Roberto Seppi

Dr. Roberto Seppi
Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Pavia
Via Ferrata 1
IT-27100 Pavia, IT
Italy


Phone: +39 (0) 382 98 58 33
Fax: +39 (0) 382 98 58 90
E-mail: roberto.seppi(at)unipv.it
URL Institution: sciter.unipv.eu/site/home.html
Personal URL: link


Additional functions:
Member of the Italian Glaciological Committee



Key Publications of Roberto Seppi (up to ten) :
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. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1875.

Callegari, M., Carturan, L., Marin, C., Notarnicola, C., Rastner, P., Seppi, R., Zucca, F., 2016. A Pol-SAR Analysis for Alpine Glacier Classification and Snowline Altitude Retrieval. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 9(7), 3106-3121. DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2587819

Gabrielli, P., Barbante, C., Bertagna, G., Bertó, M., Binder, D., Carton, A., Carturan, L., Cazorzi, F., Cozzi, G., Dalla Fontana, G., Davis, M., De Blasi, F., Dinale, R., Dragà, G., Dreossi, G., Festi, D., Frezzotti, M., Gabrieli, J., Galos, S. P., Ginot, P., Heidenwolf, P., Jenk, T. M., Kehrwald, N., Kenny, D., Magand, O., Mair, V., Mikhalenko, V., Lin, P. N., Oeggl, K., Piffer, G., Rinaldi, M., Schotterer, U., Schwikowski, M., Seppi, R., Spolaor, A., Stenni, B., Tonidandel, D., Uglietti, C., Zagorodnov, V., Zanoner, T., and Zennaro, P.: Age of the Mt. Ortles ice cores, the Tyrolean Iceman and glaciation of the highest summit of South Tyrol since the Northern Hemisphere Climatic Optimum, The Cryosphere, 10, 2779-2797, doi:10.5194/tc-10-2779-2016, 2016.

Seppi, R., Zanoner, T., Carton, A., Bondesan, A., Francese, R., Carturan, L., Zumiani, M., Giorgi, M., Ninfo, A., 2014. Current transition from glacial to periglacial processes in the Dolomites (South-Eastern Alps), Geomorphology 228 (2015): 71–86.
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.08.025

Gobbi M., Ballarin F., Compostella C., Lencioni V., Seppi R., Tampucci D., Caccianiga M. 2014. Physical and biological features of an active rock glacier of the Italian Alps. The Holocene 24 (11): 1624-1631 DOI: 10.1177/0959683614544050

Carturan, L., Baroni, C., Carton, A., Cazorzi, F., Fontana, G. D., Delpero, C., Salvatore, M. C., Seppi, R. and Zanoner, T. (2014), Reconstructing Fluctuations of La Mare Glacier (Eastern Italian Alps) in the Late Holocene: New Evidence for a Little Ice Age Maximum Around 1600 AD. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 96: 287–306. DOI: 10.1111/geoa.12048

Carturan L., Baroni C., Becker M., Bellin A., Cainelli O., Carton A., Casarotto C., Dalla Fontana G., Godio A., Martinelli T., Salvatore M. C., and Seppi, R. 2013. Decay of a long-term monitored glacier: Careser Glacier (Ortles-Cevedale, European Alps). The Cryosphere, 7: 1819-1838. DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1819-2013.

Carturan L., Filippi R., Seppi R., Gabrielli P., Notarnicola C., Bertoldi L., Paul F., Rastner P., Cazorzi F., Dinale R., and Dalla Fontana G. 2013. Area and volume loss of the glaciers in the Ortles-Cevedale group (Eastern Italian Alps): controls and imbalance of the remaining glaciers. The Cryosphere, 7, 1339-1359. DOI:10.5194/tc-7-1339-2013.

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. IT ISSN 0391-9838, 2012. DOI 10.4461/GFDQ.2012.35.17

Gabrielli P., Barbante C., Carturan L., Cozzi G., Dalla Fontana G., Dinale R., Dragà G., Gabrieli J., Kehrwald N., Mair V., Mikhalenko V., Piffer G., Rinaldi M., Seppi R., Spolaor A., Thompson L.G. & Tonidandel D. 2012. Discovery of cold ice in a new drilling site in the Eastern European Alps. Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria 35: 101-105. IT ISSN 0391-9838, 2012. DOI: 10.4461/GFDQ.2012.35.10

Cremonese E., Gruber S., Phillips M., Pogliotti P., Boeckli L., Noetzli J., Suter C., Bodin X., Crepaz A., Kellerer-Pirklbauer A., Lang K., Letey S., Mair V., Morra di Cella U., Ravanel L., Scapozza C., Seppi R., Zischg A. 2011. Brief Communication: "An inventory of permafrost evidence for the European Alps", The Cryosphere 5: 651-657. DOI:10.5194/tc-5-651-2011, 2011.

Gabrielli P., Carturan L., Gabrieli J., Dinale R., Krainer K., Hausmann H., Davis M., Zagorodnov V., Seppi R., Barbante C., Dalla Fontana G., Thompson L.G. 2010. Atmospheric warming threatens the untapped glacial archive of Ortles mountain, South Tyrol. Journal of Glaciology 56(199): 843-853. DOI: 10.3189/002214310794457263




Expertise of Roberto Seppi:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Topic AtmosphereClimate
Global Warming
Topic HydrosphereFresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
Topic CryosphereGlaciers
Snow Cover
Permafrost / Solifluction
Topic LithosphereMorphodynamics
Time FrameRecent / Today
Statistical FocusMean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
MethodsData Collection
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Collection - Documents, Archives
Data Analysis
Mountain Research InitiativeLong-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount
Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins
Europe (including Eastern Europe)
Latin America

Specialties of Roberto Seppi:
Alpine permafrost, periglacial geomorphology and rock glaciers; Alpine glaciers, glacial geology and geomorphology

Last update: 12/2/23
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