Petrology & Volcanology Assistant Professor I am an enthusiastic academic researcher, project leader, and research instructor. My overall research interests and skills include experimental, analytical, and field-based geology, petrology, volcanology, and mechanics of multiphase magmas and volatiles in the Earth’s interior. I have fieldwork experience in a broad range of environments, ranging from sedimentary to metamorphic, from plutonic to volcanic. I am skilful in high-pressure and high-temperature experimentation and multiple micro-analytical techniques, including tomographic microscopy, to address chemical and physical aspects of: 1) Multiphase magma rheology 2) Fluid migration in magmas 3) Magma degassing, transport, unrest, and eruption 4) Magma differentiation and evolution of the Earth's lithosphere. I apply a creative approach transcending traditional disciplinary boundaries in my research and in my lectures. Currently, my my new experimental Petrology and Volcanology Laboratory MAGMA MIA is under construction... coming soon! Education Education: Italian National Scientific Habilitation, 2018 - Eligible for Associate Professorship in Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, Volcanology, Georesources in the Italian University Framework Ph.D., ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 2012 - Earth Science M.S., University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, 2008, Geodynamics, Geophysics, Volcanology B.S., Università G. D'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, 2006 - Geological Sciences Research Research Areas: Petrology and Volcanology Research Interests: Multiphase Magma Rheology in Earth’s Crust and Volcanic Systems During my PhD research studies at ETH-Zurich (Switzerland), I investigated the rheology of crystal- and bubble-bearing magmas using high-pressure and high-temperature experimentation. I quantified the simultaneous influence of gas bubbles and crystals on the rheology of multiphase magmas. The major results show that: i) the limited presence of exsolved gas diminishes viscosity of crystal-rich mushes (> 50 vol%) by four order of magnitude, with a consequent increase of their rheological mobility during transport and emplacement in the Earth’s crust, ii) the gas extraction during deformation of crystal-poor systems (< 50 vol%) favours an increase of viscosity with increasing deformation rate, which ultimately leads to magma fragmentation. This research represents the first milestone of my academic career allowing me to be able of combining both chemical and physical parameters to address the physics of magma transport, emplacement, and eruption. Learn more in: 2011 Caricchi L., Pommier A., Pistone M., Castro J., Burgisser A., Perugini D., Strain-induced magma degassing: insights from simple-shear experiments on bubble bearing melts. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 73, p. 1245-1257, doi10.1007/s00445-011-0471-2 2012 Cordonnier B., Caricchi L., Pistone M., Castro J., Hess K.-U., Gottschaller S., Manga M., Dingwell D.B., Burlini L., The viscous-brittle transition of crystal-bearing silicic melt: Direct observation of magma rupture and healing. Geology, v. 40, p. 611-615, https://doi.org/10.1130/G3914.1 Pistone M., Caricchi L., Ulmer P., Burlini L., Ardia P., Reusser E., Marone F., Arbaret L., Deformation experiments of bubble- and crystal-bearing magmas: rheological and microstructural analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research, Issue B5, v. 117, doi:10.1029/2011JB008986 2013 Pistone M., Caricchi L., Ulmer P., Reusser E., Ardia P., Rheology of volatile-bearing crystal mushes: mobilization vs. viscous death. Chemical Geology, v. 345, p. 16-39, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.02.007 2014 Shields J., Mader H.M., Pistone M., Floess D., Caricchi L., Putlitz B., Strain-induced outgassing of crystal- and bubble-bearing magmas. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 119, Issue 9, doi:10.1002/2014JB011111 2015 Pistone M., Caricchi L., Cordonnier B., Ulmer P., Marone F., The viscous to brittle transition in bubble- and crystal-bearing magmas. Frontiers in Earth Sciences – Volcanology, v. 3, doi:10.3389/feart.2015.00071 2016 Shields J., Mader H.M., Caricchi L., Tuffen H., Mueller S., Pistone M., Baumgartner L., Unravelling textural heterogeneity in obsidian: shear-induced outgassing in the Rocche Rosse flow. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 310, p. 137-158, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.12.003 Pistone M., Cordonnier B., Ulmer P., Caricchi L., Rheological flow laws for multiphase magmas: an empirical approach. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 321, p. 158-170, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2016.04.029 2017 Pistone M., Whittington A.G., Andrews B.J., Cottrell E., Crystal-rich lava dome extrusion during vesiculation: an experimental study. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 347, p. 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.06.018 2024 Pistone M, Formo E, Whittington AG, Herbst T, Cottrell E (2022) Direct nanoscale observations of degassing-induced crystallisation in felsic magmas. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 177, 38, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-022-01900-1 Fluid Transfer during Magma Mixing and Rock-Rock Interaction During my first postdoc fellowship for which I received independent funds, I explored the chemical and physical conditions of volatile transfer during interaction of magmas of different composition and crystallinity. The transfer of volatiles is dictated by gradients of volatile concentrations between two interacting systems and, during volatile migration by diffusion from one magma to another, the liquidus temperature swings as response of volatile depletion, inducing simultaneous crystallisation in the system releasing volatiles, and partial melting of the system affected by volatile addition. The most outstanding result of this process named as “chemical quenching” is the experimental replication of unidirectional solidification textures or comb layering, commonly found in plutonic rocks and ore deposits that fascinated the scientific community for several decades. Following this research line and similar experimental design, I also explored how fluids (water and melt) influence chemical and textural changes of pervaded rocks during transport and how they chemically react with surrounding minerals. Fluid transfer can be effective in causing textural changes without changing the bulk chemistry of the pervaded rock. Diffusion of water and migration of limited amount of melt can be chemically stealthy and, thus, remain cryptic when studying natural rocks. Learn more in: 2016 Pistone M., Blundy J.D., Brooker R.A., EIMF, Textural and chemical consequences of interaction between hydrous mafic and felsic magmas: an experimental study. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 171, doi:10.1007/s00410-015-1218-4 2017 Pistone M., Blundy J.D., Brooker R.A., EIMF, Water transfer during magma mixing events: insights into melt segregation from felsic crystal mushes. American Mineralogist, v. 102, p. 766-776, http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-5793 2020 Pistone M., Racek M., Štípska P., Effects of diffusion of water and migration of melts in crustal rocks: an experimental study. Chemical Geology, in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119548 2021 Jarvis P.A., Pistone M., Secretan A., Blundy J.D., Cashman K.V., Mader H.M., Baumgartner L.P., Crystal and volatile controls on the mixing and mingling of magmas. AGU-Wiley Book, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119564485.ch6 In-Situ & Time-Resolved / -Elapsed Vesiculation and Crystallisation in Magmas Since my PhD studies, I have adopted experimental approach at the forefront, which includes in-situ, real-time observation of magma vesiculation at high temperature at the synchrotron source or using STEM facility. I also contributed to the technological design, development, construction of high-temperature furnaces for these experiments. This experimental approach allows performing experiments that capture the kinetics of vesiculation of magmas “on-air” and allows overcoming the typical challenges of reconstructing dynamic processes based on post-experiment analyses alone. This experience gave me the opportunity to design new pioneering investigations and work side by side with technicians, external contractors, and scientists from research fields other than Earth Sciences. Learn more in: 2012 Fife, J.L., Rappaz M., Pistone M., Celcer T., Mikuljan G., Stampanoni M., Development of a laser-based heating system for in-situ synchrotron-based X-ray tomographic microscopy. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, v. 19, p. 352-358, doi:10.1107/S0909049512003287 2013 Madonna C., Quintal B., Frehner M., Almqvist B.S.V., Tisato N., Pistone M., Marone F., Saenger E., Synchrotron-based X-ray tomographic microscopy for rock microstructure investigations, Geophysics, v. 78, D53-D64, doi:10.1190/geo2012-0113.1 2015 Pistone M., Arzilli F., Dobson K.J., Cordonnier B., Reusser E., Ulmer P., Marone F., Whittington A.G., Mancini L., Fife J.L., Blundy J.D., Gas-driven filter pressing in magmas: insights into in situ melt segregation from crystal mushes. Geology, v. 43, p. 699-702, https://doi.org/10.1130/G36766.1 Pistone M., Caricchi L., Fife J.L., Mader K., Ulmer P., In situ X-ray tomographic microscopy observations of vesiculation of bubble-free and bubble-bearing magmas. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 77, doi:10.1007/s00445-015-0992-1 2018 Kudrna-Prašek M., Pistone M., Baker D.R., Sodini N., Marinoni N., Lanzafame G., Mancini L., A compact and flexible induction furnace for in-situ X-ray microradiograhy and computed microtomography at Elettra: characterisation and first tests. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, v. 25, doi:10.1107/S1600577518005970 2021 Pistone M., Fife J.L., Tisato N., Caricchi L., Reusser E., Ulmer P., Mader K., Marone F., Seismic attenuation during magma vesiculation: A combination of laboratory constraints and modeling. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 48, e2020GL092315, https:// doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092315 2022 Pistone M, Formo E, Whittington AG, Herbst T, Cottrell E (2022) Direct nanoscale observations of degassing-induced crystallisation in felsic magmas. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 177, 38, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-022-01900-1 Melt Percolation Processes in Crustal Rocks Since my postdoctoral stage, I investigated the chemical and physical conditions at which residual melts from partially crystallised magmas can infiltrate within rocks, ascend through the crust, and become eruptible at Earth’s surface. In particular, I investigated the role of volatiles in driving melt extraction from crystal-rich magmas or mushes. For instance, I experimentally determined the optimal conditions of melt extraction driven by gas filter pressing during magma cooling and by water diffusion during magma mixing. The experimental observations have offered precious insights into the generation of crystal-poor melts and their efficiency to be mobilised and become eruptible at active volcanoes. Learn more in: 2015 Pistone M., Arzilli F., Dobson K.J., Cordonnier B., Reusser E., Ulmer P., Marone F., Whittington A.G., Mancini L., Fife J.L., Blundy J.D., Gas-driven filter pressing in magmas: insights into in situ melt segregation from crystal mushes. Geology, v. 43, p. 699-702, https://doi.org/10.1130/G36766.1 2017 Pistone M., Blundy J.D., Brooker R.A., EIMF, Water transfer during magma mixing events: insights into melt segregation from felsic crystal mushes. American Mineralogist, v. 102, p. 766-776, http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-5793 2020 Pistone M., Racek M., Štípska P., Effects of diffusion of water and migration of melts in crustal rocks: an experimental study. Chemical Geology, in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119548 Pistone M., Baumgartner L.P., Bégué F., Jarvis P., Bloch E., Robyr M., Müntener O., Sisson T.W., Blundy J.D., Felsic melt and gas mobilisation during magma solidification: An experimental study at 1.1 kbar. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 175, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00175 2022 Ryan A., Hansen L.N., Zimmermann M.E., Pistone M., Melt migration in crystal mushes by viscous fingering: insights from high-temperature, high-pressure experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024447, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024447 Volcanic Arc Systems and Volcanic Degassing Differentiation and transport of mantle-derived, hydrous, basaltic magmas is a fundamental process that produces the evolved intermediate to silica-rich magmas that form the Earth’s crust. During my “overseas” postdoctoral period, I focused my research on the the influence of water and oxygen fugacity on the fractional crystallization or liquid line of descent of hydrous (i.e., water-bearing) basalts in order to evaluate the switch between calc-alkaline (“Fe-poor”) and tholeiitic (“Fe-rich”) magmatic trends at shallow crustal levels. The experimental effort was accompanied by a unique field mission in the Western Aleutians in September 2015. During this incredible geological adventure, I sampled many kilos of volcanic rocks and helped with installing novel equipment for seismic stations to monitor the nine volcanoes I explored between Buldir (westermost island) and Kanaga (eastermost island). Learn more in: 2016 Zellmer G.F., Pistone M., Iizuka Y., Andrews B.J., Gomez-Tuena A., Straub S.M., Cottrell E., Petrogenesis of antecryst-bearing arc basalts from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: insights into along-arc variations in magma ponding depths, H2O contents, and surface heat flux. American Mineralogist, v. 101, p. 2405-2422, https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2016-5701 2020 Pistone M., Taisne B., Dobson K.J., Editorial: Volumes, Timescales, and Frequency of Magmatic Processes in the Earth’s Lithosphere. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 118, doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00118 Pistone M., Caricchi L., Ulmer P., CO2 favours the accumulation of excess fluids in felsic magmas. Terra Nova, 2020;00:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12496 Pluton Emplacement and Earth's Crust Construction and Architecture Multidiplinary investigation using fieldwork, analysis of natural rocks, and rock physics modelling help determine magma emplacement mechanism in the lower crust. Specifically, I conducted fieldwork in the Ivrea-Verbano Zone (Italy) to study the Permian Mafic Complex and unravel the physical and chemical architecture and construction of a large mafic body by repetitive emplacement of sills. Currently, I am applying 3D rock fabric analysis using micro-tomography data with TomoFab open-source MATLAB package to determine shape preferred orientation (SPO) of rock-forming elements, including minerals, aggregates, and pores. This research is part of the large-scale research initiative DIVE of ICDP, for which I am one of the six leading PIs: https://www.icdp-online.org/projects/world/europe/ivrea-italy/details/ Learn more in: 2017 Pistone M., Müntener O., Ziberna L., Hetényi G., Zanetti A., Report on the ICDP Workshop DIVE (Drilling the Ivrea-Verbano zonE). Scientific Drilling, v. 23, p. 47-56, https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-23-47-2017 2020 Petri B., Almqvist B.S.G., Pistone M., 3D rock fabric analysis using micro-tomography: an introduction to the open source TomoFab Matlab code. Computers & Geosciences, v. 138, 104444, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2020.104444 Scarponi M., Hetényi G., Berthet T., Baron L., Manzotti P., Petri B., Pistone M., Müntener O., New gravity data and 3D density model constraints on the Ivrea Geophysical Body (Western Alps). Geophysical Journal International, ggaa263, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa263. Pistone M., Ziberna L., Hetényi G., Scarponi M., Zanetti A., Müntener O., Joint geophysical-petrological modeling on the Ivrea geophysical body beneath Valsesia, Italy: Constraints on the continental lower crust. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, e2020GC009397, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009397. 2024 Hetényi G., Baron L., Scarponi M., Subedi S., Michailos K., Dal F., Gerle A., Petri B., Zwahlen J., Langone A., Greenwood A., Ziberna L., Pistone M., Zanetti A., Müntener O. (2024) Report on an open dataset to constrain the Balmuccia peridotite body (Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Italy) through a participative gravity-modelling challenge. Swiss Journal of Geoscience, 117, https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-023-00450-3 Volcanoes and Life In recent time, I have interacted with microbiologists and biogeochemists within the large network of Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) to address fundamental questions on: 1) how volcanoes and life are linked and how they modulate carbon fluxes on Earth, and 2) how deep life can be in the Earth’s interior. Learn more in: 2017 Morrison S., Pistone M., Kohl L., Studying Yellowstone by integrating deep carbon science. EOS, v. 98, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017EO076209 Pistone M., Müntener O., Ziberna L., Hetényi G., Zanetti A., Report on the ICDP Workshop DIVE (Drilling the Ivrea-Verbano zonE). Scientific Drilling, v. 23, p. 47-56, https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-23-47-2017 2020 Cardace D., Bower D.J., Daniel I., Ionescu A., Mikhail S., Pistone M., Zahirovic S., Editorial: Deep Carbon Science. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 611295, https://doi:10.3389/feart.2020.611295 2022 Zahirovic S, Eleish A, Doss S, Pall J, Cannon J, Pistone M, Tetley MG, Young A, Fox P (2022) Subduction and carbonate platform interactions. Geoscience Data Journal, 2022:00, 1-13, https://doi:10.1002/gdj3.146 2023 Sarmiento F.O., Haller A., Marchant C., Yoshida M., Leigh D.S., Woosnam K., Porinchu D.F., Gandhi K., King E.G., Pistone M., Kavoori A., Calabria J., Alcántara-Ayala I., Chávez R., Gunya A., Yépez A., Lee S., Reap J. (2023) 4D Global Montology: Toward convergent and transdisciplinary mountain sciences across time and space. Pirineos, 178, e075, https://doi.org/10.3989/pirineos.2023.178001 Currently, I am constructing the new experimental Petrology and Volcanology Laboratory MAGMA MIA in the Hydrothermal Building of UGA: Artistic logo made by graduated student Grace Elizabeth Cantele. Grants: Research Grants: 2023 The excess gas paradox at volcanoes: does CO2 favor gas accumulation in mafic magmas?, National Science Foundation – Division of Earth Science – Petrology and Geochemistry (Award #2322935) [US$ 442,241] Role: PI 2022 To be or not be in the Earth? Carbon cycle in the continental crust, M.G. Michael Award, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia [US$ 3,000] Role: PI 2022 Tracking Mercury Pollution Sources: Developing an Analytical Method for Measuring Stable Mercury Isotopes in Environmental and Human Biological Samples, Teaming for Interdisciplinary Research Pre-Seed Program, University of Georgia [US$ 3,500] Role: co-PI 2022 Chimborazo: ESPOCH International Conference, International Travel fund of the Provost’s Office and Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, US [US$ 1,850] Role: PI 2022 MERRIE VOLCANO: MErcury Release during eRuptIons at Etna VOLCANO, Office of Research and Office of Global Engagement, University of Georgia, US [US$ 8,000] Role: PI 2021 BIO-VOLCANO: Rocks, soils, and bioaccumulators as predictors of volcanic eruptions, Teaming for Interdisciplinary Research Pre-Seed Program (University of Georgia) [US$ 4,750] Role: PI 2021 The Role of Deformation in Triggering Volcanic Eruptions, National Science Foundation – Division of Earth Science – Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr. Amy Ryan (University of Minnesota) [US$ 174,000] Role: Mentor 2020 DE BELLO VULCANICO or The Volcanic War: Forecasting Gas Release versus Retention in Magmas prior to Volcanic Eruptions, UGA Sarah H. Moss Fellowship [US$ 10,000] Role: PI 2020 DIVE: Drilling the Ivrea-Verbano zonE – Phase 1: Drilling into the pre-Permian mafic and felsic lower crust, International Continental Drilling Program Workshop (number 04-2020) [US$ 1,000,000] Role: PI out of six 2020 Felsic melt and gas mobilisation during magma solidification: An experimental study at 1.1 kbar, Swiss National Science Foundation, Open Access Article (PZAC-2_198187) [CHF 2,426] Role: PI 2020 COOLEST VOLCANO: CO2 stOrage and reLEase at Stromboli VOLCANO, Office of Research and Office of Global Engagement, University of Georgia, US [US$ 4,000] Role: PI 2019 Fluids, melts and pressure changes during fracturing of the lower crust, Terrestrial Magmatic System Research Platform, University of Mainz, Germany (co-PI) [€ 8,800] Role: co-PI 2019 Bulk seismic properties of mantle wedge peridotites, Terrestrial Magmatic System Research Platform, University of Mainz, Germany (co-PI) [€ 5,000] Role: co-PI 2019 DE BELLO VULCANICO or The Volcanic War: Forecasting Magma Permeability versus Compressibility and Eruption Magnitude, Swiss National Science Foundation – Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship (PCEFP2_186904) [CHF 999,988] {renounced for the tenure-track Assistant Professorship at the University of Georgia} Role: PI 2017 The Deep Carbon Cycle (DCC) through geological time: An interdisciplinary synthesis of the carbon cycle in the Earth’s lithosphere-biosphere system, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation – Deep Carbon Observatory – DCO Synthesis Proposal (co-PI) [US$ 130,000] Role: co-PI 2016 Petrophysics of the Melt Connectivity Transition: Petrological, Rheological, and Seismic Characterisation of the Continental Moho, Swiss National Science Foundation – Ambizione Fellowship (PZ00P2_168166) [CHF 483,238] Role: PI 2016 Drilling the continental crust to the Moho transition zone (Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Italy), Inter-Continental Drilling Project Workshop (number 17-2016) [US$ 50,000] Role: PI out of three 2014 The Influence of Volatiles on the Interaction of Mafic and Felsic Magmas, Swiss National Science Foundation – Advanced Postdoc Mobility Fellowship (P300P2_154574) [CHF 98,000] PI: PI 2014 Understanding the dynamics of explosive eruptions triggered by mafic intrusions into felsic reservoirs using 4D in situ tomographic microscopy, European Union Transnational Access Programme CALIPSO (number 312284; FP7/2007-2013) [CHF 1,000] Role: PI 2012 The Influence of Volatiles on the Interaction of Mafic and Felsic Magmas, Swiss National Science Foundation – Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship (PBEZP2_142922) [CHF 43,000] Role: PI 2009-18 Twelve granted proposals for free-of-cost access to synchrotron and nuclear facilities (NEUTRA, SINQ, PSI, Villigen, Switzerland; TOMCAT, SLS, PSI, Villigen, Switzerland; GSECARS, APS, Argonne, IL, USA) [all combined proposals: US$ 720,000] Role: PI Teaching Grants: 2023 First-Year Odyssey Teaching Award, University of Georgia [US$ 2,500] Role: PI 2022 Lilly Teaching Fellowship, UGA Center For Teaching & Learning [US$ 2,000] Role: PI 2022 Studies of Hazards (SHAZARDS) in Geology, GradFIRST Seminar Program, UGA – Franklin College of Arts & Science [US$ 3,500] Role: PI 2022 MAGMA MIA! Understanding active volcanoes with modern petrology, First-Year Odyssey Program, UGA – Franklin College of Arts & Science [US$ 3,500] Role: PI 2022 Flow or blow? Understanding the physics of gas accumulation leading to explosive volcanic eruptions through experiential learning in lab and class with a gas pycnometer, UGA Learning Technologies Grant [US$ 18,470] Role: PI 2022 Journey into the Earth's interior: exploring the origin, architecture, and dynamics of continents, First-Year Odyssey Program, UGA – Franklin College of Arts & Science [US$ 3,500] Role: PI 2021 Replicating minerals to volcanoes by 3D printing technology: bringing 3D geology across scales into the classroom and in the field, UGA Learning Technologies Grant [US$ 9,984] Role: PI 2021 MAGMA MIA! Understanding active volcanoes with modern petrology, First-Year Odyssey Program, UGA – Franklin College of Arts & Science [US$ 3,500] Role: PI 2021 Writing Fellows, UGA – Center for Teaching and Learning [US$ 1,000] Role: PI 2021 Faculty Interest Group, UGA – Center for Teaching and Learning [US$ 1,000] Role: PI 2020 MAGMA MIA! Understanding active volcanoes with modern petrology, First-Year Odyssey Program, UGA – Franklin College of Arts & Science [US$ 3,842] Role: PI 2020 Rock Digitalization for Optical Microscopy, UGA – Franklin College of Arts & Science [US$ 1,147] Role: PI 2020 4D PETROLAB: A New Digital Frontier for Learning Optical Microscopy of Geological Materials in 3D Space and Real-Time, UGA Learning Technologies Grant [US$ 24,263] Role: PI Selected Publications Selected Publications: Articles: Sarmiento FO, Haller A, Marchant C, Yoshida M, Leigh DS, Woosnam K, Porinchu DF, Gandhi K, King EG, Pistone M, Kavoori A, Calabria J, Alcántara-Ayala I, Chávez R, Gunya A, Yépez A, Lee S, Reap J (2023) 4D Global Montology: Toward convergent and transdisciplinary mountain sciences across time and space. Pirineos, 178, e075, https://doi.org/10.3989/pirineos.2023.178001 Ryan A, Hansen LN, Zimmermann ME, Pistone M (2022) Melt migration in crystal mushes by viscous fingering: insights from high-temperature, high-pressure experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB024447, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024447 Pistone M, Formo E, Whittington AG, Herbst T, Cottrell E (2022) Direct nanoscale observations of degassing-induced crystallisation in felsic magmas. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 177, 38, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-022-01900-1 Zahirovic S, Eleish A, Doss S, Pall J, Cannon J, Pistone M, Tetley MG, Young A, Fox P (2022) Subduction and carbonate platform interactions. Geoscience Data Journal, 2022:00, 1-13, https://doi:10.1002/gdj3.146 Pistone M, Fife JL, Tisato N, Caricchi L, Reusser E, Ulmer P, Mader K, Marone F (2021) Seismic attenuation during magma vesiculation: A combination of laboratory constraints and modeling. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL092315, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092315 Pistone M, Ziberna L, Hetényi G, Scarponi M, Zanetti A, Müntener O. (2020) Joint geophysical-petrological modeling on the Ivrea geophysical body beneath Valsesia, Italy: Constraints on the continental lower crust. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, e2020GC009397, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009397 Pistone M, Caricchi L, Ulmer P, (2020). CO2 favors the accumulation of excess fluids in felsic magmas. Terra Nova, 2020;00:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12496 Scarponi M, Hetényi G, Berthet T, Baron L, Manzotti P, Petri B, Pistone M, Müntener O. (2020) New gravity data and 3D density model constraints on the Ivrea Geophysical Body (Western Alps). Geophysical Journal International, ggaa263, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa263 Pistone M, Baumgartner LP, Bégué F, Jarvis P, Bloch E, Robyr M, Müntener O, Sisson TW, Blundy, JD. (2020) Felsic melt and gas mobilisation during magma solidification: An experimental study at 1.1 kbar. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 175, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00175 Pistone M, Racek M, Štípska P (2020). Effects of diffusion of water and migration of melts in crustal rocks: an experimental study. Chemical Geology, 540, 119548, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119548 Petri B, Almqvist BSG, Pistone M (2020) 3D rock fabric analysis using micro-tomography: an introduction to the open source TomoFab Matlab code. Computers & Geosciences, 138, 104444, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2020.104444 Kudrna-Prašek M, Pistone M, Baker DR, Sodini N, Marinoni N, Lanzafame G, Mancini L (2018). A compact and flexible induction furnace for in-situ X-ray microradiograhy and computed microtomography at Elettra: characterisation and first tests. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 25, doi:10.1107/S1600577518005970 Pistone M, Müntener O, Ziberna L, Hetényi G, Zanetti A (2017) Report on the ICDP Workshop DIVE (Drilling the Ivrea-Verbano zonE). Scientific Drilling, 23, 47-56, https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-23-47-2017 Pistone M, Whittington AG, Andrews BJ, Cottrell E (2017) Crystal-rich lava dome extrusion during vesiculation: an experimental study. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 347, 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.06.018 Morrison S, Pistone M, Kohl L (2017) Studying Yellowstone by integrating deep carbon science. EOS, 98, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017EO076209 Pistone M, Blundy JD, Brooker RA, EIMF (2017). Water transfer during magma mixing events: insights into melt segregation from felsic crystal mushes. American Mineralogist, 102, 766-776, http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-5793 Zellmer GF, Pistone M, Iizuka Y, Andrews BJ, Gomez-Tuena A, Straub SM, Cottrell E (2016). Petrogenesis of antecryst-bearing arc basalts from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: insights into along-arc variations in magma ponding depths, H2O contents, and surface heat flux. American Mineralogist, 101, 2405-2422, https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2016-5701 Pistone M, Cordonnier B, Ulmer P, Caricchi L (2016). Rheological flow laws for multiphase magmas: an empirical approach. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 321, 158-170, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2016.04.029 Shields J, Mader HM, Caricchi L, Tuffen H, Mueller S, Pistone M, Baumgartner L (2016). Unravelling textural heterogeneity in obsidian: shear-induced outgassing in the Rocche Rosse flow. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 310, 137-158, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.12.003 Pistone M, Blundy JD, Brooker RA, EIMF (2016). Textural and chemical consequences of interaction between hydrous mafic and felsic magmas: an experimental study. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 171, doi:10.1007/s00410-015-1218-4 Pistone M, Caricchi L, Fife JL, Mader K, Ulmer P (2015). In situ X-ray tomographic microscopy observations of vesiculation of bubble-free and bubble-bearing magmas. Bullettin of Volcanology, 77, doi:10.1007/s00445-015-0992-1 Pistone M, Caricchi L, Cordonnier B, Ulmer P, Marone F (2015). The viscous to brittle transition in bubble- and crystal-bearing magmas. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 3, doi:10.3389/feart.2015.00071 Pistone M, Arzilli F, Dobson KJ, Cordonnier B, Reusser E, Ulmer P, Marone F, Whittington AG, Mancini L, Fife JL, Blundy JD (2015). Gas-driven filter pressing in magmas: insights into in situ melt segregation from crystal mushes. Geology, 43, 699-702, https://doi.org/10.1130/G36766.1 Shields J, Mader HM, Pistone M, Floess D, Caricchi L, Putlitz B (2014). Strain-induced outgassing of crystal- and bubble-bearing magmas. Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, doi:10.1002/2014JB011111 Pistone M, Caricchi L, Ulmer P, Reusser E, Ardia P (2013). Rheology of volatile-bearing crystal mushes: mobilization vs. viscous death. Chemical Geology, 345, 16-39, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.02.007 Madonna C, Quintal B, Frehner M, Almqvist BSG, Tisato N, Pistone M, Marone F, Saenger E (2013), Synchrotron-based X-ray tomographic microscopy for rock microstructure investigations, Geophysics, 78, D53-D64, doi: 10.1190/geo2012-0113.1 Pistone M, Caricchi L, Ulmer P, Burlini L, Ardia P, Reusser E, Marone F, Arbaret L (2012). Deformation experiments of bubble- and crystal-bearing magmas: rheological and microstructural analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, doi:10.1029/2011JB008986 Cordonnier B, Caricchi L, Pistone M, Castro J, Hess K-U, Gottschaller S, Manga M, Dingwell DB, Burlini L (2012). Direct observation of magma rupture and healing. Geology, 40, 611-615, https://doi.org/10.1130/G3914.1 Fife JL, Rappaz M, Pistone M, Celcer T, Mikuljan G, Stampanoni M (2012). Development of a laser-based heating system for in-situ synchrotron-based X-ray tomographic microscopy. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 19, 352-358, doi:10.1107/S0909049512003287 [This study on volume cover] Caricchi L, Pommier A, Pistone M, Castro J, Burgisser A, Perugini D (2011). Strain-induced magma degassing: insights from simple-shear experiments on bubble bearing melts. Bulletin of Volcanology, 73, 1245-1257, doi10.1007/s00445-011-0471-2 Books (*), book chapters (**), and editorials (***): ** Jarvis PA, Pistone M, Secretan A, Blundy JD, Cashman KV, Mader HM, Baumgartner LP (2021). Crystal and volatile controls on the mixing and mingling of magmas. In Masotta M (ed), Crustal Magmatic System Evolution: Anatomy, Architecture and Physico-Chemical Processes, AGU Book, doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10504686.1 *** Cardace D, Bower DJ, Daniel I, Ionescu A, Mikhail S, Pistone M, Zahirovic S (2020) Editorial: Deep Carbon Science. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 611295, https://doi:10.3389/feart.2020.611295 * Pistone M, Taisne B, Dobson K, eds. (2020). Volumes, Timescales, and Frequency of Magmatic Processes in the Earth’s Lithosphere – Part I and II. Frontiers in Earth Science, Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA, doi:10.3389/978-2-88963-777-5 *** Pistone M, Taisne B, Dobson KJ (2020) Editorial: Volumes, Timescales, and Frequency of Magmatic Processes in the Earth’s Lithosphere. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 118, doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.00118 Data Repositories: Pistone M, Fife JL, Tisato N, Caricchi L, Reusser E, Ulmer P, Mader K, Marone F (2021) Tomographic data from GRL paper on "Seismic attenuation during magma vesiculation: A combination of laboratory constraints and modeling". Paul Scherrer Institut, doi.org/10.16907/a672b15a-9973-4d92-bf1e-3488cdfb4d1b Pistone M, Fife JL, Tisato N, Caricchi L, Reusser E, Ulmer P, Mader K, Marone F (2021) Table 1 from GRL paper on "Seismic attenuation during magma vesiculation: A combination of laboratory constraints and modeling". Zenodo, https://zenodo.org/record/4651226#.YGYtsGiQi_t Pistone M, Ziberna L, Hetényi G, Scarponi M, Zanetti A, Müntener O. (2020) Data Tables from contribution titled "Joint geophysical-petrological modeling on the Ivrea geophysical body beneath Valsesia, Italy: Constraints on the continental lower crust" published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Zenodo, https://zenodo.org/record/4247516#.X6QjdttCdYg, doi:10.5281/zenodo.4247516. Errata: Zellmer GF, Pistone M, Iizuka Y, Andrews BJ, Gómez-Tuena A, Straub SM, Cottrell E (2016) Petrogenesis of antecryst-bearing arc basalts from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: Insights into along-arc variations in magma-mush ponding depths, H2O contents, and surface heat flux. American Mineralogist, 101, 2405-2422, https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2016-5701. Erratum DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2021-E10632 Courses Taught Courses Regularly Taught: GEOL 1121 / 1121L GEOL 4020 / 4020L Awards, Honors and Recognitions Of note: 2024 2024-2025 Geological Society of America – Continental Scientific Drilling Distinguished Lecturer 2023 First-Year Odyssey Teaching Award 2023 M.G. Michael Award, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia 2021 2021-2023 Lilly Teaching Fellowship of UGA 2020 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award by the Editorial Board of Lithos, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2019 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award by the Editorial Board of the Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2017 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award by the Editorial Board of the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2014 EU Transnational Access Programme CALIPSO Award 2012 Outstanding Young Scientist Award by the Earth Magnetism and Rock Physics Division of the EGU (https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/ospp-award/2012/mattia-pistone/) 2008 Excellence Award for Master Students of Earth Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
