Prof. Lital Alfonta
Biological and related sciences , Physical sciencesBioelectrochemistry, Synthetic Biology, Chemical Biology
Environment, Physical sciences
Volcano physics, earthquake physics
Physics of volcanic systems
Physics of the earthquake source
Analogue experiments in volcanology
Theoretical models in crustal deformation
Volcano seismicity
Induced seismicity
Earthquake statistics
Propagation and storage of fluids in the crust
Fracture mechanics
Reviewer of the year 2011, Geophysical Journal International
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, 2009
Marco Polo Fellowship, University of Bologna, 2006
English, German, Italian, Spanish
E. Rivalta and P. Segall, 2008. Magma compressibility and the missing magma source for some dike intrusions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04306
F. Maccaferri, M. Bonafede, and E. Rivalta, 2010. A numerical model of dyke propagation in layered elastic media. Geophys. J. Int., 180, 1107 – 1123
E. Rivalta, 2010. Evidence that the coupling to magma chambers controls the volume history and velocity of laterally propagating intrusions. J. Geophys. Res., 115, B07203, 13 PP., doi:10.1029/2009JB006922
S. Calvari, L. Spampinato, A. Bonaccorso, C. Oppenheimer, E. Rivalta, and E. Boschi, 2011. Lava effusion: a slow fuse for paroxysms at Stromboli volcano. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301, Pages 317-323
Maccaferri, F., Bonafede, M. and Rivalta, E., 2011. A quantitative study of the mechanisms governing dike propagation, dike arrest and sill forma- tion. JVGR, , 208, 39 – 50
Passarelli, L., Maccaferri, F., Rivalta, E., Dahm, T., 2011, Abebe Boku, E.. A probabilistic approach for the classification of earthquakes as 'triggered' or 'not triggered'. Accepted by Journal of Seismology.
Member of Editorial Board of JVGR, 2007 – 2010
Member of the Royal Society International Travel Grant's Review Panel
Postgraduate Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Leeds, UK
Attended a 10 Credits Master-level course on Management of Research Projects
Attended a 10 Credits Master-level course on Supervision of Research Students
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