Dr Fabio Capitanio - Researcher Profile

Biography

Fabio works in the School of Geosciences at Monash University as a Research Fellow

Fabio’s research areas of interest are:

• Geodynamics
• Tectonics
• Plate Kinematics
• Global Plate Motions
• Numerical Modelling of Geodynamic Processes

Keywords

geodynamics, tectonics, plate kinematics, global plate motions, numerical modelling

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Institute of Geophysics

Year awarded: 2007

Publications

Journal Articles

Capitanio, F.A., Faccenda, M., 2012, Complex mantle flow around heterogeneous subducting oceanic plates, Earth And Planetary Science Letters [P], vol 353, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 29-37.

Faccenda, M., Capitanio, F.A., 2012, Development of mantle seismic anisotropy during subduction-induced 3-D flow, Geophysical Research Letters [P], vol 39, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-5.

Capitanio, F., Morra, G., 2012, The bending mechanics in a dynamic subduction system: constraints from numerical modelling and global compilation analysis, Tectonophysics [P], vol 522, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 224-234.

Capitanio, F., Faccenna, C., Funiciello, R., Salvini, F., 2011, Recent tectonics of Tripolitania, Libya: an intraplate record of Mediterranean subduction, Geological Society Special Publication [P], vol 357, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath UK, pp. 319-328.

Goes, S., Capitanio, F., Morra, G., Seton, M., Giardini, D., 2011, Signatures of downgoing plate-buoyancy driven subduction in Cenozoic plate motions, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors [P], vol 184, issue 1-2, Elsevier BV, UK, pp. 1-13.

Capitanio, F., Faccenna, C., Zlotnik, S., Stegman, D., 2011, Subduction dynamics and the origin of Andean orogeny and the Bolivian orocline, Nature [P], vol 480, issue 7375, Nature Publishing Group, England, pp. 83-86.

Stegman, D.R., Farrington, R., Capitanio, F.A., Schellart, W.P., 2010, A regime diagram for subduction styles from 3-D numerical models of free subduction, Tectonophysics [P], vol 483, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 29-45.

Capitanio, F., Zlotnik, S., Faccenna, C., 2010, Controls on subduction reorganization in the Hellenic margin, eastern Mediterranean, Geophysical Research Letters [P], vol 37, American Geophysical Union, Washington USA, pp. L14309-1-L14309-5.

Capitanio, F., Morra, G., Goes, S., Weinberg, R., Moresi, L., 2010, India-Asia convergence driven by the subduction of the Greater Indian continent, Nature Geoscience [P], vol 3, issue 2, Nature Publishing Group, New York USA, pp. 136-139.

Capitanio, F.A., Stegman, D.R., Moresi, L., Sharples, W.K., 2010, Upper plate controls on deep subduction, trench migrations and deformations at convergent margins, Tectonophysics [P], vol 483, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 80-92.

Capitanio, F.A., Morra, G., Goes, S., 2009, Dynamics of plate bending at the trench and slab-plate coupling, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems [P], vol 10, issue 4, American Geophysical Union, USA, pp. 1-15.

Capitanio, F.A., Faccenna, C., Funiciello, R., 2009, The opening of Sirte basin: Result of slab avalanching?, Earth And Planetary Science Letters [P], vol 285, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 210-216.

Goes, S., Capitanio, F.A., Morra, G., 2008, Evidence of lower-mantle slab penetration phases in plate motions, Nature, vol 451, Nature Publishing Group, UK, pp. 981-984.

Capitanio, F.A., Morra, G., Goes, S., 2007, Dynamic models of downgoing plate-buoyancy driven subduction: subduction motions and energy dissipation, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 262, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 284-297.

Capitanio, F.A., Goes, S., Morra, G., Giardini, D., 2007, Signatures of downgoing plate-buoyancy driven subduction in motions and seismic coupling at major subduction zones, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 262, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 298-306.

Capitanio, F.A., Goes, S., 2006, Mesozoic spreading kinematics: consequences for Cenozoic Central and Western Mediterranean subduction, Geophysical Journal International, vol 165, issue 3, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 804-816.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

3D modelling of rifting evolution from continental break up to the passive margins.

Supervisors:

Capitanio, F (Main), Moresi, L (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Combination of geophysical methods in the pursuit of constraining heat flow over time.

Supervisors:

Moresi, L (Main), Capitanio, F (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Structure and deformation of lithosphere along the Java-Sumatra- Andaman Subduction Zone in the Eastern Indian Ocean.

Supervisors:

Capitanio, F (Main).