PASQUALE V.

Background: The brain is continuously targeted by a wealth of stimuli with complex spatio-temporal patterns and has presumably evolved in order to cope with those inputs in an optimal way. Previous studies investigating the response capabilities of either single neurons or intact sensory systems to external stimulation demonstrated that stimuli...

The ground surface temperature (GST) history in NW Italy was reconstructed for the last three centuries by means of temperature-depth data recorded in a borehole in 1982. The results indicate relatively warmer periods in the 18th century and at the end the 1970s. A more recent set of underground temperature data was recorded in 1996. The...

In order to study the relationships between recent seismotectonic processes and thermal conditions of the lithosphere, we analyzed the lateral variations both in surface heat-flow density and in seismic activity of the northern Italian Apennines. The focal depths have been related to the mechanical properties of the lithosphere. The hypocentre...

The connection between thermal field and mechanical properties is analysed in the northern central Mediterranean region, extending from the Ligurian-Provençal basin to the Adriatic foredeep. As the thermal regime is still far from equilibrium in most of the tectonic units, transient thermal models are used. The temperature-depth distribution is...