Department of Earth Sciences

Selected research products

1. Umili, G., Carriero, M.T., Taboni, B., Migliazza, M.R., Ferrero, A.M., 2024 (in press). A New Analytical Solution for Calculating Rock Block Volume. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. doi: 10.1007/s00603-023-03728-y
2. Taboni, B., Umili, G., Ferrero, A.M. (2023). A Design Scenario Approach for Choosing Protection Works against Rockfall Phenomena. Remote Sens., 15(18), 4453; doi: 10.3390/rs15184453
3. Umili, G., Taboni, B., Ferrero, A.M. (2023). Influence of uncertainties: A focus on block volume and shape assessment for rockfall analysis. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 15 (9), pp. 2250-2263. doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2023.03.016
4. Taboni, B., Tagliaferri, I.D., Umili, G. (2022). A Tool for Performing Automatic Kinematic Analysis on Rock Outcrops. Geosciences, 12, 435. doi: 10.3390/geosciences12120435
5. Bonasera M., Fubelli G., Comina C., Bosco F., Umili G., Zorloni L., Porcarelli F. (2022). A multidisciplinary approach to detect the seismogenic source of the Tortona 1828 earthquake (Piedmont, Northwest Italy). Italian Journal of Geosciences, 141 f.1, pp. 69-83. doi: 10.3301/IJG.2022.07
6. Taboni, B.; Licata, M.; Buleo Tebar, V.; Bonasera, M.; Umili, G. (2022). Proposal for Flood Risk Mitigation in the Upper Tanaro Valley (Western Alps—North-Western Italy). Geosciences, 12, 260. doi: 10.3390/geosciences12070260
7. Bonetto S.M.R., Vagnon F., Umili G., Vianello D., Migliazza M.R., Ferrero A.M. (2021). The contribution of remotely sensed data to the stress state evaluation in underground marble quarries. Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, 24 (1), pp. 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2020.12.008
8. Umili, G. (2021). Methods for sampling discontinuity traces on rock mass 3D models: state of the art. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 833, No. 1, p. 012050. IOP Publishing. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/833/1/012050
9. Vagnon F., Dino G.A., Umili G., Cardu M., Ferrero A.M. (2020). New developments for the sustainable exploitation of ornamental stone in carrara basin. Sustainability, 12(22), pp. 1–23, 9374. doi: 10.3390/su12229374
10. Vagnon F., Bonetto S., Ferrero A.M., Harrison J.P., Umili G. (2020). Eurocode 7 and Rock Engineering Design: The Case of Rockfall Protection Barriers. Geosciences 10(8), 305. doi: 10.3390/geosciences10080305
11. Zeighami Moghaddam M., Umili G., Messina V., Bonetto S., Ferrero A.M., Bollini G., Gandreau D. (2020). An SVM-Based Scheme for Automatic Identification of Architectural Line Features and Cracks. Applied Sciences 10(15), 5077. doi: 10.3390/app10155077
12. Umili G., Bonetto S., Mosca P., Vagnon F., Ferrero A.M. (2020). In Situ Block Size Distribution Aimed at the Choice of the Design Block for Rockfall Barriers Design: A Case Study along Gardesana Road. Geosciences 10(6), 223. doi: 10.3390/geosciences10060223
13. Bonetto S., Umili G., Ferrero A.M., Carosi R., Simonetti M., Biasi A., Migliazza M.R., Bianchini S. (2020). Geostructural and Geomechanical Study of the Piastrone Quarry (Seravezza, Italy) Supported by Photogrammetry to Assess Failure Mode. 10(2), 64. doi: 10.3390/geosciences10020064
14. Bonetto S., Facello A., Umili G. (2020). The contribution of CurvaTool semi-automatic approach in structural and groundwater investigations. A case study in the Main Ethiopian Rift Valley. Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences. 23(1): 97-111. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2018.10.003
15. Ferrero A.M., Migliazza M.R., Umili G. (2019). Comparison of methods for discontinuity roughness evaluation. Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica. 3: 5-15. doi: 10.19199/2019.3.0557-1405.005
16. Costantini G., Comina C., Ferrero A.M., Umili G., Bonetto S. (2019). Applicazione in sotterraneo di tecniche fotografiche e GPR per il rilievo di discontinuità. Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica. 2: 37-47. doi: 10.19199/2019.2.0557-1405.037
17. Caselle C., Umili G., Bonetto S., Ferrero A.M. (2019). Application of DIC analysis method to the study of failure initiation in gypsum rocks. Geotechnique Letters 9(1): 35-45. doi: 10.1680/jgele.18.00156
18. Umili G., Bonetto S., Ferrero A.M. (2018). An integrated multiscale approach for characterization of rock masses subjected to tunnel excavation. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 10(3): 513-522. doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2018.01.007
19. Vagnon F., Harrison J.P., Ferrero A.M., Umili G. (2018). Reliability based design for rock fall barriers. Proceedings of EUROCK2018 - Geomechanics and Geodynamics of Rock Masses, vol. 2, p. 1543-1548. London: Taylor and Francis Group, ISBN: 978-1138-6164-5-5. 22-27 May, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
20. Vagnon F., Ferrero A.M., Umili G., Segalini A. (2017). A Factor Strength Approach for the Design of Rock Fall and Debris Flow Barriers. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 35(6): 2663-2675. doi: 10.1007/s10706-017-0269-x
21. Bonetto S., Facello A., Umili G. (2017). A new application of CurvaTool semi-automatic approach to qualitatively detect geological lineaments. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience 23(3): 179-190. doi: 10.2113/EEG-1863
22. Ferrero A.M., Migliazza M.R., Pirulli M., Umili G. (2016). Some open issues on rock fall hazard analysis in fractured rock mass: problems and prospects. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 49 (9): 3615-3629. doi: 10.1007/s00603-016-1004-2
23. Colombero C., Comina C., Umili G., Vinciguerra S. (2016). Multiscale geophysical characterization of an unstable rock mass. Tectonophysics 675: 275-289. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.045
24. Racaniello A., Bonetto S., Enrici Baion R., Ferrero A.M., Umili G. (2015). Caratterizzazione di ammassi rocciosi in sotterraneo mediante rilievo geostrutturale “non a contatto”. Geoingegneria Ambientale e Mineraria, Anno LII, n. 2: 51-58 (in Italian).
25. Armillotta P., Pastarini B., Segalini A., Umili G. (2015). Application of Low Potential Electric Fields for Improving Slope Stability. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 15: 173-180, doi: 10.1016/j.proeps.2015.08.042
26. Ferrero A.M., Segalini A., Umili G. (2015). Experimental tests for the application of an analytical model for flexible debris flow barriers design. Engineering Geology, vol. 185, p. 33-42. doi: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2014.12.002
27. Bonetto S., Facello A., Ferrero A.M., Umili G. (2015). A Tool for Semi-Automatic Linear Feature Detection Based on DTM. Computers & Geosciences, vol. 75, p. 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2014.10.005
28. Curtaz M., Ferrero A.M., Roncella R., Segalini A., Umili G. (2014). Terrestrial photogrammetry and numerical modelling for the stability analysis of rock slopes in high mountain areas: Aiguilles Marbrées case. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 47 (2): 605 – 620. doi: 10.1007/s00603-013-0446-z
29. Umili G. (2013). Ricostruzione automatica delle linee di rottura nei Modelli Digitali di Superficie con applicazioni in ambito Geotecnico, Geomorfologico e Architettonico. Bollettino della Società Italiana di Fotogrammetria e Topografia, vol. 2, pp. 91-113. ISSN: 1721-971X
30. Umili G., Ferrero A.M., Einstein H.H. (2013). A new method for automatic discontinuity traces sampling on rock mass 3D model. Computers & Geosciences 51 (2013): 182–192. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.07.026

Courses

• GEOLOGIA APPLICATA E PRINCIPI DI GEOTECNICA (STE0053)
  Corsi di studi in Scienze Geologiche (L-34 e LM-74)
• LABORATORIO DI MECCANICA DELLE ROCCE E DELLE GALLERIE (STE0110)
  Corsi di studi in Scienze Geologiche (L-34 e LM-74)
• OPERE GEOTECNICHE (STE0027)
  Corsi di studi in Scienze Geologiche (L-34 e LM-74)
• RISPOSTA SISMICA LOCALE E STABILITA' DEI PENDII (STE0111)
  Corsi di studi in Scienze Geologiche (L-34 e LM-74)

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Research topics

Research groups

• Geotechnics for territory protection, regional planning and raw material exploitation
• Sustainable georesources management: from mining and quarrying planning to waste recycling (from waste flow and extractive waste facilities)

• Geotecnica per la salvaguardia e la pianificazione del territorio e per lo sfruttamento delle materie prime
• Gestione sostenibile delle georisorse: dalla progettazione di attività estrattive al recupero di rifiuti fluenti e discariche storiche

Research projects

• Rapporti tra attività antropica e ambiente geologico
• Rapporti tra attività antropica e ambiente geologico nel settore collinare piemontese
• Detecting slow deformation signals preceden dynamic failure: a new strategy for the mitigation of natural hazards (SAFER)

Activities in agenda

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Academic bodies

• Consiglio di Dipartimento
• Giunta
• Laboratori

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