Francesca C.  Ghisetti 
TerraGeoLogica

 

Christchurch, New Zealand

 

francesca.ghisetti@terrageologica.com

 


Significant Publications 

 

Geometry and Kinematics of Fault Systems 

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (1981) - Contribution of structural analysis to understanding the geodynamic evolution of the Calabrian Arc (Southern Italy). J. Struct. Geol., 3, 371-381.

Ghisetti, F. (2000) - Slip partitioning and deformation cycles close to major faults in southern California: evidence from small-scale faults. Tectonics , 19, 25-43.

Ghisetti, F., Kirschner D., Vezzani L. & Agosta F. (2001) - Stable isotope evidence for contrasting paleofluid circulation in thrust faults and normal faults of the central Apennines, Italy. J. Geophys. Res.,106, 8811-8825.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (2002) - Normal faulting, extension and uplift in the outer thrust belt of the central Apennines (Italy): role of the Caramanico fault. Basin Research, 14, 225-236.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (2003) - Plio-Pleistocene sedimentation and fault segmentation in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece) controlled by inherited structural fabric. C.R. Geosciences, 336, 243-249.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (2005) - Inherited structural controls on normal fault architecture in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece). Tectonics, 24, doi:10.1029/2004TC001696.

Ghisetti F., Gorman A. & Sibson R. (2007) - Surface break-through of a basement fault by repeated seismic slip episodes: the Ostler Fault, South Island, New Zealand. Tectonics, 26, TC6004, doi: 10.1029/2007TC002146.

Campbell F.M., Kaiser A., Horstmeyer H., Green A., Ghisetti F., Gorman A. R., Finnemore M. & Nobes D.C. (2009) - Processing and preliminary interpretation of noisy high-resolution seismic reflection/refraction data across the active Ostler Fault zone, South Island, New Zealand. J. Appl. Geophys., 70, 332-342.

Green A.G., Campbell F.M., Kaiser A.E., Dorn C., Carpentier S., Doetsch J.A., Horstmeyer H., Nobes D., Campbell J., Finnemore M., Jongens R., Ghisetti F., Gorman A. R., Langridge R.M. & McClymont A.F. (2010) - Seismic reflection images of active faults on New Zealand's South Island. 4th International Conference on Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Chengdu, China, June 2010.

Campbell F.M., Ghisetti F., Kaiser A.E., Green A.G., Horstmeyer H. G, & Gorman A. R. (2010) - Structure and evolution of the seismically active Ostler Fault Zone (New Zealand) based on interpretations of multiple high resolution seismic reflection profiles. Tectonophysics, 495, 195-212.

Structural Setting and Evolution of  Thrust Belts

Ghisetti F. (1987) - Mechanisms of thrust faulting in the Gran Sasso chain, Central Apennines, Italy. J. Struct. Geol., 9, 955-967.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (1988) - Geometric and kinematic complexities in the Marche-Abruzzi external zones (Central Apennines, Italy). Geologische Rundschau, 77, 63-78.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (1991) - Thrust belt development in the central Apennines: northward polarity of thrusting and out-of-sequence deformations in the Gran Sasso chain (Italy). Tectonics, 10, 904-919.

Dela Pierre F., Ghisetti F., Lanza R. & Vezzani L. (1992) - Palaeomagnetic and structural evidence of Neogene tectonic rotation of the Gran Sasso range (Central Apennines, Italy). Tectonophysics, 215, 335-348.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (1997) - Interfering paths of deformation and development of arcs in the fold-and-thrust belt of the central Apennines (Italy). Tectonics, 16, 523-536.

Ghisetti F., & Vezzani L. (1999) - Depths and modes of Pliocene-Pleistocene crustal extension of the Apennines (Italy). Terra Nova, 11 , 67-72.

Ghisetti F.C. & Sibson R.H.(2006) - Accommodation of compressional inversion in north-western South Island, New Zealand: Old faults versus new? J. Structural Geol., 28, 1994-2010.

Ghisetti F., Gorman A., Grasso M. & Vezzani L. (2009) - Imprint of foreland structure on the deformation of a thrust sheet. The Plio-Pleistocene Gela Nappe (southern Sicily, Italy). Tectonics, 28, TC4015, doi:10.1029/2008TC002385.

Ghisetti F.C. & Sibson R.H. (2009) - Modulation of the Westland foredeep through ongoing compressional inversion. Geosciences Conference, Oamaru, New Zealand.

Festa A., Pini G.A., Dilek Y., Codegone G., Vezzani L., Ghisetti F., Lucente C.C. & Ogata K. (2010) - Peri-Adriatic melanges and their evolution in the Tethyan realm. International Geology Review , 52, 369-403.

Vezzani L.,  Festa A. & Ghisetti F.C. (2010) -Geology and Tectonic Evolution of the Central-Southern Apennines,Italy . Geological Society of America Special Paper, 469, 58 pp. 1 accompanying CD-ROM with geological maps at scale 1:250,000.

Structural Setting and Petroleum Systems  

Ghisetti F., Barchi M., Bally A.W., Moretti I. & Vezzani L.(1993) - Conflicting balanced structural sections across the central Apennines (Italy): problems and implications. In: A. M. Spencer (Editor): "Generation, Accumulation and Production of Europe's Hydrocarbons III". European Assoc. Petrol. Geol., Special Publication, 3, 219-231, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Beggs J.M. & Ghisetti F.C. (2006) - Transpressional structures in Western Southland Basins. New Zealand Petroleum Conference Proceedings, March 2006, Auckland.

Beggs J.M., Ghisetti F.C. & Tulloch A.J. (2008) - Basin and petroleum systems analysis of the West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand. PESA Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium III, September 2008, Sydney.

Ghisetti F.C. & Beggs J.M.. (2008) - Structural Evolution and Petroleum Systems of the Murchison Basin. Geosciences 2008, Wellington.

Recent Deformation and Seismotectonics

Ghisetti F. (1981) - Upper Pliocene-Pleistocene uplift rates as indicators of neotectonic pattern: an example from southern Calabria. Zeitschrift Geomorphol., 4, 93-118.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (1982) - Different styles of deformation in the Calabrian Arc (Southern Italy): implications for a seismotectonic zoning. Tectonophysics , 85, 149-165.

Ghisetti F. (1992) - Fault parameters in the Messina Strait (Southern Italy), and relations with the seismogenic source. Tectonophysics, 208 , 117-133.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (2002) - Normal faulting, transcrustal permeability and seismogenesis in the Apennines (Italy). Tectonophysics, 348, 155-168.

Gresta S., Ghisetti F., Privitera E. & Bonanno A. (2005) - Coupling of eruptions and earthquakes at Mt. Etna (Sicily, Italy): a case study from the 1981 and 2001 events. Geophys. Res. Letters 32, doi:10.1029/2004GL021479.

Vezzani L., Ghisetti F. & Festa A. (2009) - Structural characters of the major fault systems in the epicentral zone of the April 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (Abruzzi, central Italy). (Article in italian in a thematic issue containing a series of articles on the L'Aquila earthquake), Geoitalia, 28, 4-11,

Sibson, R.H. & Ghisetti F. (2010) - Characterising the seismic potential of compressional inversion structures, NW South Island. Report, EQC Project 08/547, 38 pp. PDF available upon request.

Ghisetti F. (2010) - Active faulting during positive and negative inversion: Examples from New Zealand and Italy. G-COE Symposium, "Dynamic Earth and Heterogeneous Structure, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, July 2010.

Ghisetti F.& Sibson, R.H. (2010) - The 2010 Mw7.1 Darfield earthquake rupture and regional stress in the northern South Island. Geosciences Conference, Auckland, November 2010.

Sibson R.H., Ghisetti F.C. & Crookbain, R.A. (2011) - "Andersonian wrench faulting in a regional stress field during the 2010-2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake sequence. Geol. Soc. London. Special Publication, in press.

Sibson R., Ghisetti F. & Ristau, J. (2011) - "Stress control of an evolving strike-slip fault system during the 2010-2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 821-829.

Geological Maps

Various Authors (including F. Ghisetti) (1979) - Carta Geologica del Monte Etna. L.A.C., Florence, Scale 1: 50,000.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (1983) - Structural Map of Mount Pollino (Southern Italy). S.EL.CA, Florence, Scale 1: 50,000.

Atzori P., Ghisetti F., Pezzino A. & Vezzani L. (1983) - Carta Geologica del Bordo Occidentale dell'Aspromonte S.EL.CA., Florence, Scale 1: 50,000.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (1986) - Carta Geologica del Gruppo M.Siella-M.Camicia-M. Prena-M. Brancastello (Gran Sasso d'Italia, Abruzzo). S.EL.CA., Florence, Scale 1: 15,000.

Progetto Finalizzato Geodinamica (Ambrosetti P., Bartolini C., Bosi C., Carraro F., Ciaranfi N., Ghisetti F., Papani G., Vezzani L., Zanferrari A. & Zitellini N.) (1987) – Neotectonic Model of Italy. C.N.R.,  L.A.C., Florence, Scale 1: 1.500,000.

Progetto Finalizzato Geodinamica (Ambrosetti P., Bosi C., Carraro F., Ciaranfi N., Panizza M., Papani G., Vezzani L.& Zanferrari A., with the cooperation of F. Ghisetti) (1987)- Neotectonic Map of Italy, Sheet 6 (Calabria meridionale e Sicilia). L.A.C.,Florence, Scale 1: 500,000.

Ghisetti F. & Vezzani L. (1990) - Carta Geologica del Gran Sasso d'Italia da Vado di Corno al Passo delle Capannelle. S.EL.CA, Florence, Scale 1: 25,000. 

Vezzani L., Casnedi R. & Ghisetti F. (1993) - Carta Geologica dell'Abruzzo nord-orientale. S.EL.CA, Florence, Scale 1: 100,000.

Vezzani L. & Ghisetti F. (1998) -Carta Geologica dell'Abruzzo,Sheets 1 and 2. S.EL.CA., Florence, scale 1: 100,000.

Vezzani L.,  Ghisetti F. & Festa A. (2004) -Carta Geologica del Molise. S.EL.CA , Florence, Scale 1:100,000.

Vezzani L., Festa A. & Ghisetti F. (2010) - Geological-Structural Map of the Central-Southern Apennines. 2 Sheets, Scale 1: 250,000. Available in digital format with the GSA Special Paper 469.



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