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2023

  1. Zhang C.-W., Yang Y., Liu Y.-C., Groppo C., Rolfo F. (2023). UHP metamorphism, decompression anatexis and retrogression of garnet-bearing metagranite and granitic gneiss from the Dabie orogen during continental collision. Lithos, 456-457,107339.

  2. Nerone S., Groppo C., Rolfo F. (2023). Equilibrium and kinetic approaches to understand the occurrence of the uncommon chloritoid +biotite assemblage. European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 305-320

  3. Real C., Fassmer K., Carosi R., Froitzheim N., Rubatto D., Groppo C., Munker C, Ferrando S. (2023).Carboniferous-Triassic tectonic and thermal evolution of the middle crust section of the Dervio-Olgiasca Zone Southern Alps. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 41, 685-718.

  4. Corno A., Borghi A., Groppo C., Mosca P., Gattiglio M. (2023). To be or not to be Alpine: New petrological constraints on the metamorphism of the Chenaillet Ophiolite (Western Alps). Journal of Metamorphic Geology, DOI: 10.1111/jmg.12716

  5. Thapa S. Girault F., Deldicque D., Losno R., France-Lanord C., Groppo C., Rolfo F. Tamang S. Rigaudier T., Debret B., Paudyal K.R., Adhikari L.B., Perrier F., (2023). Metric, kilometric and large-scale coherence of metamorphic conditions from graphitic phyllite in the Upper Lesser Himalaya of Nepal: Contribution to the estimation of carbon stored during Himalayan orogeny. Chemical Geology, 623, 121378.

  6. Girault F., France-Lanord C., Adhikari L.B., Upreti B.N., Paudyal K.R., Gajurel A.P., Agrinier P., Losno R., Groppo C., Rolfo F., Thapa S., Tamang S., Perrier F. (2023): Crustal Fluids in the Nepal Himalaya and Sensitivity to the Earthquake Cycle. Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant 3, Chapter 9, coordinated by Rodolphe Cattin and Jean-Luc Epard. © ISTE Ltd 2022. Wiley. 312 pp, 239-265. ISBN : 9781789451313

  7. Groppo C., Rolfo F., Tamang S., Mosca P. (2023): Lithostratigraphy, Petrography and Metamorphism of the Lesser Himalayan Sequence. Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant 2, Chapter 7, coordinated by Rodolphe Cattin and Jean-Luc Epard. © ISTE Ltd 2022. Wiley. 268 pp, 159-188. ISBN : 9781789451306

  8. Tamang S., Groppo C., Girault F., Rolfo F. (2023). Implications of garnet nucleation overstepping for the P-T Evolution of the Lesser Himalayan Sequence of Central Nepal. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 41, 271-297.​​

 

2022​​

  1. Balestro G., Festa A., Cadoppi P., Groppo C., Roà M. (2022) Pre-Orogenic Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of the European Distal Margin-Alpine Tethys Transition Zone in High-Pressure Units of the Southwestern Alps. Geosciences (Switzerland), 12, 358.

  2. Rai S.R., Sachan H.K., Kharya A., Groppo C., Rolfo F.  (2022). P-T-fluid evolution of migmatites from the Leo Pargil gneissic dome, India: insights into partial melting and exhumation processes in North Himalayan Domes. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 239, 105389. 

  3. Corno A., Mosca P., Groppo C., Borghi A., Gattiglio M. (2022). More widespread than supposed: preserved lawsonite in the blueschist-facies ophiolitic bodies from the Albergian Unit (Liguria-Piemonte Zone, Western Alps). Ofioliti, 47, doi: 10.4454/ofioliti.v47i2.556*

  4. Yang Y., Liu Y.C., Li Y., Groppo C., Rolfo F. (2022). Magmatism and related metamorphism as a response to mountain-root collapse of the Dabie orogen: Constraints from geochronology and petrogeochemistry of metadiorites. GSA Bulletin, 134 7/8, 1877-1894. https://doi.org/10.1130/B36194.1

  5. Groppo C., Rolfo F., Frezzotti M.L. (2022). CO2 outgassing during collisional orogeny is facilitated by the generation of immiscible fluids. Communications Earth & Environment, 3, 13.

 

2021

  1. Maffeis A., Ferrando S., Connolly J.A.D., Groppo C., Frezzotti M.L., Castelli D. (2021). Thermodynamic analysis of HP-UHP fluid inclusions: The solute load and chemistry of metamorphic fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 15, 207-229. 

  2. Corno A., Groppo C., Mosca P., Borghi A., Gattiglio M. (2021). Eclogitic metamorphism in the Alpine far-west: petrological constraints on the Banchetta-Rognosa tectonic unit (Val Troncea, Western Alps). Swiss Journal of  Geosciences, 114,16.

  3. Su H.Y., Yang Y., Wang C.C., Liu Y.C., Groppo C., Rolfo F. (2021). Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of Neoarchean (~2.6 Ga) alkaline ultrapotassic granitic gneisses from the southeastern margin of the North China Craton: Constraints from U-Pb dating, Hf isotope and petrogeochemistry. Lithos, 398-399, 106324.

  4. Deng L.P., Liu Y.C., Groppo C., Rolfo F., Yang Y., Gu X.F., Wang A.D. (2021). New constraints on P–T–t path of high–T eclogites in the Dabie orogen, China. Lithos, 384-385, 105933.

  5. Ghignone S., Borghi A., Castelli D., Gattiglio M., Groppo C. (2021). HP-tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Internal Piedmont Zone in Susa Valley (Western Alps): New petrologic insight from garnet+chloritoid –bearing micaschists and Fe-Ti metagabbro. Journal of metamorphic Geology, 39, 391-416. 

  6. Groppo C., Rapa G., Frezzotti M.L., Rolfo F. (2021). The fate of calcareous pelites in collisional orogens. Journal of metamorphic Geology, 39, 181-207. 

2020

  1. Balestro G., Nosenzo F., Cadoppi P., Fioraso G., Groppo C., Festa A. (2020). Geology of the southern Dora-Maira Massif: insights from a sector with mixed ophiolitic and continental rocks (Valmala tectonic unit, Western Alps). Journal of Maps, 16, 736-744.

  2. Yang Y., Liu Y.C, Li Y., Groppo C., Rolfo F. (2020). Zircon U-Pb Dating and Petrogenesis of Multiple Episodes of Anatexis in the North Dabie Complex Zone, Central China. Minerals, 10, 618.

  3. Chandra Singh P., Sachan H.K., Kharya A., Rolfo F., Groppo C., Singhal S., Tiwari S.K., Ranjan Rai S. (2020). Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Karakoram Terrane: Constrained from P–T–t–fluid history of garnet-bearing amphibolites from Trans Himalaya, Ladakh, India, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 196, 10429

  4. Li Y., Yang Y., Liu Y.C., Groppo C., Rolfo F. (2020). Muscovite Dehydration Melting in Silica‐Undersaturated Systems: A Case Study from Corundum‐Bearing Anatectic Rocks in the Dabie Orogen. Minerals, 10 (3), 213.

  5. Li Y., Liu Y.C., Yang Y., Rolfo F., Groppo C. (2020): Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of Neoproterozoic meta-basites and meta-granitoids within the central Dabie UHP zone, China: Geochronological and geochemical constraints. Gondwana Research. 78, 1-19. 

 

2019

  1. Deng L.P., Liu Y.C., Yang Y., Groppo C., Rolfo F., Gu X.F. (2019):  Anatexis of high-T eclogites in the Dabie orogen triggered by exhumation and post-orogenic collapse. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 889-903.

  2. Groppo C., Ferrando S., Gilio M., Botta S., Nosenzo F., Balestro G., Festa A. Rolfo F. (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, 31,665-683.

  3. Di Pierro S., Groppo C., Compagnoni R., Capitani G., Mellini M. (2019). Fe-rich antigorite: a rock-forming mineral from low-temperature/high-pressure meta-ophicarbonates. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31,775-784.

  4. Groppo C., Rolfo F., McClelland W.C., Coble M.A. (2019). Pre-Cenozoic evolution of the Aghil Range (western Tibetan Plateau): a missing piece of the Tibet-Pamir-Karakorum geopuzzle. Gondwana Research, 69, 122–143.

2018

  1. Girault F., Adhikari L.B., France-Lanord C., Agrinier P., Koirala B., Bhattarai M., Mahat S., Groppo C., Rolfo F., Bollinger L., Perrier F. (2018): Persistent CO2 emissions and hydrothermal unrest following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Nature Communications, 9, 2956.

  2. Rapa G., Mosca P., Groppo C., Rolfo F. (2018). Detection of tectonometamorphic discontinuities within the Himalayan orogen: structural and petrological constraints from the Rasuwa district, central Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 158, 266-286.

  3. Vitale Brovarone A., Chu X., Martin L., Ague J., Moniè P., Groppo C., Martinez I., Chaduteau C. (2018). Intra-slab COH fluid fluxes evidenced by fluid-mediated decarbonation of lawsonite eclogite-facies altered oceanic metabasalts. Lithos, 304-307, 211-229.

  4. Deng L.-P., Liu Y.-C., Gu X.-F., Groppo C., Rolfo F. (2018). Partial melting of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks at convergent continental margins: Evidences, melt compositions and physical effects. Geoscience Frontiers, 9, 1229-1242.

  5. Itaya T., Hyodo H., Imayama T., Groppo C. (2018). Laser step–heating 40Ar/39Ar analyses of biotites from meta–granites in the UHP Brossasco–Isasca Unit of Dora–Maira Massif, Italy. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 113, 171-180.

2017

  1. Rapa G. Groppo C., Rolfo F., Petrelli M., Mosca P. Perugini D. (2017). Titanite-bearing calc-silicate rocks constrain timing, duration and magnitude of metamorphic CO2 degassing in the Himalayan belt. Lithos, 292–293, 364–378.

  2. Liu Y.-., Zhang P.-G., Wang C.-C., Groppo C., Rolfo F., Yang Y., Li Y., Deng L.-P., Song B. (2017). Petrology, geochemistry and zirconology of impure calcite marbles from the Precambrian metamorphic basement at the southeastern margin of the North China Craton. Lithos, 290-291, 189-209.

  3. Sachan H.K., Kharya A., Singh P.C., Rolfo F., Groppo C., Tiwari S.K. (2017). A fluid inclusion study of blueschist-facies lithologies from the Indus suture zone, Ladakh (India): Implications for the exhumation of the subduction related Sapi-Shergol ophiolitic mélange. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 146, 185-195.

  4. Itaya T., Yagi K., Gouzu C., Thanh N.X., Groppo C. (2017). Preliminary report on the excess argon-bearing K-feldspar from metagranite in the Brossasco-Isasca UHP of Dora-Maira Massif, Italy. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 112, 36-39.

  5. Groppo C., Rolfo F., Castelli D., Mosca P. (2017). Metamorphic CO2 production in collisional orogens: petrologic constraints from phase diagram modeling of Himalayan, scapolite-bearing, calc-silicate rocks in the NKC(F)MAS(T)-HC system. Journal of Petrology, 58, 53-83.

  6. Rolfo F., Groppo C., Mosca P. (2017). Metamorphic CO2 production in calc-silicate rocks from the eastern Himalaya. Italian Journal of Geosciences, 136, 28-38.

  7. Ferrando S., Groppo C., Frezzotti M.L., Castelli D., Proyer A. (2017). Dissolving dolomite in a stable UHP mineral assemblage: evidence from Cal-Dol marbles of the Dora-Maira Massif (Italian Western Alps). American Mineralogist, 102, 42-60.

2016

  1. Rapa G., Groppo C., Mosca P. & Rolfo F. (2016). Petrological constraints on the tectonic setting of the Kathmandu Nappe in the Langtang–Gosainkund–Helambu regions, central Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 34, 999-1023.

  2. Elia D., Meirano V., Facchinetti L., Groppo C., Ferrando S., Castelli D., Ghedin L. (2016). Macine manuali dalla villa romana di Costigliole Saluzzo (CN): contesti, morfologia, analisi petrografica, interventi di restauro. Orizzonti, Rassegna di Archeologia, XVII, 89-101.

  3. Groppo C., Ferrando S., Castelli D., Elia D., Meirano V., Facchinetti L. (2016). A possible new UHP unit in the Western Alps as revealed by ancient Roman quern-stones from Costigliole Saluzzo, Italy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 1215-1232.

  4. Groppo C., Rolfo F., Sachan H.K., Rai S. K. (2016). Petrology of blueschist from the western Himalaya (Ladakh, NW India): exploring the complex behaviour of a lawsonite-bearing system in a palaeo-accretionary setting. Lithos, 252-253, 41-56.

2015

  1. Groppo C., Rolfo F., Liu Y.C., Deng L.P., Wang A.D. (2015). P-T evolution of elusive UHP eclogites from the Luotian dome (north Dabie zone, China): how far can the thermodynamic modeling lead us? Lithos, 226, 183-200.

  2. Rolfo F., Groppo C. & Mosca P. (2015). Petrological constraints of the “Channel Flow” model in eastern Nepal. In: Mukherjee S., Carosi R., van der Beek P.A., Mukherjee B.K. & Robinson, D.M. (eds), “Tectonics of the Himalaya”. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 412, 177–197.

  3. Cruciani G., Franceschelli M., Groppo C., Oggiano G. & Spano M.E. (2015). Re‑equilibration history and P–T path of eclogites from Variscan Sardinia, Italy: a case study from the medium‑grade metamorphic complex. International Journal of Earth Science (Geol Rundsch), 104, 797-814.

  4. Rolfo F., Benna P., Cadoppi P., Castelli D., Favero-Longo S.E., Giardino M., Balestro G., Belluso E., Borghi A., Cámara F., Compagnoni R., Ferrando S., Festa A., Forno M.G., Giacometti F., Gianotti F., Groppo C., Lombardo B., Mosca P., Perrone G., Piervittori R., Rebay G., Rossetti P. (2015). The Monviso Massif and the Cottian Alps as symbols of the Alpine chain and geological heritage in Piemonte, Italy. Geoheritage, 7, 65-84.

  5. Borghi A., Berra V., D'Atri A., Dino G.A., Gallo L.M., Giacobino E., Martire L., Massaro G., Vaggelli G., Bertok C., Castelli D., Costa E., Ferrando S., Groppo C., Rolfo F. (2015). Stone materials used for monumental buildings in the historical centre of Turin (NW Italy): Architectonical survey and petrographic characterization of Via Roma. Geological Society of London, Special Publication, 407, 201-218.

  6. Liu Y.C., Wang C.-C., Zhang P.-G., Groppo C., Rolfo F. & Wang A.D. (2015). Granulite facies metamorphism, partial melting and metasomatism in the Wuhe Complex at the south-eastern margin of the North China Block. Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment, 37, 1-11 (in Chinese, with English abstract)

  7. Liu Y.C., Deng L.P., Gu X.F,  Groppo C. & Rolfo F. (2015). Application of Ti-in-zircon and Zr-in-rutile thermometers to constrain high-temperature metamorphism in eclogites from the Dabie orogen, central China. Gondwana Research, 27, 410-423.

2014

  1. Mosca P., Groppo C. & Rolfo F. (2014). The geology between Khimti Khola and Likhu Khola valleys: a field trip along the Numbur Cheese Circuit (central-eastern Nepal Himalaya). In: Montomoli C., Carosi R., Law R., Singh S., Rai S.M. (eds.), Geological field trips in the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibet, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, volume 47, paper 4.

  2. Rolfo F., Groppo C. & Gaetani M. (2014). A geological cross-section north of Karakorum, from Yarkand to K2. In: Montomoli C., Carosi R., Law R., Singh S., Rai S.M. (eds.), Geological field trips in the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibet, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, volume 47, paper 1.

  3. Liu Y.C., Deng L.P., Gu X.F,  Groppo C. & Rolfo F. (2014): Multistage high-temperature metamorphism and partial melting of the North Dabie complex zone, central China, and their geodynamic processes and tectonic implications. Chinese Journal of Geology, 49/2, 355-367 (in Chinese with English abstract).

  4. Castelli D., Compagnoni R., Lombardo B. Angiboust S., Balestro G., Ferrando S., Groppo C., Hirajima T. & Rolfo F. (2014). Crust-mantle interactions during subduction of oceanic & continental crust. 10th International Eclogite Conference, Courmayeur (Aosta, Italy) - Post-conference excursions: September 9-10, 2013. Geological Field Trips, 6 (1.3), 73 pp.

  5. Borghi A., Berra V., d'Atri A., Dino G., Gallo L., Giacobino E., Martire L., Massaro G., Vaggelli G., Bertok C., Castelli D., Costa E., Ferrando S., Groppo C., Rolfo F. (2014). Stone materials used for monumental buildings in the historical centre of Turin (NW Italy): architectonical survey and petrographic characterization of Via Roma. In: Pereira, D., Marker, B. R., Kramar, S., Cooper, B. J. & Schouenborg, B. E. (eds.) Global Heritage Stone: Towards International Recognition of Building and Ornamental Stones. Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 407, 18 pp.

  6. Borghi A., A. d’Atri, L. Martire, D. Castelli, E. Costa, G. Dino, S.E. Favero Longo, S. Ferrando, G. Forno, L.M. Gallo, M. Giardino, C. Groppo, R. Piervittori, F. Rolfo, P. Rossetti & G. Vagelli (2014). Fragments of the Western Alpine chain as historic ornamental stones in Turin (Italy): a new geotouristic approach for the enhancement of urban geological heritage. Geoheritage, 6/1, 41-55.

  7. Mino L., Borfecchia E., Groppo C., Castelli D., Martinez Criado G., Spiess R., Lamberti C. (2014). Iron oxidation state variations in zoned micro-crystals measured using micro-XANES. Catalysis Today, 229, 72-79.

2013

  1. Groppo C., Rolfo F., Castelli D. & Connolly J.A.D. (2013). Metamorphic CO2 production from calc-silicate rocks via garnet-forming reactions in the CFAS–H2O–CO2 system. Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology, 166, 1655–1675.

  2. Liu Y.C., Wang A.D., Li S.G., Rolfo F., Li Y., Groppo C., Gu X.F. & Hou Z.H. (2013). Composition and geochronology of the deep-seated xenoliths from the southeastern margin of the North China Craton. Gondwana Research, 23, 1021-1039.

  3. Groppo C., Rolfo F. & Mosca P. (2013): The cordierite-bearing anatectic rocks of the Higher Himalayan Crystallines (eastern Nepal): low-pressure anatexis, melt-productivity, melt loss and the preservation of cordierite. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 31, 187-204.

2012

  1. Mosca P., Groppo C. & Rolfo F. (2012): Structural and metamorphic features of the Main Central Thrust Zone and its contiguous domains in the eastern Nepalese Himalaya. Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, volume 41, paper 2.

  2. Borfecchia E., Mino L., Gianolio D., Groppo C., Malaspina N., Martinez-Criado G., Sans J.A., Poli S., Castelli D. & Lamberti C. (2012). Iron oxidation state in garnet from a subduction setting: a micro-XANES and electron microprobe (‘‘flank method’’) comparative study. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 27, 1725-1733.

  3. Compagnoni R., Rolfo F., Groppo C., Hirajima T. & Turello R. (2012). Geological map of the Ultra-High Pressure Brossasco-Isasca Unit (Western Alps, Italy). Journal of Maps, 8/4, 465-472 (http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CyUiaGs9QcAspnbJacam/full)

  4. Cruciani G., Franceschelli M., Groppo C. & Spano M.E. (2012). Metamorphic evolution of non-equilibrated granulitized eclogite from Punta de li Tulchi (Variscan Sardinia) determined through texturally controlled thermodynamic modeling. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 30, 667–685.

  5. Groppo C., Rolfo F. & Indares A. (2012). Partial melting in the Higher Himalayan Crystallines of Eastern Nepal: the effect of decompression and implications for the “channel flow” model. Journal of Petrology, 53, 1057-1088.

  6. Ferrero S., Bartoli O., Cesare B., Salvioli-Mariani E., Acosta-Vigil A., Cavallo A., Groppo C. & Battiston S. (2012). Microstructures of melt inclusions in anatectic metasedimentary rocks. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 30, 303–322.

2011

  1. Mosca P., Groppo C. & Rolfo F. (2011). Geological and structural architecture of the Kangchenjunga region in Eastern Nepal. Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 43 (Special issue), 1-12

  2. Vitale Brovarone A., Groppo C., Hetényi G., Compagnoni R. & Malavieille J. (2011). Coexistence of lawsonite-bearing eclogite and blueschist: phase equilibria modelling of Alpine Corsica metabasalts and petrological evolution of subducting slabs. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 29, 583-600.

  3. Vitale Brovarone A., Beltrando M., Malavieille J., Giuntoli F., Tondella E., Groppo C., Beyssac O. & Compagnoni R. (2011). Inherited Ocean-Continent Transition zones in deeply subducted terranes: Insights from Alpine Corsica, Lithos, 124, 273-290.

  4. Cruciani G., Franceschelli M. & Groppo C. (2011). P–T evolution of eclogite-facies metabasite from NE Sardinia, Italy: Insights into the prograde evolution of Variscan eclogites. Lithos, 121, 135-150.

2010

  1. Groppo C. & Castelli D. (2010). Prograde P-T evolution of a lawsonite eclogite from the Monviso meta-ophiolite (Western Alps): dehydration and redox reactions during subduction of oceanic FeTi-oxide gabbro. Journal of Petrology, 51, 2489-2514.

  2. Groppo C., Rubatto D., Rolfo F. & Lombardo B. (2010). Early Oligocene partial melting in the Main Central Thrust Zone (Arun Valley, eastern Nepal Himalaya). Lithos, 118, 287-301.

2009

  1. Groppo C., Rolfo F. & Lombardo B., (2009). P-T evolution across the Main Central Thrust Zone (Eastern Nepal): hidden discontinuities revealed by petrology. Journal of Petrology, 50, 1149-1180.

  2. Groppo C., Beltrando M. & Compagnoni, R. (2009). P-T path of the UHP Lago di Cignana and adjoining HP meta-ophiolitic units: insights into the evolution of subducting tethyan slab. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 27, 207-231.

  3. Liu Y.C., Wang A.D., Rolfo F., Groppo C., Gu X.F. & Song B. (2009). Geochronological and petrological constraints on Paleoproterozoic granulite facies metamorphism in southeastern margin of the North China Craton. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 27, 125-138.

  4. Groppo C., Forster M., Lister G. & Compagnoni R. (2009). Glaucophane schists and associated rocks from Sifnos (Cyclades, Greece): new constraints on the P-T evolution from oxidized systems. Lithos, 109, 254-273.

2008

  1. Groppo C. & Rolfo F. (2008). Counterclockwise P–T evolution of the Aghil Range: Metamorphic record of an accretionary melange between Kunlun and Karakorum (SW Sinkiang, China). Lithos, 105, 365-378.

  2. Cruciani G., Franceschelli M., Groppo C., Brogioni N. & Vaselli O. (2008). Formation of clinopyroxene + spinel and amphibole + spinel symplectite in coronitic gabbros from the Sierra de San Luis (Argentina): a key to metamorphic evolution. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 26, 759-774.

2007

  1. Groppo C., Rolfo F. & Castelli  D. (2007). Pre-Alpine HT mineral relics in impure marbles from the UHP Brossasco-Isasca Unit (Dora-Maira Massif, western Alps). Periodico di Mineralogia, 76, 155-168.

  2. Groppo C. & Compagnoni R., (2007). Metamorphic veins from the serpentinites of the Piemonte Zone, Western Alps, Italy: a review. Periodico di Mineralogia, 76, 127-153.

  3. Groppo C. & Compagnoni R. (2007). Ubiquitous fibrous antigorite veins from the Lanzo Ultramafic Massif, Internal Western Alps: characterization and genetic conditions. Periodico di Mineralogia, 76, 169-181

  4. Castelli  D., Rolfo F., Groppo C. & Compagnoni R. (2007). Petrogenesis of impure marbles from the UHP Brossasco-Isasca Unit (Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps): evidence for Alpine equilibration in the diamond-stability field and evaluation of pre-Alpine vs Alpine X(CO2) fluid evolution.  Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 25, 587-603

  5. Spiess R., Groppo C. & Compagnoni R. (2007). When epitaxy controls garnet growth. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 25, 439-450

  6. Groppo C., Lombardo B., Rolfo F. & Pertusati P. (2007). Clockwise exhumation path of granulitized eclogites from the Ama Drime range (Eastern Himalayas). Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 25, 51-75.

  7. Groppo, C., Lombardo B., Castelli D., & Compagnoni R., (2007). Exhumation history of the UHPM Brossasco-Isasca Unit, Dora-Maira Massif, as inferred from a phengite-amphibole eclogite. International Geology Review, 49, 142-168.

2006

  1. Compagnoni R. & Groppo C. (2006).  Gli amianti in Val di Susa e le rocce che li contengono. Rendiconti Società Geologica Italiana, 3, Nuova Serie, 21-28

  2. Groppo C., Rinaudo C., Cairo S., Gastaldi D. & Compagnoni R. (2006). Micro-Raman spectroscopy for a quick and reliable identification of serpentine minerals from ultramafics. European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 319-329

  3. Groppo C., Castelli D. & Compagnoni R. (2006). Late chloritoid-staurolite assemblage in a garnet-kyanite bearing metapelite from the UHP Brossasco-Isasca Unit (Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps): new petrological constraints for a portion of the P-T decompressional path. In: Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism: Deep continental subduction (eds. Hacker, B.H., McClelland, W.C. & Liou, J.G.). GSA Special Paper, 403, 127–138

  4. Groppo C. (2006) - Asbestos hazard in Western Alps: petrology, characterization and quantitative determination of fibrous minerals in the asbestos-bearing serpentinites of the Piemonte zone (Susa and Lanzo valleys). Plinius, 32, 1-8.

2005

  1. Compagnoni R., Rolfo F., Groppo C., Hirajima T. & Turello R. (2004) - Mapping of Alpine rocks characterized by “HP” to “UHP” metamorphic overprint in the Southern Dora-Maira Massif  (Western Alps). In: G. Pasquarè & C. Venturini (Eds.), G. Groppelli (Ass. Ed.) Mapping Geology in Italy, APAT- Dipartimento Difesa del Suolo  Servizio Geologico d’Italia, Roma 2004 (2006), Map 34, 287-294.

  2. Groppo C., Tomatis M., Turci F., Gazzano E., Ghigo D., Compagnoni R. & Fubini B., (2005). Potential toxicity of non-regulated asbestiform minerals: balangeroite from Western Alps. Part 1, identification and characterization. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 68: 1-19

 

 

 

 

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