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Eleonora Rivalta

Associate Professor

Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi"

Academic discipline: GEO/10 Solid Earth Geophysics

Publications

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Publications prior to 2004

  1. Passarelli, L., Selvadurai, P. A., Rivalta, E., Jónsson, S. (2021): The source scaling and seismic productivity of slow slip transients, Science Adv., in press.

  2. Davis, T., Bagnardi, M., Lundgren, P., Rivalta, E. (2021): Extreme curvature of shallow magma pathways controlled by competing stresses: insights from the 2018 Sierra Negra eruption, Geophys. Res. Lett., online. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093038

  3. Caricchi, L., Townsend, M., Rivalta, E., Namiki, A. (2021): The build-up and triggers of volcanic eruptions, Nature Rev. Earth Envi., online. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00174-8

  4. Cannata, A., Iozzia, A., Alparone, S., Bonforte, A., Cannavò, F., Cesca, S. and Gresta, S. and Rivalta, E. and Ursino, A. (2021): Repeating earthquakes and ground deformation reveal the structure and triggering mechanisms of the Pernicana fault, Mt. Etna. - Nature Comm. Earth Envi., 2, 116. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00188-6

  5. Smittarello, D., Pinel, V., Maccaferri, F., Furst, S., Rivalta, E., Cayol, V. (2021): Characterizing the physical properties of gelatin, a classic analog for the brittle elastic crust, insight from numerical modeling. - Tectonophysics, 812, 228901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228901

  6. Mantiloni, L., Davis, T., Gaete Rojas, A. B., Rivalta, E. (2021): Stress inversion in a gelatin box: testing eruptive vent location forecasts with analog models. - Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL090407. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090407

  7. Carbone, D., Antoni-Micollier, L., Hammond, G., de Zeeuw - van Dalfsen, E., Rivalta, E., Bonadonna, C., Messina, A., Lautier-Gaud, J., Toland, K., Koymans, M., Anastasiou, K., Bramsiepe, S., Cannavò, F., Contrafatto, D., Frischknecht, C., Greco, F., Marocco, G., Middlemiss, R., Ménoret, V., Noack, A., Passarelli, L., Paul, D., Prasad, A., Siligato, G., Vermeulen, P. (2020): The NEWTON-g Gravity Imager: Toward New Paradigms for Terrain Gravimetry. - Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 573396. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.573396

  8. Merz, B., Kuhlicke, C., Kunz, M., Pittore, M., Babeyko, A. Y., Bresch, D. N., Domeisen, D. I. V., Feser, F., Koszalka, I., Kreibich, H., Pantillon, F., Parolai, S., Pinto, J. G., Punge, H. J., Rivalta, E., Schröter, K., Strehlow, K., Weisse, R., Wurpts, A. (2020): Impact Forecasting to Support Emergency Management of Natural Hazards. - Reviews of Geophysics, [early online release].
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2020RG000704

  9. Xu, W., Xie, L., Aoki, Y., Rivalta, E., Jónsson, S. (2020): Volcano‐Wide Deformation After the 2017 Erta Ale Dike Intrusion, Ethiopia, Observed With Radar Interferometry. - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, 8, e2020JB019562. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB0195622 [https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019562]

  10. Davis, T., Rivalta, E., Dahm, T. (2020): Critical fluid injection volumes for uncontrolled fracture ascent. - Geophysical Research Letters, 47, 14, e2020GL087774. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087774

  11. Cesca, S., Letort, J., Razafindrakoto, H. N. T., Heimann, S., Rivalta, E., Isken, M. P., Nikkhoo, M., Passarelli, L., Petersen, G., Cotton, F., Dahm, T. (2020): Drainage of a deep magma reservoir near Mayotte inferred from seismicity and deformation. Nature Geoscience, 13, 1, 87-93. https://doi.org/10.103 [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0505-5]8/s41561-019-0505-5 [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0505-5]

  12. Acocella, V., Rivalta, E. (2019): Calderas: Structure, Unrest, Magma Transfer and Eruptions. In Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10904-2

  13. Rivalta, E., Corbi, F., Passarelli, L., Acocella, V., Davis, T., Di Vito, M. A. (2019): Stress inversions to forecast magma pathways and eruptive vent location, Science Advances, 5, 7. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau9784

  14. Oliva, S.J., Ebinger, C.J., Wauthier, C., Muirhead, J.D., Roecker, S.W., Rivalta. E. and Heimann, S., Insights into fault-magma interactions in an early-stage continental rift from source mechanisms and correlated volcano-tectonic earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 4, pp. 2065-2074. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080866

  15. Gaete Rojas, A., Kavanagh, J. L., Rivalta, E., Hilmi Hazim, S., Walter, T. R., Dennis, D. J. C. (2019): The impact of unloading stresses on post-caldera magma intrusions. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 508, pp. 109-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.12.016

  16. Davis, T., Healy, D., Rivalta, E. (2019): Slip on wavy faults: Is the 3rd dimension a sticking point? J. Struct. Geol., 119, pp. 33-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2018.11.009

  17. Namiki, A., Rivalta, E., Woith, H. Willey, T, Parolai, S., Walter, T. (2018): Volcanic activities triggered or inhibited by resonance of volcanic edifices to large earthquakes. Geology, 47, 1, pp. 67-70. https://doi.org/10.1130/G45323.1

  18. Bindi, D., Cotton, F., Rivalta, E. (2018): Temporal variability of ground-shaking and stress drop in central Italy: a hint for fault healing? Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 108, 4, pp. 1853-1863. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120180078

  19. Passarelli, L., Heryandoko, N., Cesca, S., Rivalta, E., Rasmid, Rohadi, S., Dahm, T. and Milkereit, C. (2018): Magmatic or not magmatic? The 2015-2016 seismic swarm at the long-dormant Jailolo volcano, West Halmahera, Indonesia. Frontiers Earth Sci. Volc., 6, 79, p. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00079

  20. Urbani, S., Acocella, V. Rivalta, E. (2018): What drives the lateral versus vertical propagation of dikes? Insights from analogue models. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 123, p. 3680–3697. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JB015376

  21. Neri, M., Rivalta, E., Maccaferri, F., Acocella, V., Cirrincione, R. (2018): Etnean and Hyblean volcanism shifted away from the Malta Escarpment by crustal stresses, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 486, p. 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.01.006

  22. Caudron, C., White, R. S., Green, R. G., Woods, J., Ágústsdóttir, T., Donaldson, C., Greenfield, T., Rivalta, E., Brandsdóttir, B. (2018): Seismic Amplitude Ratio Analysis of the 2014-15 Bárðarbunga-Holuhraun dike propagation and eruption. J. Geophys. Res., 124, p. 264-276. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014660

  23. Passarelli, L., Rivalta, E., Jónsson, S., Hensch, M., Metzger, S., Jakobsdóttir, S. S., Maccaferri, F., Corbi, F., Dahm, T. (2018): Scaling and spatial complementarity of tectonic earthquake swarms. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 482, p. 62-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.10.052

  24. Polacci, M., Vitturi, M. d. M., Arzilli, F., Burton, M. R., Caricchi, L., Carr, B. B., Cerminara, M., Cimarelli, C., Clarke, A. B., Colucci, S., Costa, A., Degruyter, W., Druitt, T., Engwell, S., Ongaro, T. E., Giordano, D., Gurioli, L., Haddadi, B., Kendrick, J. E., Kueppers, U., Lamur, A., Lavallée, Y., LLewellin, E., Mader, H. M., Metrich, N., Montagna, C., Neri, A., Rivalta, E., Saccorotti, G., Sigmundsson, F., Spina, L., Taddeucci, J. (2017): From magma ascent to ash generation: investigating volcanic conduit processes by integrating experiments, numerical modeling, and observations. Ann. Geophys., 60, 6. https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-7449 [https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-7449]

  25. Xu, W., Rivalta, E., Li, X. (2017): Magmatic architecture within a rift segment: Articulate axial magma storage at Erta Ale volcano, Ethiopia. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 476, p. 79-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.07.051

  26. Urbani, S., Acocella, V., Rivalta, E. and Corbi, F. (2017): Propagation and arrest of dikes under topography: models applied to the 2014 Bardarbunga (Iceland) rifting event. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 6692-6701. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073130

  27. Bonaccorso, A., Aoki, Y. and Rivalta, E. (2017): Dike propagation energy balance from deformation modeling and seismic release. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 5486-5494. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074008

  28. Cattania, C., Rivalta, E., Hainzl, S., Passarelli, L., Aoki, Y. (2017): A non-planar slow rupture episode during the 2000 Miyakejima dike intrusion. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122, 2054-2068. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013722

  29. Pinel, V., Carrara, A., Maccaferri, F., Rivalta, E., Corbi, F. (2017): A two-step model for dynamical dike propagation in two-dimensions: Application to the July 2001 Etna eruption. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122, 1107-1125. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013630

  30. Corbi, F., Rivalta, E., Pinel, V., Maccaferri, F., Acocella, V. (2016): Understanding the link between circumferential dikes and eruptive fissures around calderas based on numerical and analog models. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 6212-6219. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068721

  31. Namiki, A., Rivalta, E., Woith, H., Walter, T. R. (2016): Sloshing of a bubbly magma reservoir as a mechanism of triggered eruptions. J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 320, 156-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2016.03.010

  32. Xu, W., Jónsson, S., Corbi, F., Rivalta, E. (2016): Graben Formation and Dike Arrest during the 2009 Harrat Lunayyir Dike Intrusion in Saudi Arabia: Insights from InSAR, Stress Calculations and Analog Experiments. J. Geophys. Res., 121, 2837-2851. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012505

  33. Maccaferri, F., Rivalta, E., Passarelli, L., Aoki, Y. (2016): On the mechanisms governing dike arrest: Insight from the 2000 Miyakejima dike injection. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 434, 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.024

  34. Trippanera, D., Ruch, J., Acocella, V., Rivalta, E. (2015): Experiments of dike-induced deformation: insights on the long-term evolution of divergent plate boundaries. J. Geophys. Res., 120, 6913-6942. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011850

  35. Corbi, F., Rivalta, E., Pinel, V., Maccaferri, F., Bagnardi, M., Acocella, V. (2015): How caldera collapse shapes the shallow emplacement and transfer of magma in active volcanoes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 431, 287-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.028

  36. Maccaferri, F., Acocella, V., Rivalta, E. (2015): How the differential load induced by normal fault scarps controls the distribution of monogenic volcanism. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 18, 7507-7512. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065638

  37. Pagli, C., Mazzarini, F., Keir, D., Rivalta, E., Rooney, T. O. (2015): Introduction: Anatomy of rifting: Tectonics and magmatism in continental rifts, oceanic spreading centers, and transforms. Geosph., 11, 1256-1261. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01082.1

  38. Passarelli, L., Hainzl, S., Cesca, S., Maccaferri, F., Mucciarelli, M., Rößler, D., Corbi, F., Dahm, T., Rivalta, E. (2015): Aseismic transient driving the swarm-like seismic sequence in the Pollino range, Southern Italy. Geophys. J. Int., 201, 1553-1567. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggv111

  39. Passarelli, L., Rivalta, E., Cesca, S., Aoki, Y. (2015): Stress changes, focal mechanisms and earthquake scaling laws for the 2000 dike at Miyakejima (Japan). J. Geophys. Res., 120, 4130-4145. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011504

  40. Rivalta, E., Taisne, B., Bunger, A. P., Katz, R. F. (2015): A review of mechanical models of dike propagation: Schools of thought, results and future directions. Tectonophys., 638, 1-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2014.10.003

  41. Maccaferri, F., Rivalta, E., Keir, D., Acocella, V. (2014): Off-rift volcanism in rift zones determined by crustal unloading. Nature Geosci., 7, 297-300. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2110

  42. Passarelli, L., Rivalta, E., Shuler, A. (2014): Dike intrusions during rifting episodes obey scaling relationships similar to earthquakes. - Scientific Reports, 4, 3886. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03886

  43. Pascal, K., Neuberg, J., Rivalta, E. (2014): On precisely modelling surface deformation due to interacting magma chambers and dykes. Geophys. J. Int., 196, 253-278. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggt343

  44. Rivalta, E., Pascal, K., Phillips, J. C., Bonaccorso, A. (2013): Explosive expansion of a slowly-decompressed magma analog: evidence for delayed bubble nucleation. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. (G3), 14, 3067-3084. https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20183

  45. Maccaferri, F., Rivalta, E., Passarelli, L., Jonsson, S. (2013): The stress shadow induced by the 1975-1984 Krafla rifting episode. J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1109-1121. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50134

  46. Cesca, S., Braun, T., Maccaferri, F., Passarelli, L., Rivalta, E., Dahm, T. (2013): Source modelling of the M5-6 Emilia-Romagna, Italy, earthquakes (May 20-29, 2012). Geophys. J. Int., 193, 1658-1673. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggt069

  47. Dahm, T., Becker, D., Bishoff, M., Cesca, S., Dost, B., Fritschen, R., Hainzl, S., Klose, C. D., Kühn, D., Lasocki, S., Meier, T., Ohrnberger, M., Rivalta, E., Wegler, U., Husen, S. (2013): Recommendation for the discrimination of human-related and natural seismicity. J. Seism., 17, 197-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-012-9295-6

  48. Passarelli, L., Maccaferri, F., Rivalta, E., Dahm, T., Abebe Boku, E. (2013): A probabilistic approach for the classification of earthquakes as 'triggered' or 'not triggered'. J. Seism., 17, 165-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-012-9289-4

  49. Maccaferri, F., Bonafede, M., Rivalta, E. (2011): A quantitative study of the mechanisms governing dike propagation, dike arrest and sill formation. J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 208, 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.09.001

  50. Calvari, S., Spampinato, L., Bonaccorso, E., Oppenheimer, C., Rivalta, E., Boschi, E. (2011): Lava effusion - A slow fuse for paroxysms at Stromboli volcano? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 301, 317-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.015

  51. Rivalta, E. (2010): Evidence that coupling to magma chambers controls the volume history and velocity of laterally propagating intrusions. J. Geophys. Res., 115, B07203. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JB006922

  52. Maccaferri, F., Bonafede, M., Rivalta, E. (2010): A numerical model of dyke propagation in layered elastic media. Geophys. J. Int., 180, 1107-1123. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04495.x

  53. Rivalta, E., Segall, P. (2008): Magma compressibility and the missing source for some dike intrusions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04306. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL032521

  54. Rivalta, E., Dahm, T. (2006): Acceleration of buoyancy-driven fractures and magmatic dikes beneath the free surface. Geophys. J. Int., 166, 1424-1439. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02962.x

  55. Rivalta, E., Böttinger, M., Dahm, T. (2005): Buoyancy-driven fracture ascent: experiments in layered gelatine. J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 144, 273-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.11.030

  56. Rivalta, E., Dahm, T. (2004): Dyke emplacement in fractured media: application to the 2000 intrusion at Izu island, Japan. Geophys. J. Int., 157, 283-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02193.x

  57. Bonafede, M., Parenti, B., Rivalta, E. (2002): On strike-slip faulting in layered media. Geophys. J. Int., 149, 698-723. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01670.x

  58. Rivalta, E., Mangiavillano, W., Bonafede, M. (2002): The edge dislocation problem in a layered elastic medium. Geophys. J. Int., 149, 508-523. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01649.x

  59. M. Bonafede and E. Rivalta (1999): On tensile cracks close to and across the interface between two welded elastic half-spaces. Geophys. J. Int., 138, 410–434. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00880.x

  60. M. Bonafede and E. Rivalta (1999): The tensile dislocation problem in a layered elastic medium. Geophys. J. Int., 136, 341–356. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00645.x

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