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Sr-Nd Isotopic Composition of Pyroxenes as a Provenance Indicator of a Double-Volcanic Source in Sands of the Ofanto River (Southern Italy)

Paola Donato,
Rosanna De Rosa,
Mariano Tenuta,
Raffaella Silvia Iovine,
Federica Totaro and
Massimo D’Antonio

Minerals2022, 12(2), 232;https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020232

11 February 2022

The sands of the Ofanto River (Southern Italy) include a volcaniclastic component represented by clinopyroxene, melanite garnet, amphibole and subordinate volcanic lithics. In order to infer the provenance of this component, we have conducted a micro...

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145 Citations

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16 Pages

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy to Assess the Degree of Alteration of Artificially Aged and Environmentally Weathered Microplastics

Claudia Campanale,
Ilaria Savino,
Carmine Massarelli and
Vito Felice Uricchio

Polymers2023, 15(4), 911;https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15040911

11 February 2023

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) is a spectroscopy technique widely used to identify organic materials. It has recently gained popularity in microplastic (MP) pollution research to determine the chemical composition of unknown plastic fragments. How...

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21 Pages

A Relevant Screening of Organic Contaminants Present on Freshwater and Pre-Production Microplastics

Claudia Campanale,
Georg Dierkes,
Carmine Massarelli,
Giuseppe Bagnuolo and
Vito Felice Uricchio

Toxics2020, 8(4), 100;https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8040100

9 November 2020

Microplastics (MPs) have recently been discovered as considerable pollutants of all environmental matrices. They can contain a blend of chemicals, some of them added during the manufacture of plastic to improve their quality (additives) and others ad...

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“Continuous” Backstepping of Holocene Coastal Barrier Systems into Incised Valleys: Insights from the Ofanto and Carapelle-Cervaro Valleys

Vincenzo De Santis,
Massimo Caldara and
Luigi Pennetta

Water2020, 12(6), 1799;https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061799

24 June 2020

Two recently recognised incised valleys in the Manfredonia Gulf are described. The first (CCV) is correlated with the current Carapelle and Cervaro streams. The second (OSFV) is correlated mostly with the current Ofanto River. Six seismic facies and...

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A Procedure for Evaluating Historical Land Use Change and Resilience in Highly Reclaimed Coastal Areas: The Case of the Tavoliere di Puglia (Southern Italy)

Vincenzo De Santis,
Angela Rizzo,
Giovanni Scardino,
Giovanni Scicchitano and
Massimo Caldara

Land2023, 12(4), 775;https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040775

29 March 2023

In this research, an operative procedure for the evaluation of land use change that occurred in highly reclaimed coastal areas from the middle of the XIX century up to the present day is proposed. The multitemporal analysis envisages the use of histo...

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