Gianni Balestro

886 total citations
49 papers, 729 citations indexed

About

Gianni Balestro is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianni Balestro has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 729 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Geophysics, 12 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Gianni Balestro's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (27 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (26 papers). Gianni Balestro is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (27 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (26 papers). Gianni Balestro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Switzerland. Gianni Balestro's co-authors include Andrea Festa, Paola Tartarotti, Yıldırım Dilek, Alessandro Borghi, Gianfranco Fioraso, Paola Cadoppi, Marco Gattiglio, B. Lombardo, Chiara Groppo and Daniele Castelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Tectonophysics, Lithos and The Journal of Geology.

In The Last Decade

Gianni Balestro

46 papers receiving 694 citations

Peers

Gianni Balestro

GEOPH

GEOLO

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Prokop Závada Czechia

B. J. Hobden New Zealand

Paola Cadoppi Italy

Takao Miyata Japan

S. Labanieh France

Franco Marco Elter Italy

Hugo Murcia Colombia

Rachid Hlila Morocco

Ökmen Sümer Türkiye

Yuan‐Hsi Lee Taiwan

Prokop Závada Czechia

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504 ×0.8

GEOPH

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64 ×1.1

GEOLO

43 ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Gianni Balestro

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gianni Balestro

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20 of 20 papers shown

Balestro, Gianni, et al.. (2025). Tectonic relationships between the Paleozoic basement and the Mesozoic cover succession in the northern Dora-Maira Massif (Susa Valley, Western Alps). Journal of Maps. 21(1).

Gattiglio, Marco, et al.. (2023). Alpine structural evolution of the Internal Piedmont Zone in the Upper Viù Valley (Lanzo Valleys Ophiolite, Western Alps). Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana. 60. 16–23. 2 indexed citations

Tartarotti, Paola, Silvana Martin, Andrea Festa, & Gianni Balestro. (2021). Metasediments Covering Ophiolites in the HP Internal Belt of the Western Alps: Review of Tectono-Stratigraphic Successions and Constraints for the Alpine Evolution. Minerals. 11(4). 411–411. 9 indexed citations

Sudo, Masafumi, et al.. (2021). Timing of exhumation of meta-ophiolite units in the Western Alps: New tectonic implications from 40Ar/39Ar white mica ages from Piedmont Zone (Susa Valley). Lithos. 404-405. 106443–106443. 13 indexed citations

Balestro, Gianni, et al.. (2020). Structural evolution along the Susa Shear Zone: the role of a first-order shear zone in the exhumation of meta-ophiolite units (Western Alps). Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 113(1). 20 indexed citations

Tartarotti, Paola, Andrea Festa, Gianni Balestro, et al.. (2019). Superposed Sedimentary and Tectonic Block-In-Matrix Fabrics in a Subducted Serpentinite Mélange (High-Pressure Zermatt Saas Ophiolite, Western Alps). Geosciences. 9(8). 358–358. 17 indexed citations

Groppo, Chiara, et al.. (2019). What’s in the sandwich? New P–T constraints for the (U)HP nappe stack of southern Dora-Maira Massif (Western Alps). European Journal of Mineralogy. 31(4). 665–683. 40 indexed citations

Gattiglio, Marco, et al.. (2019). Geology of the Susa Shear Zone (Susa Valley, Western Alps). Journal of Maps. 16(2). 79–86. 14 indexed citations

Fioraso, Gianfranco, Gianni Balestro, Andrea Festa, & Luca Lanteri. (2019). Role of structural inheritance in the gravitational deformation of the Monviso meta-ophiolite Complex: the Pui-Orgiera serpentinite landslide (Varaita Valley, Western Alps). Journal of Maps. 15(2). 372–381. 5 indexed citations

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Balestro, Gianni, Andrea Festa, Alessandro Borghi, et al.. (2017). Role of Late Jurassic intra-oceanic structural inheritance in the Alpine tectonic evolution of the Monviso meta-ophiolite Complex (Western Alps). Geological Magazine. 155(2). 233–249. 35 indexed citations

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Balestro, Gianni, Andrea Festa, Yıldırım Dilek, & Paola Tartarotti. (2015). Pre-Alpine extensional tectonics of a peridotitelocalized oceanic core complex in the Late Jurassic, high-pressure Monviso ophiolite (Western Alps). Episodes. 38(4). 266–282. 44 indexed citations

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Balestro, Gianni, Gianfranco Fioraso, Franco Rolfo, et al.. (2015). IT applications for sharing geoheritage information: the example of the geological and geomorphological trail in the Monviso massif (NW Italy). Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana. 34. 85–88. 4 indexed citations

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Balestro, Gianni, Andrea Festa, & Paola Tartarotti. (2014). Tectonic significance of different block-in-matrix structures in exhumed convergent plate margins: examples from oceanic and continental HP rocks in Inner Western Alps (northwest Italy). International Geology Review. 57(5-8). 581–605. 44 indexed citations

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Balestro, Gianni, Gianfranco Fioraso, & B. Lombardo. (2013). Geological map of the Monviso massif (Western Alps). Journal of Maps. 9(4). 623–634. 30 indexed citations

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Rolfo, Franco, Paola Cadoppi, Gianni Balestro, et al.. (2012). The Monviso massif and the Cottian Alps as symbols of the Alpine chain and geological heritage in Piemonte, Italy.. 3. 170–171.

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Balestro, Gianni. (2010). Representation and transfer of geological knowledge in IT-supported projects. Italian Journal of Geosciences. 441–449. 3 indexed citations

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Cadoppi, Paola, et al.. (2010). Post-collisional tectonics in the Northern Cottian Alps (Italian Western Alps). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 100(6). 1349–1373. 21 indexed citations

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Balestro, Gianni & Fabrizio Piana. (2007). The representation of knowledge and uncertainty in data bases of GIS geological maps. Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana. 126(3). 487–495. 2 indexed citations

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Piana, Fabrizio, et al.. (2006). Analysis of fracture patterns constrained by suitable geological model. 38(4). 1–12. 7 indexed citations

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Pierre, Francesco Dela, Fabrizio Piana, Maria Gabriella Forno, et al.. (2003). Note Illustrative della Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:50.000. Foglio 157 “Trino”.. 1–147. 13 indexed citations

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