A list of most of my publications
You can find the list of my publications on these sites:
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From 2021 to 2024
Berra, F., D’Ambrogi, C. & Tropeano, M. (2024). Geological maps: evolution and use of the precious knowledge hidden in a coloured landscape. Italian Journal of geosciences, 143, F1.https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2024.0 – OPEN ACCESS
Berra, F., Randazzo, V., Zanchi, A., Petrizzo M., Schlagintweit F., Zanchetta, S. & Javadi, H.R. (2023). Mode and timing of the Early Cretaceous transgression in Iran: insights from the stratigraphic evidence of sea-level changes and geodynamic events. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 105736.
Berra, F. (2023). Soft-sediment deformation structures and Neptunian dykes across a carbonate system: Evidence for an eartquake-related origin (Norian, Dolomia Principale, Southern Alps, Italy). Sedimentology, 1-24. 10.1111/sed.13154 – OPEN ACCESS
Della Porta, G., Nembrini, M., Berra, F. & Vertino, A. (2022). Facies character and skeletal composition of heterozoan carbonates in a high-energy confined embayment (Miocene, Finale Ligure Limestone, NW Italy). Sedimentary Geology, 438, 106209.
Bonamini, E., & Berra, F. (2022). Resedimented limestones in fault-controlled basins (Zorzino Limestone, Southern Alps, Norian, Italy): Facies types and depositional model. Sedimentary Geology, 431, 106106.
Zanchi, A., Zanchetta, S., Berra, F., Mattei, M., Javadi, H. R., & Montemagni, C. (2021). Cenozoic Dextral Shearing Along the Arusan Sector of the Great Kavir–Doruneh Fault System (Central Iran). Tectonics, 40(11), e2021TC006766.
Luan, G., Azmy, K., Berra, F., Della Porta, G., & Nembrini, M. (2021). Origin of dolomites in oolitic carbonates of the Middle Jurassic Dorgali Formation, eastern Sardinia, Italy: Petrographic and geochemical constraints. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 135, 105395.
Nembrini, M., Della Porta, G. & Berra F.(2021). Development of coral–sponge–microbialite reefs in a coated grain-dominated carbonate ramp (Upper Jurassic, eastern Sardinia, Italy). Facies, 67(1), 1-32.G
2017-2020
Berra, F., Azmy, K., & Della Porta, G. (2020). Stable-isotope and fluid inclusion constraints on the timing of diagenetic events in the dolomitized Dolomia Principale inner platform (Norian, Southern Alps of Italy).Marine and Petroleum Geology, 121, 104615.
Curzi, M., Aldega, L., Bernasconi, S. M., Berra, F., Billi, A., Boschi, C.,… & Carminati, E. (2020). Architecture and evolution of an extensionally-inverted thrust (Mt. Tancia Thrust, Central Apennines): Geological, structural, geochemical, and K–Ar geochronological constraints. Journal of Structural Geology, 104059.
Huang, Y., Fan, T., & Berra, F. (2020). Architecture and paleogeography of the Early Paleozoic carbonate systems in the east-central Tarim Basin (China): Constraints from seismic and well data. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 113, 104147.
Bosio, G., Malinverno, E., Collareta, A., Di Celma, C., Gioncada, A., Parente, M., Berra, F., Marx, G.G., Vertino, A., Urbina, M. & Bianucci, G. (2020). Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy and the thermophilic fossil fauna from the middle Miocene of the East Pisco Basin (Peru). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 97, 102399.
Berra, F., Felletti, F., & Tessarollo, A. (2019). Oncoids and groundwater calcrete in a continental siliciclastic succession in a fault-controlled basin (Early Permian, Northern Italy). Facies, 65(4), 38.
Zanchi, A., Zanchetta, S., Berio, L., Berra, F., & Felletti, F. (2019). Low-angle normal faults record Early Permian extensional tectonics in the Orobic Basin (Southern Alps, N Italy). Italian Journal of Geosciences, 138, 184-201.
Berra, F., Stucchi, E. M., & Moretti, S. (2019). New information from “old” seismic lines: an updated geological interpretation from the re-processing of the CROP line M-2A/I (Bonifacio Straits) at shallow depths. Italian Journal of Geosciences, 138(1), 31-42.
Chalwati, I., Berra, F., & Boukadi, N. (2018). Geological evolution of the offshore Tunisia (Gabes Basin, Pelagian Domain) since the Cretaceous: Constraints from subsidence curves from hydrocarbon wells data. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 97, 94-104.
Smeraglia, L., Bernasconi, S. M., Berra, F., Billi, A., Boschi, C., Caracausi, A., … & Rizzo, A. L. (2018). Crustal-scale fluid circulation and co-seismic shallow comb-veining along the longest normal fault of the central Apennines, Italy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 498, 152-168.
Hagdorn, H., Berra, F., & Tintori, A. (2018). Encrinus aculeatus von Meyer, 1849 (Crinoidea, Encrinidae) from the Middle Triassic of Val Brembana (Alpi Orobie, Bergamo, Italy). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 137(2), 211-224.
Berra, F. (2018). Geological maps and 3D digital visualization of geological objects: tools for improving students’ education in Earth Sciences. Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana, 45, 89-94.
Berra, F., Zanchi, A., Angiolini, L., Vachard, D., Vezzoli, G., Zanchetta, S., … & Kouhpeyma, M. (2017). The upper Palaeozoic Godar-e-Siah Complex of Jandaq: evidence and significance of a North Palaeotethyan succession in Central Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 138, 272-290.
Berra, F., Lanfranchi, A., & Jadoul, F. (2017). Comments on “The Cenozoic fold‐and‐thrust belt of Eastern Sardinia: Evidences from the integration of field data with numerically balanced geological cross section” by Arragoni et al., 2016. Tectonics, 36(2), 182-187.
2010-2016
Berra, F., Lanfranchi, A., Smart, P. L., Whitaker, F. F., & Ronchi, P. (2016). Forward modelling of carbonate platforms: Sedimentological and diagenetic constraints from an application to a flat-topped greenhouse platform (Triassic, Southern Alps, Italy). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 78, 636-655.
Francani, V., Piccin, A., Credali, M., Berra, F., Battaglia, D., Gattinoni, P., … & Rosselli, S. (2016). Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1: 50.000–Foglio Milano n. 118.
Bargossi, G. M., Berra, F., Borsato, A., Brack, P., Corbari, D., Gasparotto, G., … & Albini, S. (2016). Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1: 50.000–Foglio Bagolino n. 079.
Berra, F., Carminati, E., Jadoul, F., & Binda, M. (2016). Does compaction-induced subsidence control accommodation space at the top of prograding carbonate platforms? Constraints from the numerical modelling of the Triassic Esino Limestone (Southern Alps, Italy). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 78, 621-635.
Hou, Y., Azmy, K., Berra, F., Jadoul, F., Blamey, N. J., Gleeson, S. A., & Brand, U. (2016). Origin of the Breno and Esino dolomites in the western Southern Alps (Italy): Implications for a volcanic influence. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 69, 38-52.
Smeraglia, L., Berra, F., Billi, A., Boschi, C., Carminati, E., & Doglioni, C. (2016). Origin and role of fluids involved in the seismic cycle of extensional faults in carbonate rocks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 450, 292-305.
Berra, F., Felletti, F., & Tessarollo, A. (2016). Stratigraphic Architecture of a Transtensional Continental Basin in Low-Latitude Semiarid Conditions: The Permian Succession of the Central Orobic Basin (Southern Alps, Italy). Journal of Sedimentary Research, 86(4), 408-429.
Angiolini L., Zanchi A., Zanchetta S., Nicora A., Vuolo I., Berra F., Henderson C., Malaspina N., Rettori R., Vachard D., Vezzoli G. (2015) – From Rift To Drift In South Pamir (Tajikistan): Permian Evolution Of A Cimmerian Terrane. J. Asian Earth Sci., Http://Dx.Doi.Org/10.1016/J.Jseaes.2014.08.001.
Zanchi, A., Malaspina N, Zanchetta S, Berra F., Benciolini L., Bergomi M., Cavallo A., Javadi H.R., Kouhpeyma M. (2015) The Cimmerian Accretionary Wedge Of Anarak, Central Iran. Journal Of Asian Earth Sciences, Http://Dx.Doi.Org/10.1016/J.Jseaes.2014.08.030
Berra, F., Tiepolo M., Caironi V. & Siletto G.B. (2015) U–Pb Zircon Geochronology Of Volcanic Deposits From The Permian Basin Of The Orobic Alps (Southern Alps, Lombardy): Chronostratigraphic And Geological Implications. Geological Magazine, Http://Dx.Doi.Org/10.1017/S0016756814000405
Berra, F., Felletti, F., Zucali, M. (2014) – 3D Geological Modelling And Education: Teaching Geological Cross Sections With A 3D Modelling Software To Improve Spatial Thinking Skills In Geoscience Students. Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., Vol. 30 (2014)
Berra, F., Angiolini, L. (2013) – The Evolution Of The Tethys Region Throughout The Phanerozoic: A Brief Tectonic Reconstruction. In L. Marlow, C. Kendall And L. Yose, Eds., Petroleum Systems Of The Tethyan Region: AAPG Memoir 106, 1–27.
Zanchetta, S., Berra, F., Zanchi, A., Bergomi, M., Caridroit, M., Nicora, A., Heidarzadeh, G. (2013) – The Record Of The Late Palaeozoic Active Margin Of The Palaeotethys In NE Iran: Constraints On The Cimmerian Orogeny. Gondwana Research, 24, 1237-1266
Mattei M., Cifelli F., Muttoni G., Zanchi A., Berra F., Mossavvari F., Eshraghi S.A. (2012) – Neogene Block-Rotation In Central Iran: Evidence From Paleomagnetic Data. GSA Bull., Doi:10.1130/B30479.1.
Berra F., Balini M., Levera M., Nicora A. And Salamati R. (2012) Anatomy Of Carbonate Mounds From The Middle Anisian Of Nakhlak (Central Iran): Architecture And Age Of A Subtidal Microbial-Bioclastic Carbonate Factory. Facies, DOI: 10.1007/S10347-012-0299-Z
Berra, F. (2012) – Sea-Level Fall, Carbonate Production, Rainy Days: How Do They Relate? Insight From Triassic Carbonate Platforms (Western Tethys, Southern Alps, Italy). Geology, 40; 271–274.
Berra, F. & Carminati, E. (2012) Differential Compaction And Early Rock Fracturing In High-Relief Carbonate Platforms: Numerical Modelling Of A Triassic Case Study (Esino Limestone, Central Southern Alps, Italy). Basin Research DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2117.2012.00542.X .
Zanchi A., D’Adda P., Zanchetta S., Berra F. (2012) Syn-Thrust Deformation Across A Transverse Zone: The Grem–Vedra Fault System (Central Southern Alps, N Italy). Swiss J Geosci DOI 10.1007/S00015-011-0089-6
Berra, F. & Jadoul F., Binda M,. & Lanfranchi A. (2011) Large-scale progradation, demise and rebirth of a high-relief carbonate platform (Triassic, Lombardy Southern Alps, Italy). Sedimentary Geology, 239, 48–63.
Lanfranchi A. , Berra, F. & Jadoul F. (2011) Compositional changes in sigmoidal carbonate clinoforms (Late Tithonian, eastern Sardinia, Italy): insights from quantitative microfacies analyses. Sedimentology, 58, 2039–2060.
D’Adda P., Zanchi A., Bergomi M., Berra F., Malusà M.G., Tunesi A. & Zanchetta S. (2011) – Polyphase thrusting and dyke emplacement in the central Southern Alps (Northern Italy). Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch), 100, 1095-1113.
Berra F & Felletti F. (2011) – Syndepositional tectonics recorded by soft-sediment deformation and liquefaction structures (continental Lower Permian sediments, Southern Alps, Northern Italy): Stratigraphic significance. Sediment. Geol. (2010), 235; 249–263.
Berra F., Jadoul F. & Anelli A.(2010) – Environmental control on the end of the Dolomia Principale/Hauptdolomit depositional system in the central Alps: Coupling sea-level and climate changes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 290, 138-150.
Berra F. & Carminati E. (2010). Subsidence history from backstripping analysis of the Permo-Mesozoic succession of the Central Southern Alps (Northern Italy). Basin Research, 22, 952–975.
2007-2009
muttoni g., gaetani m., kent d.v., sciunnach d., angiolini l., berra f., garzanti e., mattei m. & zanchi a. (2009) Opening of the neo-tethys ocean and the pangea b to pangea a transformation during the permian. geoarabia, 14, 17-48.
berra f., galli m.t., reghellin f., torricelli s., fantoni r. (2009) stratigraphic evolution of the triassic-jurassic succession in the western southern alps (italy): the record of a two-stage rifting on the distal passive margin of adria. basin research, 21, 335-353.
zanchi a., zanchetta s., garzanti e., balini m., berra f, mattei m., muttoni g. (2009)- the cimmerian evolution of the nakhlak-anarak area, central iran, and its bearing for the reconstruction of the history of the eurasian margin. in:brunet, m.-f., wilmsen, m. & granath, j. w. (eds) south caspian to central iran basins. geological society of london special publications, 312, 261–286.
zanchi a., zanchetta s., berra f, mattei m., garzanti e., molyneux s., nawab a., sabouri j. (2009) – the eo-cimmerian (late? triassic) orogeny in north iran. in:brunet, m.-f., wilmsen, m. & granath, j. w. (eds) south caspian to central iran basins. geological society of london special publications, 312; 31-56.
balini m., nicora a., berra f., garzanti e., zanchi a., levera m., zanchetta s., mossavari f. & rakhmati m. (2009) – the triassic of nakhlak (central iran). in:brunet, m.-f., wilmsen, m. & granath, j. w. (eds) south caspian to central iran basins. geological society of london special publications, 312; 287-321
muttoni g., mattei m., balini m., zanchi a., gaetani m. & berra f. (2009) – the drift history of iran from the ordovician to the triassic. in:brunet, m.-f., wilmsen, m. & granath, j. w. (eds) south caspian to central iran basins. geological society of london special publications, 312, 31-55.
de franco r., biella g., caielli g., berra f., guglielmin m., lozej a., piccin a. & sciunnach d. (2009) overview of high resolution seismic prospecting in pre-alpine and alpine basins. quaternary international, 204, 65-75.
berra f., jadoul f., vezzoli g. & basso d. (2009) triassic microbially-induced cements and microbial carbonates: evinosponge from the ladinian calcare di esino and microbial mounds form the norian dolomia principale. international fossil algae association conference, 1-5 july 2009, milan, field trip guide. http://annali.unife.it/museologia/sp09field.pdf
jadoul f., calabrese l., orlandi g.m., berra f. (2009) aspetti geologici, stratigrafi ci e paleogeografici delle rocce evaporitiche triassiche del bacino lombardo. atti del convegno “siti minerari dismessi e fenomeni di degrado in rocce evaporitiche” bergamo, 28-29 settembre 2007
jadoul f. lanfranchi a, & berra f. (2009) evolution of late jurassic to berriasian carbonate platform of eastern sardinia. ias meeting alghero, field trip 4 guide book, 22 pp.
Angiolini L., Darbyshire D. P. F., Stephenson M. H., Leng M. J., Brewer T. S. , Berra F. & Jadoul F. (2008) Lower Permian brachiopods from Oman: Their potential as climatic proxies. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 98, 1–18.
Stephenson M.H., Angiolini L., Leng M.J., Brewer T.S., Berra F, Jadoul F., Gambacorta G., Verna V. & Al Beloushi B. (2008) – Abrupt environmental and climatic change during the deposition of the Early Permian Haushi limestone, Oman. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 270, 1-18.
Jadoul F., Cerchi S, Simone L., Schroeder R., Carannante G., Berra F., Lanfranchi A., Casellato C. & Ibba A. (2008) I sistemi carbonatici mesozoici della Sardegna settentrionale. Soc. Geol. Ital., 12-14 SETTEMBRE 2008 Field trip guide book, Sassari http://www.isprambiente.it/site/it-IT/Pubblicazioni/Periodici_tecnici/Geological_Field_Trips
Berra F. (2007) – Sedimentation in shallow to deep water carbonate environments across a sequence boundary: effects of a fall in sea level on the evolution of a carbonate system (Ladinian-Carnian, eastern Lombardy, Italy). Sedimentology, 54, 721-735.
Berra F., Zanchi A., Mattei M. & Nawab A.(2007) – Late Cretaceous transgression on a Cimmerian high (Neka Valley, Eastern Alborz, Iran): A geodynamic event recorded by glauconitic sands. Sedimentary Geology, 199,189-204.
Brunori C.A., Siletto G., Piccin A., Berra F. & Mozzi E. (2007) – Verso un sistema informativo geologico: l’applicativo CARGeo per la banca dati Geologica della Regione Lombardia. Rend. Soc. Geol. It, 4, 91-96.
1991-2006
Zanchi A., Berra F., Mattei M., Ghassemi M. & Sabouri J. (2006) Inversion tectonics in the Central Alborz, Iran. Journal of Structural Geology, 28, 2023-2037.
Berra F & Siletto G.B. (2006) – Controllo litologico e stratigrafico sull’assetto strutturale delle Alpi meridionali lombarde: il ruolo degli orizzonti di scollamento. Rend. Soc. Geol. It., 2 (2006), Nuova Serie, 78-80.
Berra F, Rettori R. & Bassi D. (2005) – Recovery of carbonate platform production in the Lombardy Basin during the Anisian: paleoecological significance and constrain on paleogeographic evolution. Facies, 50; 615-27.
Jadoul F., Galli M.T. , Berra F., Cirilli S., Ronchi P. & Paganoni A. (2004) – The Late Triassic-Early Jurassic of the Lombardy Basin: Stratigraphy, Palaeogeography and Palaeontology 32 IGC Florence August 20-28 2004, Excursion Guide book P68, 36 pp
de Franco R., Berra F., Biella G., Boniolo G., Caielli G., Corsi A., Forcella F. , Lazzati F., Lozej A., Morrone A. & Tondi R. (2004) – Late Neogene–Quaternary evolution of the intermontane Clusone Basin (Southern Alps, Italy):integration of seismic and geological data. Journal of Quaternary Science, 19/4, 409-421
Berra F. & Cirilli S. (2003) – Implications on the tectonic evolution of the Central Austroalpine Domain from the thermal alteration of organic matter in the Ortles and Quattervals Nappes (North-Eastern lombardy, Italy). Atti Ticinensi Sc. Terra, s.s.9,73-76.
Berra F & Jadoul F. (2002) – Sedimentological and paleontological evidences of a “Mid Carnian” transgression in the Western Southern Alps (S. Giovanni Bianco Fm., Lombardy, Italy): stratigraphic and paleogeographic implications. Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 108, 119-131.
Berra F & Rettori R. (2001) – Palaeoenvironmental control on the foraminiferal and microfossil distribution in the Norian succession of the Quattervals Nappe (Austroalpine, Lombardy, Italy). Atti Ticinensi Sc. Terra, 42, 63-74.
Berra F, Liguori F., Piccin A., Mozzi E. & Siletto G. (2000) – Contenuto informativo e schema concettuale della base dati geologica – Regione Lombardia, 65 pp. http://www.cartografia.regione.lombardia.it/CARG_Map/documentazionetecnica
Crasquin-Soleau S., Berra F & Rettori R. (2000) – A late Triassic Ostracod assemblage from the Quattervals Nappe (Austroalpine, Northern Italy). Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 106, 181.190.
Zamparelli V., Cirilli S., Iannace S., Jadoul F., Berra F, Boni M., Claps M., Climaco A., Cozzi A., Podda F., Ponton M. & Trombetta G. (1999) – Paleotectonic and paleoceanographic control on microbial-serpulids communities in the Norian-Rhaetian carbonates of Italy: a synthesis. Palaeopelagos spec. Publ., 3, 7-84.
Berra F. (1999) – Geometry of the Alpisella thrust surface (Ortles and Quattervals Nappes, Austroalpine, Italy): evidence of base thrust to lateral ramp transition. Memorie di Scienze Geologiche di Padova, 51, 231-239
Berra F. & Jadoul F. (1999) – Stratigraphy, paleogeography and tectonic setting of the norian succession of the Ortles Nappe (Central Austroalpine, Lombardy, Northern Italy). Mem. Sci. Geol. Padova, 51, 78-89
Jadoul F., Berra F & Garzanti E (1998) – The Tethys Himalayan passive margin from Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous (South Tibet). Journ. of Asian Earth Sciences, 16, 173-194
Berra F, & Cirilli S. (1997) – Preservation and thermal alteration of organic matter in the Ortles and Quattervals nappes (Upper Austroalpine, North-Eastern Lombardy, Italy): Preliminary results and implication for regional geology. Eclogae geol. Helv., 90, 325-336.
Berra F, & Cirilli S.(1996) – Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Late Triassic Fraele Formation (Ortles Nappe, Austroalpine Domain, Lombardy). Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 103, 53-70.
Berra F, & Jadoul F.( 1996) – Norian serpulid and microbial bioconstructions: implications for the platform evolution in the Lombardy Basin. Facies, 35, pp.143-162.
Garzanti E., Jadoul F., Nicora A. & Berra F. (1995) – Triassic of Spiti (Tethys Himalaya, N India) – Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 101, pp. 267-300.
Berra F (1995) – Stratigraphic evolution of a Norian intraplatform basin recorded in the Quattervals Nappe (Austroalpine, Northern Italy) and paleogeographic implications. Eclogae geol. Helv., 88/3, pp. 501-528.
Berra F (1994) – Stratigrafia e paleogeografia del Triassico superiore delle Falde Ortles e Quattervals (Austroalpino superiore) in Lombardia. Tesi di Dottorato, 146 pp., Milano.
Jadoul F., Cirilli S., Masetti D., Berra F, Claps M., Frisia S. (1994) – Norian-Rhaetian stratigraphy and paleogeographic evolution of the Lombardy Basin (Bergamasc Alps). Field Trip Guide Book, 15th Regional Meeting IAS, Ischia, 13-15 April 1994, 35 pp., 16 figg.
Jadoul F., Berra F & Frisia S. (1992) – Stratigraphy and paleogeographic evolution of a carbonate platform in an extensional tectonic regime: the example of the Dolomia Principale in Lombardy (Italy). Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., Vol. 98, n. 1, pp. 29-44.
Jadoul F., Berra F, Frisia S., Ricchiuto T. & Ronchi P. (1991) – Stratigraphy, paleogeography and genetic model of Late Carnian carbonate breccias (Castro Formation, Lombardy, Italy). Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., Vol. 97, n. 3-4, pp. 355-392.
Berra F, Rovellini M. & Jadoul F.(1991) –Structural framework of the Bergamasc Prealps south of the Clusone Fault. Atti Tic. Sc. Terra, Vol. 34, pp. 107-120.
