Publications




56) Folco, L., Rochette, P., Perchiazzi, N., D’Orazio, M., Laurenzi, M.A., Tiepolo, M. (2008) Microtektites from Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains. Geology, in press. 
55) Di Vito, A. M., Sulpizio, R., Zanchetta, G., D'Orazio, M. (200X): The late Pleistocene pyroclastic deposits of the Campanian Plain: new insights into the explosive activity of Neapolitan volcanoes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, in press.
54) Bruni, S., D’Orazio, M., Haller, M.J., Innocenti, F., Manetti, P., Pécskay,  Z., Tonarini, S. (2008): Time-evolution of magma sources in a continental back-arc setting: the Cenozoic basalts from Sierra de San Bernardo (Patagonia, Chubut, Argentina). Geological Magazine, in press.
53) D’Orazio, M., Innocenti, F., Tonarini, S., Doglioni, C. (2008): Reply to Discussion of : “Carbonatites  in a subduction system: the Pleistocene alvikites from Mt. Vulture (southern Italy)” by M. D’Orazio, F. Innocenti, S. Tonarini  and C. Doglioni (Lithos 98, 313-334) by F. Stoppa, C. Principe and P. Giannandrea. Lithos, in press.
52) Zanchetta, G., Sulpizio, R., Giaccio, B., Siani, G., Paterne, M., Wulf, S., D’Orazio, M. (2008): The Y-3 tephra: A Last Glacial stratigraphic marker for the central Mediterranean basin. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, in press.
51) D’Orazio, M., Innocenti, F., Tonarini, S., Doglioni, C. (2007): Carbonatites  in a subduction system: the Pleistocene alvikites from Mt. Vulture (southern Italy). Lithos, 98, 313-334.
50) Folco, L., D’Orazio, M. & Perchiazzi, N. (2007): Authenticating the recovery location of meteorites: The case of Castenaso. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 42, 321-330.
49) D’Orazio, M. (2007): Meteorite records in the ancient Greek and Latin literature: between history and myth. In: Piccardi, L., Masse, W.B. (Editors): Myth and Geology. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 215-225.
48) Armienti P., Tonarini S., Innocenti F., D’Orazio M. (2007). Mount Etna pyroxene as tracer of petrogenetic processes and dynamics of the feeding system. In: Beccaluva, L., Bianchini, G., Wilson, M. (Editors): Cenozoic Volcanism in the Mediterranean Area. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 418, 265-276.
47) Yanev Y., Boev B., Doglioni C., Innocenti F., Manetti P., Pecskay Z., Tonarini S., D’Orazio M. (2006). Late alpine ultra- to high potassic volcanic rocks in Republic of Macedonia: Mineralogy, geochemistry, and age. Geosciences 
46) D’Orazio M., Folco L., Welten K.C., Caffee M.W., Perchiazzi N., Rochette P.  (2006). Miller Butte 03002: a new rare iron meteorite (IID) from Antarctica. European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 727–738.
45) Folco L., D’Orazio M., Burroni A. (2006). Frontier Mountain 93001: a coarse-grained, enstatite-augite-oligoclase-rich, igneous rock from the Acapulcoite-Lodranite parent asteroid. Meteoritics & Planetary Science,41 1183-1198.
44) Massaferro G.I., Haller M.J., D’Orazio M., Alric V.I. (2006). Sub-recent volcanism in Northern Patagonia: a tectonomagmatic approach. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 155, 227-243.
43) Aldinucci M., Bigazzi G., Dall’Antonia B., Da Prato S., Donia F., D’Orazio M., Foresi L.M., Mazzei R., Riforgiato F., Sandrelli F., Zanchetta G. (2005). The upper Messinian post-evaporitic succession of Serredi Quarry (southern Tuscany, Italy): new stratigraphic data and geochronology of an ash layer. GeoActa, 4, 67-82.
42) Zelic M., D’Orazio M., Malasoma A., Marroni M., Pandolfi L. (2005). The metabasites from the Kopaonik metamorphic complex, Vardar zone, Southern Serbia: remnants of the rifting-related magmatism of the Mesotethyan domain or evidence for Paleotethys closure in the Dinaric-Hellenic belt ?. Ofioliti, 30(2), 91-101.
41) Folco L., Burbine T.H., D’Orazio M. (2005). Surface mineralogy changes induced by impact melting on ordinary chondritic parent asteroids: clues from the DaG 896 meteorite. Memorie Società Italiana di Astronomia, Suppl., 6, 116-121.
40) D’Orazio M., Innocenti F., Manetti P., Haller M.J., Di Vincenzo G., Tonarini S. (2005). The Late Pliocene mafic lavas from the Camusú Aike Volcanic Field (~ 50°S, Argentina): evidences for geochemical variability in slab window magmatism. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 18, 107-124.
39) D’Orazio M., Innocenti F., Manetti P., Haller M.J. (2004). The Cenozoic back-arc magmatism of the southern extra-Andean Patagonia (44.5-52° S): A review of geochemical data and geodynamic interpretations. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina, 59, 4, 525-538.
38) D’Orazio M. (2004). Historical publications on meteorites (1867-1934) in the Miscellanea D'Achiardi (Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Pisa, ITALY). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Serie A, 109, 45-56.
37) Perchiazzi N., D’Orazio M., Folco L. (2004). The meteorite collection of Pisa University's Museo di Storia Naturale. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 39, 8 (Supplement),  A171-A176.
36) Laridhi Ouazaa N., Perchiazzi N., D’Orazio M., Rochette P., Clocchiatti R., Folco L. (2004). Beni M'hira: a new chondritic (L6) meteorite fall from Tunisia. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 39, 8 (Supplement), A157-A162.
35) D’Orazio M., Folco L., Perchiazzi N. (2004). The Bagnone iron meteorite (Tuscany, Italy): History, mineralogy and chemical classification. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 39, 8 (Supplement), A133-A138.
34) Armienti P., Tonarini S., D’Orazio M., Innocenti F. (2004). Genesis and evolution of Mt. Etna alkaline lavas: petrological and Sr-Nd-B isotope constraints. Periodico di Mineralogia, 73, Special Issue 1,  29-52.
33) D’Orazio M. (2004). Il magmatismo cenozoico di retro-arco della Patagonia. Geoitalia – Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra, 13, 43-45.
32) Folco L., Bland P.A., D’Orazio M., Franchi I.A., Kelley S.P., Rocchi S. (2004). Extensive impact melting on the H-chondrite parent asteroid during the cataclysmic bombardment of the early Solar System: evidence from the achondritic meteorite Dar al Gani 896. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68, 10, 2379-2397.
31) D’Orazio M., Boschi C., Brunelli D. (2004). Talc-rich hydrothermal rocks from the St. Paul and Conrad fracture zones in the Atlantic Ocean. European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 1, 73-83.
30) D’Orazio M. (2003). The Radicofani Volcano. Periodico di Mineralogia, 72, Special Issue, 183-193.
29) D’Orazio M., Folco L. (2003). Chemical analysis of iron meteorites by inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry. Geostandards Newsletter, 27, 3, 215-225.
28) Mazzarini F., D’Orazio M. (2003). Spatial distribution of cones and satellite-detected lineaments in the Pali Aike Volcanic Field (southernmost Patagonia): insights into the tectonic setting of a Neogene rift system. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 125, 291-305.
27) D’Orazio M., Innocenti F., Manetti P., Tamponi M., Tonarini S., González-Ferrán O., LahseneA., Omarini R. (2003). The Quaternary calc-alkaline volcanism of the Patagonian Andes close to the Chile Triple Junction: geochemistry and petrogenesis of volcanic rocks from the Cay and Maca volcanoes (~ 45°S, Chile). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 16, 219-242.
26) Haller M.J., D’Orazio M., Innocenti F., Manetti P., Mazzarini F. (2002). Late Cenozoic plateau and post-plateau basalts from southwestern Santa Cruz, Argentina: an example of transition from subduction--influenced to intraplate magmatism. Actas del XV Congreso Geologico Argentino, El Calafate 23-26 Aprile 2002.
25) Rocchi S., Armienti P., D’Orazio M., Tonarini S., Wijbrans J.R., Di Vincenzo G. (2002). Cenozoic magmatism in the westrn Ross Embayment: role of mantle plume vs. plate dynamics in the development of the West Anterctic Rift System. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, B9, 2195-2216.
24) Tonarini S., Armienti P., D’Orazio M., Innocenti F. (2001). Subduction-like fluids in the genesis of Mt. Etna magmas: evidences from boron isotopes and fluid mobile elements. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 192 (4), 471-483.
23) D’Orazio M., Agostini S., Innocenti F., Manetti P., Haller M.J., Mazzarini F. (2001). Slab window-related magmatism from southernmost South America: the Late Miocene mafic volcanics from the Estancia Glencross Area (~ 52°S, Argentina-Chile). Lithos, 57 (2-3), 67-89.
22) Folco L., Franchi  I. A., D’Orazio M., Rocchi S., Schultz L. (2000). A new Martian meteorite from the Sahara:  The shergottite Dar al Gani 489. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, 35 (4), 827-839.
21) D’Orazio M., Agostini S., Mazzarini F., Innocenti F., Manetti P., Haller M.J., Lahsen A. (2000). The Pali Aike volcanic field, Patagonia: slab-window magmatism near the tip of South America. Tectonophysics, 321 (4), 407-427.
20) Dinelli E., Cortecci G., Lucchini F., Fabbri M., D’Orazio M. (1999). REE mobility associated to acid mine drainage: investigations in the Libiola area, northern Italy. Proceeding of the 5th International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface, Reykjavik, 16-20 Agosto 1999, 173-176.
19) Agostini S., D’Orazio M., Gonzalez-Ferran O., Haller M.J., Innocenti F., Lahsen A.,  Manetti P., Mazzarini F., Mazzuoli R., Meister C. (2000). The Pali Aike volcanic field, Southern Patagonia: petrogenesis and geodynamic significance. Actas del XIV Congreso Geologico Argentino, Salta 19-24 Settembre 1999,  Vol. II, 261-264.
18) Saveliev A.A., Sharaskin A.Ja. & D’Orazio M. (1999). Plutonic to subvolcanic rocks of the Voykar Ophiolite Massif (Polar Urals): structural and geochemical constraints on their origin. Ofioliti, 24 (1), 21-30.
17) D’Orazio M. (1999). Boron determination in twenty one silicate rock reference materials by isotope dilution ICP-MS.  Geostandards Newsletter, 23, 1, 21-29.
16) D’Orazio M., Armienti P., Cerretini S. (1998). Phenocryst/matrix trace-element partition coefficients for hawaiite-trachyte lavas from the Ellittico volcanic sequence (Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy). Mineralogy and Petrology, 64, 65-88.
15) D’Orazio M., Tonarini S. (1997). Simultaneous determination of neodymium and samarium in silicate rocks and minerals by isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: results on twenty geochemical reference samples. Analitica Chimica Acta, 351, 325-335.
14) D’Orazio M., Tonarini S., Innocenti F., Pompilio M. (1997). Northern Valle del Bove volcanic succession (Mt. Etna, Sicily): petrography, geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotope data. Acta Vulcanologica, 9, 73-86.
13)  Armienti P., D’Orazio M., Innocenti F., Tonarini S., Villari L. (1996). October 1995-February 1996 Mt. Etna explosive activity : trace element and isotopic constraints on the feeding system. Acta Vulcanologica, 8, 1-6.
12) Tonarini S., D’Orazio M., Armienti P., Innocenti F., Scribano V. (1996). Geochemical features of eastern Sicily lithosphere as probed by Hyblean xenoliths and lavas. European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 1153-1173.
11)  D’Orazio M., Tonarini, S. (1995). Caratteristiche geochimiche ed isotopiche delle sorgenti dei magmi etnei: informazioni tratte dallo studio delle lave e degli xenoliti iblei. Progetto Etna 1993-1995. CNR- GNV. 62-67. Giardini, Pisa.
10) D’Orazio M. (1995).  Trace element determination in igneous rocks by ICP-MS: results on ten international reference samples. Periodico  di Mineralogia, 64, 315-328.
9)	D’Orazio M., Foresi L.M., Laurenzi M.A., Sandrelli F., Testa G. (1995). Studio petrografico e cronologico di un livello tufitico intercalato nella successione continentale pre-evaporitica dell'area di Sassa (provincia di Livorno). Studi Geologici Camerti, volume speciale 1995/1, 373-381.
8)	Tonarini S., Armienti P, D’Orazio M., Innocenti F., Pompilio M., Petrini R.  (1995). Geochemical and isotopic monitoring of Mt. Etna 1989-93 eruptive activity: bearing on the shallow feeding system. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 64, 95-115.
7)	D’Orazio M., Innocenti F., Petrini R., Serri G. (1994). Il vulcano di Radicofani nel quadro del magmatismo neogenico-quaternario dell'Appennino Settentrionale. Studi Geologici Camerti, volume speciale 1994/1, 79-92.
6)	Armienti P, Clocchiatti R., D’Orazio M., Innocenti F., Petrini R., Pompilio M., Tonarini S., Villari L. (1994). The long-standing 1991-1993 Mount Etna eruption: petrography and geochemistry of lavas. Acta Vulcanologica, 4, 15-28.
5) D’Orazio M. (1993). Natura ed evoluzione delle vulcaniti dell'Etna e loro relazioni con il magmatismo ibleo. Tesi di Dottorato V Ciclo, Università di Pisa, 189 pp.
4)	D’Orazio M. (1993). A Macintosh BASIC program for the interactive testing of combined assimilation and fractional crystallization. Computers & Geosciences, 19 (4),  483-492.
3)	D’Orazio M., Laurenzi M.A., Villa I.M. (1991). 40Ar/39Ar dating of a shoshonitic lava flow of the Radicofani volcanic center (Southern Tuscany). Acta Vulcanologica, 1, 63-67.
2)	D’Orazio M., Marianelli P. (1991). Determinazione del contenuto di fluoro di dodici geostandards internazionali tramite elettrodo fluoro-selettivo. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Serie A., 98, 251-258.
1) D’Orazio M., Petrini R. (1987).  The Nd-Oxide method: isotopic analyses on standards. Periodico di Mineralogia, 56, 25-32.
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