...
December 28, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Fault Rocks Associated with the Reservoir-Triggered Seismicity of the Koyna-Warna Area (India)
GEOENERGY-INDUCED SEISMICITY: DETECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND MITIGATION I ORAL
seismology | 15 december 2023
Giulio Di Toro, Elena Spagnuolo, Alesio Chiesurin,...
In 1962, the Koyna Dam was completed 250 km southeast of Mumbai (India). Since then, the area has experienced continuous seismicity, including the Dec...
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The Influence of Friction Melt on co-Seismic Slip: Experiments Using an Energy-Controlled Rotary-Shear Machine
RUPTURE AND DEFORMATION PROCESSES, FROM SLOW TO FAST AND FROM MICRO TO MACRO III POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 15 december 2023
Nicola Tisato, Ethan M. Conrad, Brett M. Carpenter...
Weakening and strengthening mechanisms on seismogenic faults control the co-seismic evolution of the slip velocity, slip intensity, and earthquake dyn...
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Frictional Strength and Healing of Altered Basaltic Gouges From Krafla (Iceland) Under Hydrothermal Conditions
BRIDGING FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES TO UNVEIL THE MECHANISMS OF UNSTABLE FAULT SLIP II POSTER
tectonophysics | 13 december 2023
Wei-Hsin Wu, Wei Feng, Rodrigo Gomila, Marie Viola...
Frictional healing (Δμ), the change in frictional strength of a fault during the interseismic period, is one of the key parameters in the seismic cycl...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Bucher Medal Committee
2021 - 2021
Award Committee Chair
Tectonophysics Executive Committee
2021 - 2021
Chair
Tectonophysics Section Nomination & Honors Committee
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