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Geological field work in Patagonia

03.10.2024

Many icy moons in the Solar System, such as Ganymede, Europa, and Enceladus, display tectonic features that provide insights into the movement and strength of their crusts. These stress-related structures are crucial for understanding the internal processes of these moons and have implications for

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Geological mission to Lofoten Islands

22.08.2024

The fieldwork was carried out by the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua together with the University of Trieste and Ca’ Foscari of Venice

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A monitoring dashboard to view the earthquakes occurred in Italy in the last 7 days

30.07.2024

This tool was created by Roberto Rossi, a GIS technician of our Department, based on real-time data published by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).

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More great sporting achievements for Claudia Fabiola Benvegnù

29.05.2024

Claudia Fabiola Benvegnù, a Canadian canoe athlete and student at the Department of Geosciences, continues to achieve great success in sport. On Saturday 11 May Benvegnù won the overall C1 category women's title at the Italian marathon championships, by covering in 1:27’32.73 the 14.25 km of the

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A cutting-edge tool for rapid and effective landslide detection

The tool is based on Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) backscatter data. Lorenzo Nava, Kushanav Bhuyan and Filippo Catani are among the contributors

23.04.2024

The tool is based on Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) backscatter data. Lorenzo Nava, Kushanav Bhuyan and Filippo Catani are among the contributors

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