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Research Statement & Fields of Interest

Salvatore Iaccarino (orcid - 0000-0002-9844-6005) specializes in Structural Geology and Tectonics, with a particular interest on the evolution of both modern and ancient orogenic belts. His research activity is focused on the structural characterization, and on the tectono-metamorphic evolution, of crystalline basements, using a multidisciplinary approach. He integrates structural-geological data, from the map- & meso-scale down to microscale (including petrofabric and textural analysis), with information from metamorphic petrology (with the aid of both forward and inverse modelling) and from geochronology/petrochronology/thermochronology. The aim of his research is investigating processes, and their rates, active during the geodynamic evolution of orogenic belts.

Particular attention is paid to (1) growth and evolution of orogens, (2) deformations, metamorphism, and exhumation of deep-seated crustal rocks, (3) kinematics, finite and progressive strain, flow regime and rheology of high-strain shear zones. Field areas includes examples of both "small cold orogens” and of “large hot orogens”. Currently, he is working on the Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet orogenic system (Nepal, India, SE Tibet) and on the N. Apennine, W Alps and Southern Variscan Belt (Sardinia, Maures Massif, External Crystalline Massifs). He is also involved in projects related to the geology of Antarctica (Ross Orogen, North Victoria Land) and of the Southern Brasilia Belt.

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List of Publications

2023-2026

#45 Nania L., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S. & Carosi R. (2024) Calcite fabric development in calc-mylonite during progressive shallowing of a shear zone: An example from the South Tibetan Detachment system (Kali Gandaki valley, Central Himalaya) (Tectonophysics, 2024, 872, 230176, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.230176);

#44 Benetti B., da Costa Campos Neto M., Carosi R., Luvizzotto G., Iaccarino S. & Montomoli C. (2024) In-sequence tectonic evolution of Ediacaran nappes in the southeastern branch of the Brasília Orogen (SE Brazil): Constraints from metamorphic iterative thermodynamic modeling and monazite petrochronology (Lithos, 464-465, 107459 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107459);

#43 Fazio E., Alsop G.I., Nania L., Graziani R., Iaccarino S., Montomoli C., Carosi R., Luzin V. Gambino S., Cirrincione R. & Mamtani M. (2014) CPO and quantitative textural analyses within sheath folds (Journal of Structural Geology, 178, 105000, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2023.105000);

#42 Dana D., Iaccarino S., Schmidt S.S., Petroccia A. & Michard A. (2023) Structural and metamorphic evolution of a subducted passive margin: insights from the Briançonnais nappes of the Western Alps (Ubaye–Maira valleys, France–Italy) (Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 116(1), 18, https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-023-00445-0);

#41 Carosi R., Iaccarino S., Montomoli C. & Robyr M. (2023) Oligo-Miocene Exhumation of the Metamorphic Core Zone of the Himalaya Across the Range (Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant 2: Tectonic Units and Structure of the Himalaya, Ch 6, 135-155, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394228621.ch6);

#40 Robyr M., Carosi R., Iaccarino S. & Montomoli C. (2023) The Greater Himalayan Sequence–Tectonic, Petrographic and Kinematic Evolution of the Metamorphic Core Zone of the Himalayan Orogeny (Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant 2: Tectonic Units and Structure of the Himalaya, Ch 5, 105-133, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394228621.ch5);

#39 Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Cottle J.M., Massonne H.J-., Nania L. & Simonetti M. (2023) Constraining the evolution of shear zones in the Himalayan mid crust in Central-Western Nepal: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core (Geological Magazine, 160, 1262-1281, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756823000365);

#38 Petroccia A C., Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S. & Vitale Brovarone A. (2023) Thermal variation across collisional orogens: Insights from the hinterland–foreland transition zone of the Sardinian Variscan belt (Terra Nova, 35, 113–123, https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12635);

 

2019-2022

#37 Nania L., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Di Vincenzo G. & Carosi R. (2022) A thermal event in the Dolpo region (Nepal): a consequence of the shift from orogen perpendicular to orogen parallel extension in central Himalaya? (Journal of the Geological Society, 179, jgs2020-261);

#36 Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Montemagni C. & Benetti B. (2022) A review of localization of the deformation in Garhwal Himalaya: younging activation of shear zones from the metamorphic core of the belt towards the foreland (Himalayan Geology, 43, 221-230);

#35 Petroccia A. & Iaccarino S. (2022) Metaconglomerate in the Pinerolo Unit (Dora Maira Massif, Western Alps): a key outcrop for Alpine geology and training structural geologists (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 111, 317- 319, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-021-02087-9);

#34 Nania L., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Leiss B. & Carosi R. (2022) Multi-stage evolution of the South Tibetan Detachment System in central Himalaya: Insights from carbonate-bearing rocks (Journal of Structural Geology, 158, 104574, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104574);

#33 Michard A., Schmid S., Lahfid A., Ballèvre M., Manzotti P., Chopin C., Iaccarino S. & Dana D. (2022) The Maira-Sampeyre and Val Grana Allochthons (south Western Alps): review and new data on the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Briançonnais distal margin. (Swiss Journal of Geoscience, 115,19, https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-022-00419-8);

#32  Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Benetti B., Petroccia A. & Simonetti M. (2022) Constraining the Timing of Evolution of Shear Zones in Two Collisional Orogens: Fusing Structural Geology and Geochronology (Geosciences, 12(6), 231, https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12060231);

#31 Petroccia A C., Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S. & Vitale Brovarone A. (2022) Deformation and temperature variation along thrust-sense shear zones in the hinterland-foreland transition zone of collisional settings: A case study from the Barbagia Thrust (Sardinia, Italy) (Journal of Structural Geology, 161, 104640, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104640);

#30 Petroccia A C., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S. & Carosi R. (2022) Geology of the contact area between the Internal and External Nappe Zone of the Sardinian Variscan Belt (Italy): new insights on the complex polyphase deformation occurring in the hinterland-foreland transition zone of collisional belts (Journal of Maps, https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2022.2093660);

#29 Benetti B., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Langone A. & Carosi R. (2021) Mapping tectono-metamorphic discontinuities in orogenic belts: implications for mid-crust exhumation in NW Himalaya (Lithos, 392-393, 106129, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106129);

#28 Montemagni C., Carosi R., Fusi N., Iaccarino S., Montomoli C., Villa I.M. & Zanchetta S. (2020) Three-dimensional vorticity and time-constrained evolution of the Main Central Thrust zone, Garhwal Himalaya (NW India) (Terra Nova, 32, 215-224, https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12450);

#27 Graziani R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Menegon L., Nania L. & Carosi R. (2020) Structural setting of a transpressive shear zone: insights from geological mapping, quartz petrofabric and kinematic vorticity analysis in NE Sardinia (Italy) (Geological Magazine, 157, 1898-1916, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756820000138);

#26 Iaccarino S., Montomoli C., Montemagni C., Massonne H.-J, Langone A., Jain A.K., Visonà D. & Carosi R. (2020) The Main Central Thrust zone along the Alaknanda and Dhauli Ganga valleys (Garhwal Himalaya, NW India): insights into an inverted metamorphic sequence (Lithos, 372-373, 105669, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105669);

#25 Simonetti M., Carosi R., Montomoli C., Corsini M., Petroccia A., Cottle J. M. & Iaccarino S. (2020) Timing and kinematics of flow in a transpressive dextral shear zone, Maures Massif (Southern France) (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 109, 7, 2261 - 2285, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-020-01898-6);

#24 Papeschi S., Iaccarino S. & Montomoli C. (2020) Underthrusting and exhumation of continental-derived units within orogenic wedge: an example from the Northern Apennines (Italy) (Journal of Maps, 16(2), pp. 638–650, https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2020.1795736);

#23 Carosi R., Petroccia A., Iaccarino S., Simonetti M., Langone A. & Montomoli C. (2020) Kinematics and timing constraints in a transpressive tectonic regime: the example of the Posada-Asinara shear zone (NE Sardinia, Italy) (Geosciences, 10(8), 288; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10080288);

#22 Montemagni C., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Carosi R., Jain A.K., Massonne H.-J. & Villa I.M. (2019) Dating protracted fault activities: microstructures, microchemistry and geochronology of the Vaikrita Thrust, Main Central Thrust zone, Garhwal Himalaya, NW India (Journal of Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 481, 127-146, doi: 10.1144/SP481.3);

#21 Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S. & Visonà D. (2019) Structural evolution, metamorphism and melting in the GHS in Western and Central Nepal (Journal of Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 483, 305-323, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.3);

#20 Ghezzi L., Iaccarino S., Carosi R., Montomoli C., Simonetti M., Paudyal K.R., Cidu E. Petrini R. (2019) Water quality and solute sources in the Marsyangdi River systems of Higher Himalayan range (Central Nepal) (Science of the Total Environment, 677, 580-589, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.363);

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2016-2018

#19 Carosi R., Montomoli C. & Iaccarino S. (2018) 20 years of geological mapping of the metamorphic core across Central and Eastern Himalayas (Earth-Science Reviews, 177, 124–138; doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.11.006);

#18 Montemagni C., Iaccarino S., Montomoli C., Carosi R., Jain A.K. & Villa I.M. (2018) The brittle-ductile transition of the South Tibetan Detachment System in Garhwal: constraints from 40Ar/39Ar dating (Italian Journal of Geosciences, 137, 175-187 https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2018.07);

#17 Montomoli C, Iaccarino S., Simonetti M., Lezzerini M. & Carosi R. (2018) Structural settings, kinematics and metamorphism in a km-scale shear zone in the Inner Nappes of Sardinia (Italy) (Italian Journal of Geosciences, 137, 294-310, https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2018.16);

#16 Chen J., Carosi R., Cao H., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Real C., Langone A., & Li G. (2018) The Yalaxiangbo gneiss dome in Tibet: structural and metamorphic setting (Italian Journal of Geosciences, 137, 330-347, https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2018.18);

#15 Iaccarino S., Montomoli C., Carosi R., Massonne H.-J. & Visonà D. (2017) Geology and tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Himalayan Metamorphic Core: insights from the Mugu Karnali transect, Western Nepal (Central Himalaya) (Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 35, 301-325, doi:10.1111/jmg.12233);

#14 Montomoli C., Carosi R., Rubatto D., Visonà D. & Iaccarino S. (2017) Tectonic activity along the inner margin of the South Tibetan detachment constrained by syntectonic leucogranite emplacement in Western Bhutan (Italian Journal of Geosciences, 136, 5-14, doi:10.3301/IJG.2015.26);

#13 Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Antolin B., Appel E., Carosi R., Dunkl I., Ding L. & Visonà D. (2017) Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Tethyan Sedimentary Sequence (Himalayas, SE Tibet) (Italian Journal of Geosciences, 136, 73-88, doi: 10.3301/IJG.2015.42);

#12 Iaccarino S., Montomoli C., Carosi R., Montemagni C., Massonne H.-J., Jain. A.K. & Visonà D. (2017) Pressure-Temperature-Deformation-Time constraints on the South Tibetan Detachment System along the Alaknanda–Dhauli Ganga valleys, Garhwal Himalaya (NW India) (Tectonics, 36, 2281–2304, doi: 10.1002/2017TC004566);

#11 Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Massonne H.-J., Rubatto D., Langone A., Gemignani, L. & Visonà D. (2016) Middle to late Eocene exhumation of the Greater Himalayan Sequence un the Central Himalayas: progressive accretion from the Indian Plate (Geological Society of America Bulletin, 128, 1571-1592; doi: 10.1130/B31471.1);

#10  Montemagni C., Fulignati P., Iaccarino S., Marianelli P., Montomoli C. & Sbrana A. (2016) Deformation and fluid flow in the Munsiari Thrust (NW India): a preliminary fluid inclusion study (Central Himalaya) (Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Memorie, Serie A, 123, 67 -77, doi:0.2424/ASTSN.M.2016.22);

#9 Lezzerini M., Tamponi M., D’Amato Avanzi G., Iaccarino S. & Perchiazzi N. (2016) XRF analysis of major and minor elements in silicate rocks using fused glass discs at high dilution ratio (Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Memorie, Serie A, 123, 55 - 59, doi:10.2424/ASTSN.M.2016.20);

#8 Perchiazzi N., Armienti P., Iaccarino S. & Lezzerini M. (2016) A contribution to the mineralogy of the Larderello geothermal field. X-ray crystallographic studies on borate minerals bechilite and lagonite and crystal structure determination of ginorite (Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Memorie, Serie A, 123, 79 - 87, doi: 10.2424/ASTSN.M.2016.23);

 

2013-2015

#7 Carosi R., Montomoli C., Langone A., Cesare B., Turina A., Iaccarino S., Fascioli L., Visonà D., Ronchi A. & Rai S.M. (2015) Eocene partial melting recorded in peritectic garnets from kyanite-gneiss, Greater Himalayan Sequence, central Nepal (Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 412, 111–129, doi:10.1144/SP412.1);

#6 Iaccarino S., Montomoli C., Carosi R., Massonne, H.-J., Langone A. & Visonà D. (2015) Pressure–Temperature–Time–Deformation path of kyanite-bearing migmatitic paragneiss in the Kali Gandaki valley (Central Nepal): Investigation of Late Eocene–Early Oligocene melting processes (Lithos, 231, 103-121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2015.06.005);

#5 Montomoli C., Carosi R. & Iaccarino S. (2015) Tectono-metamorphic discontinuities in the Greater Himalayan Sequence and their role in the exhumation of crystalline units (Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 412, 25–41, doi:10.1144/SP412.3);

#4 Carosi R., Gemignani L., Godin L., Iaccarino S., Larson K.P., Montomoli C. & Rai S.M. (2014) A geological journey in the deepest gorge of the Earth: the Kali Gandaki section west-central Nepal (Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, volume 47, paper 7, DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2014.00337);

#3 Jain A. K., Shreshtha M., Seth P., Kanyal L., Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S. & Mukerjee P.K. (2014) The Higher Himalayan Crystallines, Alaknanda – Dhauli Ganga Valleys, Garhwal Himalaya, India (Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, volume 47, paper 8, doi:10.3809/jvirtex.2014.00349);

#2 Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Carosi R., Langone A. & Visonà D. (2013) Tectono-metamorphic discontinuities within the Greater Himalayan Sequence in Western Nepal (Central Himalaya): Insights on the exhumation of crystalline rocks (Tectonophysics, 608, 1349–1370);

 

2010

#1 Da Mommio A., Iaccarino S.*, Vezzoni S., Dini A., Rocchi S., Brocchini D., Guideri S. & Sbrilli L. (2010) Valorizzazione del geosito «Sezione Coquand», miniera del Temperino (Parco Archeominerario di San Silvestro, Campiglia Marittima) (Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Memorie, Serie A, 115, 55-72); (*as MSc-student)

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Evolution of collisional orogens in space and time: the Alpine-Himalayan system in 4 dimensions

Swiss Journal of Geosciences - In progress...

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Integrating multiple techniques to constrain the evolution of basement geology

Italian Journal of Geosciences - Volume 137 (2018) f.2

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Subduction and Exhumation of the Lithosphere: The Contribution of Structural Geology, Petrology and Geochronology

Geosciences Special Volume

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