研究领域

Earth Sciences

Silvia has specialised in carbonate mineralogy and geochemistry while doing her Master of Science research at Berkeley (USA). She used Transmission Electron Microscopy and stable isotope analyses to recognise multi-step dolomitisation in carbonate platforms. Subsequently, she pioneered the study of terrestrial carbonate micro-structural and micro-morphological analyses as tool to reconstruct changes in their environments of formation, and relate these changes to climate and environmental parameters. These studies became the baseline for speleothem-based palaeoclimate Subsequently, Silvia pioneered the application of synchrotron radiation micro X-Ray fluorescence spectroscopy to speleothem studies. A major breakthrough of synchrotron work was the detection of sulphate layers in stalagmites which recorded past volcanic eruptions. The impact of Silvia's work is obviously circumscribed within the Earth Sciences community, and more specifically within carbonate and speleothem researchers. The overall impact in the specified communities is large, but small if compared to the impact of medical, ecological, economic research.

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2016 Borsato A, Johnston VE, Frisia S, Miorandi R, Corradini F, 'Temperature and altitudinal influence on karst dripwater chemistry: Implications for regional-scale palaeoclimate reconstructions from speleothems', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 177 275-297 (2016) [C1] 2016 Phillips BL, Zhang Z, Kubista L, Frisia S, Borsato A, 'NMR spectroscopic study of organic phosphate esters coprecipitated with calcite', GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 183 46-62 (2016) [C1] 2016 Bajo P, Hellstrom J, Frisia S, Drysdale R, Black J, Woodhead J, et al., '¿Cryptic¿ diagenesis and its implications for speleothem geochronologies', Quaternary Science Reviews, 148 17-28 (2016) [C1] 2015 Preto N, Breda A, Dal Corso J, Spötl C, Zorzi F, Frisia S, 'Primary dolomite in the Late Triassic Travenanzes Formation, Dolomites, Northern Italy: Facies control and possible bacterial influence', Sedimentology, 62 697-716 (2015) [C1] 2015 Frisia S, 'Microstratigraphic logging of calcite fabrics in speleothems as tool for palaeoclimate studies', International Journal of Speleology, 44 1-16 (2015) [C1] 2015 Borsato A, Frisia S, Miorandi R, 'Carbon dioxide concentration in temperate climate caves and parent soils over an altitudinal gradient and its influence on speleothem growth and fabrics', EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, 40 1158-1170 (2015) [C1] 2015 Borsato A, Frisia S, Wynn PM, Fairchild IJ, Miorandi R, 'Sulphate concentration in cave dripwater and speleothems: Long-term trends and overview of its significance as proxy for environmental processes and climate changes', Quaternary Science Reviews, (2015) [C1] 2015 Luetscher M, Boch R, Sodemann H, Spötl C, Cheng H, Edwards RL, et al., 'North Atlantic storm track changes during the Last Glacial Maximum recorded by Alpine speleothems', Nature Communications, 6 (2015) [C1] 2014 Badertscher S, Borsato A, Frisia S, Cheng H, Edwards RL, Tüysüz O, Fleitmann D, 'Speleothems as sensitive recorders of volcanic eruptions - the Bronze Age Minoan eruption recorded in a stalagmite from Turkey', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 392 58-66 (2014) [C1] 2014 Hobley E, Willgoose GR, Frisia S, Jacobsen G, 'Vertical distribution of charcoal in a sandy soil: evidence from DRIFT spectra and field emission scanning electron microscopy', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE, 65 751-762 (2014) [C1] 2014 Hobley E, Willgoose GR, Frisia S, Jacobsen G, 'Stability and storage of soil organic carbon in a heavy-textured Karst soil from south-eastern Australia', Soil Research, 52 476-482 (2014) [C1] 2014 Lari M, Di Vincenzo F, Borsato A, Ghirotto S, Micheli M, Balsamo C, et al., 'The Neanderthal in the karst: First dating, morphometric, and paleogenetic data on the fossil skeleton from Altamura (Italy)', Journal of Human Evolution, (2014) [C1] 2014 Moreno A, Svensson A, Brooks SJ, Connor S, Engels S, Fletcher W, et al., 'A compilation of Western European terrestrial records 60-8kaBP: Towards an understanding of latitudinal climatic gradients', Quaternary Science Reviews, 106 167-185 (2014) [O1] 2013 Wynn PM, Borsato A, Baker A, Frisia S, Miorandi R, Fairchild IJ, 'Biogeochemical cycling of sulphur in karst and transfer into speleothem archives at Grotta di Ernesto, Italy', BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, 114 255-267 (2013) [C1] 2013 Hobley E, Willgoose GR, Frisia S, Jacobsen G, 'Environmental and site factors controlling the vertical distribution and radiocarbon ages of organic carbon in a sandy soil', BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS, 49 1015-1026 (2013) [C1] 2013 Belli R, Frisia S, Borsato A, Drysdale R, Hellstrom J, Zhao J-X, Spoetl C, 'Regional climate variability and ecosystem responses to the last deglaciation in the northern hemisphere from stable isotope data and calcite fabrics in two northern Adriatic stalagmites', QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 72 146-158 (2013) [C1] 2013 Frisia S, Fairchild IJ, 'Definition of the Anthropocene: a view from the Underworld', Geological Society Special Publication, 395 239-254 (2013) [C1] 2013 Johnston VE, Borsato A, Spoetl C, Frisia S, Miorandi R, 'Stable isotopes in caves over altitudinal gradients: fractionation behaviour and inferences for speleothem sensitivity to climate change', CLIMATE OF THE PAST, 9 99-118 (2013) [C1] 2012 Hartland A, Fairchild IJ, Lead JR, Borsato A, Baker A, Frisia S, Baalousha M, 'From soil to cave: Transport of trace metals by natural organic matter in karst dripwaters', Chemical Geology, 304 68-82 (2012) [C1] 2012 Scholz D, Frisia S, Borsato A, Spotl C, Fohlmeister J, Mudelsee M, et al., 'Holocene climate variability in north-eastern Italy: Potential influence of the NAO and solar activity recorded by speleothem data', Climate of the Past, 8 1367-1383 (2012) [C1]