Recent publications on permafrost study and monitoring activities in Trentino

PUBLICATIONS

The main ones are listed below.

Zumiani M., Seppi R., Zucca F., Zanoner T., Tolotti M., Carturan L., 2024. Monte Vioz Ridge. Monitoring of morphogenetic processes related to permafrost degradation

Tolotti M., Cerasino L., Donati C., Pindo M., Rogora M., Seppi R., Albanese D., 2020. Alpine headwaters emerging from glaciers and rock glaciers host different bacterial communities: Ecological implications for the future. Sci. Total Env. 717: 137101.

Seppi R., Carturan L., Carton A., Zanoner T., Zumiani M., Cazorzi F., Bertone A., Baroni C. & Salvatore M. C. (2019). Decoupled kinematics of two neighbouring permafrost creeping landforms in the Eastern Italian Alps. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(13), 2703-2719.

Rotta F., Cerasino L., Occhipinti-Ambrogi A., Rogora M., Seppi R., Tolotti M., 2018. Diatom diversity in headwaters influenced by permafrost thawing: first evidence from the Central Italian Alps. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology 9(2): 79-96 DOI:10.4081/aiol.2018.7929.

Zanoner T., Carton A., Baroni C., Carturan L., Salvatore M.C., Seppi R., Zumiani M. (2017). Little Ice Age mapping as a tool for identifying hazard in the paraglacial environment: the case study of Trentino (Eastern Italian Alps). Geomorphology, 295, 551-562.

Carturan L., Zuecco G., Seppi R., Zanoner T., Borga M., Carton A., Dalla Fontana G.(2016). Catchment scale permafrost mapping using spring water characteristics. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 27, 253-270.

Seppi R., Zanoner T., Carton A., Bondesan A., Francese R., Carturan L., Zumiani M., Giorgi M. & Ninfo A. (2015). Current transition from glacial to periglacial processes in the Dolomites (South-Eastern Alps). Geomorphology, 228, 71-86.

Seppi R., Carton A., Zumiani M., Dall'Amico M., Zampedri G., & Rigon R. (2012). Inventory, distribution and topographic features of rock glaciers in the southern region of the Eastern Italian Alps (Trentino). Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria, 35, 185-197.

If interested, copies of the publications can be requested by contacting Dr Matteo Zumiani at: matteo.zumiani@provincia.tn.it

CONFERENCES

The results of the permafrost monitoring activities in Trentino carried out within the framework of the above-mentioned conventions have also been presented at international conferences, an extract of the main ones of which is given below.

Zumiani M., Seppi R., Carton A., Zanoner T., Carturan L. - Assessing geomorphological threats from a changing alpine cryosphere: Little Ice Age glacial deposits and permafrost areas in the hazard maps of Trentino. ClimRISK19, SISC 7th Annual Conference, 23-25 October 2019.

Carton A., C. Baroni, L. Carturan, R. Seppi, M.C. Salvatore, T. Zanoner, M. Zumiani (2018). Mapping Little Ice Age glaciers and permafrost areas for hazard planning in the Adamello Brenta Geopark. 8th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks, 8-14 September 2018, Madonna di Campiglio (TN), Italy.

Zumiani M., Carton A., Seppi R., Zanoner T., Carturan L., Baroni C., Salvatore M.C. (2018). Permafrost and Climate Change in the Adamello Brenta Geopark. 8th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks, 8-14 September 2018, Madonna di Campiglio (TN), Italy.

Tolotti M., Albanese D., Cerasino L., Donati C., Pindo M., Rogora M., Seppi R. (2018). First insights into bacteria diversity in headwaters emerging from Alpine rock glaciers. In: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP). Chamonix-Mont Blanc, France., 23 June - 1 July 2018.

Seppi R., Carton A., Zanoner T., Zumiani M., Carturan L., Bertone A., Baroni C., Salvatore M.C. (2018). Decoupled kinematics of two neighbouring permafrost creeping landforms since 2009. 5th European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP), 23 June - 1 July 2018, Chamonix-Mont Blanc, France.

Carturan L., Zuecco G., Seppi R., Zanoner T., Borga M., Carton A., Dalla Fontana G. (2014). Permafrost mapping in a high-altitude catchment of the Ortles-Cevedale using spring water geochemistry. International symposium on The Future of the Glaciers, 18-21 September 2014, Turin, Italy.

Zanoner T., Francese R., Bondesan A., Giorgi M., Seppi R., Ninfo A., Zumiani M. - 3D geophysical imaging to study the evolution of a debris covered Glacier in the Dolomites (South-Eastern Italian Alps) - 8th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology - August 27th to 31st, 2013. Session S25: Cold region geomorphology including: / S25B - Permafrost and periglacial geomorphology (in coop. with IPA).

Seppi R., Carton A., Zumiani M., Dall'Amico M., Zampedri G., Rigon R. - A regional-scale rock glacier inventory in Trentino (Italian Alps) - Torino, Geoitalia , 2011

Seppi R., Carton A., Zumiani M., Dall'Amico M., Zampedri G., Rigon R. - The rock glacier inventory of Trentino (Italian Alps) - Chamonix, PermaNET Final Conference, 2011

Dall'Amico M., Boeckli L., Rigon R., Comai T., Zampedri G., Seppi R., Carton A., Zumiani M., Gruber S. - Permafrost Map of Trentino (Italian Alps) - Chamonix, PermaNET Final Conference, 2011

Dall'Amico M., Seppi R., Carton A., Zumiani M., Zampedri G., Rigon R. - "PermaNET" project in Trentino (eastern Italian Alps) advance of the research and monitoring activities - Vienna, EGU 2010

Seppi R, Carton A., Baroni C., Zumiani M., Degasperi M. - Interannual variation of the surface velocity of two active rock glaciers in the Adamello Presanella Group (Central Alps) - AIGEO 2009