CONTI Stefano

Name: Prof. Dr. Stefano Conti
Job: Professor of Regional Geology
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Via Campi 103 41125 Modena


Phone: +39 059 205 8469
Fax: +39 0592055887
E-Mail: conti.stefano@unimore.it

Academic career

Degrees
Doctoral Degree, University of Bologna and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 25/6/1987
Diploma in Geology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 20/7/1982

Positions
2002 - present
Associate Professor of Regional Geology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2002 - 1989
Post-doctoral researcher, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
1989 - 1986
Technical graduate, Institute of Paleontology in Modena


Research interests
Natural gas hydrates
Authigenic carbonates related to ancient methane-seep
Deep-sea fluid expulsion and related products
Miocene deposits in the foredeep and satellite basins of the Northern Apennines Stratigraphy and paleogeography of Lower Sardinian’s Paleozoic


Refereed Publications
Journals: Geology, International Journal of Earth Sciences, Sedimentary Geology.

Awards and Memberships

Awards
1992. Italian Geologica Society Award S.G.I for Regional Geology (Miocene, northern Apennines, Italy).

Memberships
Italian Geological Society, Italian Society of Sedimentary Geology, Italian Paleontological Society

Publications

CONTI S. & FONTANA D. (1998) - Recognition of primary and secondary Miocene lucinid deposits in the Apennine chain. Mem. Sci. Geol., 50, 101-131, 4 figs, 11 pls, Padova.
CONTI S. & FONTANA D. (1999) - Miocene chemoherms of the northern Apennines (Italy). Geology, 27(10), 927-930, 3 figs, 1 tab., Boulder, Colorado, USA.
CONTI S. & FONTANA D. (2002) - A pelitic interval enclosing primary chemoherms in the M. Cervarola Formation (Northern Apennines): evidence for synsedimentary tectonics during the Miocene. In: BARCHI M., CIRILLI S. & MINELLI G. (eds): "Geological and geodynamic evolution of the Apennines". Boll. Soc. Geol. It., Vol Spec. 1(II), 499-508,14 figs., Roma.
CONTI S. & FONTANA D. (2002) - Sediment instability related to fluid venting in Miocene authigenic carbonate deposits of the northern Apennines (Italy). Int. J.Earth Sci. (Geol. Rundsch), 91, 1030-1040, 10 figs, Kiel.
CONTI S., FONTANA D., GUBERTINI A &. Bussi P. (2003) The Modena-Reggio mud volcanoes (northern Italy): an actualistic model for the interpretation of Miocene authigenic carbonates related to fluid expulsion. Geoacta 2(2002-2003), 159-172.
CONTI S., FONTANA D., GUBERTINI A., SIGHINOLFI G., TATEO F., FIORONI C. & FREGNI P (2004) - A multidisciplinary study of Middle Miocene seep-carbonates from the northern Apennine foredeep (Italy). Sedimentary Geology, 169/1-2, 1-19.
CONTI S. & FONTANA D. (2005) - Anatomy of seep-carbonates: ancient examples from the Miocene of the northern Apennines (Italy): Paleo 3, 227/1-3, 156-175.
CONTI S., PANINI F., & GUBERTINI A: (2005) - Seep-carbonates from the Oltrepo Pavese area (Northern Apennines, middle-late Miocene). Boll. Soc. Geol. It., Vol. Spec. 4, 67-76
BETTELLI G., CONTI S., PANINI F. & VANNUCCHI P. (2006) – Mapping of chaotic rocks in Abruzzo (Central Apennines) and comparison with selected examples from the Northern Apennines. In: Pasquarè G. & Venturini C. (eds) Mapping Geology in Italy, 200-206, APAT.
CONTI S., ARTONI A. & PIOLA G. (2007) - Seep-carbonates in a thrust-related anticline at the leading edge of an orogenic wedge: the case of the middle-late Miocene Salsomaggiore Ridge (Northern Apennines, Italy). Sedimentary Geology, 199/3-4, 233-251
ACCAINO F., BRATUS A., CONTI S., FONTANA D. & TINIVELLA U. (2007) Fluid seepage in mud volcanoes of the northern Apennines: An integrated geophysical and geological study. Journal of Applied Geophysics 63(2), 90-101.