Dr. Agata Di
Stefano
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science, Earth Science
University of Catania, ITALY
Associate
Professor
Email: distefan@unict.it
Qualifications
2014-present
Associate Professor, University of Catania, Italy
2002-2014 Researcher,
University of Catania, Italy, in Stratigraphic Geology
1999-2002
Research fellowship, University of Catania, Italy
1994-1997
CNR grants in the framework of CARG Project
1989-1993
Ph.D., University of Catania and University of Padova, Italy, in Geological
evolution of Mediterranean-typeorogens
1989 M. Sc.,
in Geological Science
Publications (Selected)
1. Baldassini N., Di Stefano A. (2015) New insights on the
phosphatic layers of the Oligo-Miocene succession of the Maltese Archipelago.
Italian Journal of Geoscience, doi: 10.3301/IJG.2014.52.
2. Di Stefano A., Baldassini N., Maniscalco R., Speranza F.,
Maffione M., Cascella A., Foresi L.M. (2015) New bio-magnetostratigraphic data
on the Miocene Moria section (Northern Apennines, Italy): connections between the
Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean. Newsletter on Stratigraphy, 18 pp. doi:
10.1127/nos/2015/0057.
3. Di Stefano A., Foresi L.M., Incarbona A., Sproveri M.,
Vallefuoco M., Iorio M. Pelosi N., Di Stefano E., Sangiorgi P., Budillon F.
(2015) Mediterranean Coccolithophore Ecobiostratigraphy since the penultimate
Glacial (the last 145,000 years) and Ecobioevent Traceability. Marine
Micropaleontology, 115, 24–38, doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2014.12.002.
4. Panzera F., Lombardo G., Monaco C., Di Stefano A. (2015)
Seismic site effects observed on sediments and basaltic lavas outcropping in a
test site of Catania, Italy. Natural Hazard, accepted 22 May 2015.
5. Foresi L.M., Baldassini N., Sagnotti, L. Lirer, F., Di
Stefano A., Caricchi C., Verducci M., Salvatorini G., Mazzei R. (2014)
Integrated stratigraphy of the St. Thomas section (Malta Island): a reference
section for the lower Burdigalian of the Mediterranean Region. Marine
Micropaleontology, 111, 66–89, doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2014.06.004.
6. Lombardo G., Panzera F., Salamanca V. V., Sicali S.,
Baldassini N., Barreca G., Di Stefano A.,Monaco C., D’Amico S. (2014) Detailed
geophysical and geologic study in the Lampedusa Island: SIMIT Project. Atti 33°
Convegno Nazionale GNGTS (Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida),
Bologna 25-27 nov. 2014. Volume 2, 203-209, ISBN: 978-88-940442-2-5.
7. Di Stefano A., De Pietro R., Monaco C., Zanini A. (2013)
Anthropogenic influence on coastal evolution: a case history from the Simeto
River mouth (eastern Sicily, Italy). Ocean and Coastal management, 80, 133-148
doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.02.013.
8. Incarbona A., Sprovieri M., Di Stefano A., Di Stefano E.,
Salvagio Manta D., Pelosi N., Ribera d’Alcalà M., Sprovieri R., Ziveri P.
(2013) Productivity modes in the Mediterranean Sea during Dansgaard-Oeschger
(20,000-70,000 years ago) oscillations. Palaeog., Paleoc., Paleoec., 392,
128-137, doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.09.023.
9. Firetto Carlino M., Di Stefano A., Budillon F. (2013)
Seismic facies and seabed morphology in a tectonically controlled continental
shelf: the Augusta Bay (SE Sicily, Italy). Marine Geology, 335, 35–51. doi:
10.1016/j.margeo.2012.10.009
10. Ristuccia G.M., Di Stefano A., Gueli A.M., Monaco C., Stella
G., Troja S.O. (2013) OSL chronology of Quaternary terraces between Etna Mt.
and the Catania Plain (Sicily, southern Italy): Geodynamic implications.
Physics and Chemistry of Earth, 63, 36-46, doi: 10.1016/j.pce.2013.03.002.
11. Zecchin M., Civile D., Caffau M., Muto F., Di Stefano A.,
Maniscalco R., Critelli S. (2013) The Messinian succession of the Crotone Basin
(Southern Italy) I: Stratigraphic architecture reconstructed by seismic and
well data. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 48, 455-473, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.08.014.
12. Zecchin M., Caffau M., Di Stefano A., Maniscalco R., Lenaz
D., Civile D., Muto F., Critelli S. (2013) The Messinian succession of the
Crotone Basin (Southern Italy) II: Facies architecture and stratal surfaces
across the Miocene-Pliocene boundary. Marine and Petroleum Geol., 48, 474-492, doi:
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.08.013.
13. Longhitano S.G., Chiarella D., Di Stefano A., Messina C.,
Sabato L., Tropeano M. (2012) Tidal signatures in mixed Neogene-Quaternary
deposits of the Southern Apennine, Italy: implications for palaeogeographic
reconstructions. Sedimentary Geology, 279, 74-96,
doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.04.019.
14. Panzera F., Lombardo G., Monaco C., Di Stefano A., D’Amico
S. Galea P. (2012) Site effects on fault-zone: results from ambient noise
measurements. Atti 31° Convegno Nazionale GNGTS - Tema 2: Caratterizzazione
sismica del territorio, 214-220, ISBN: 978-88-902101-2-9.
15. Zecchin M., Caffau M., Civile D., Critelli S., Di Stefano
A., Maniscalco R., Muto F., Sturiale G., Roda C. (2012) The Plio-Pleistocene
evolution of the Crotone Basin (southern Italy): an interplay between
sedimentation, tectonics and eustasy in the frame of Calabrian Arc migration.
Earth Science Review, 115, 273-303; doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.10.005.
16. Di Stefano A., Verducci M., Maniscalco R., Speranza F.,
Foresi L.M. (2011) High–resolution stratigraphy of the Contrada Pesciarello
borehole succession (SE Sicily): a lower Langhian reference section for the
Mediterranean region. Stratigraphy, 8, 2-3, 111-124.
17. Di Stefano A., Verducci M., Cascella A., Iaccarino S.M.
(2011) Calcareous plankton events at the Early/Middle Miocene transition of
DSDP Hole 608: comparison with Mediterranean successions for the definition of
the Langhian GSSP. Stratigraphy, 8, 2-3, 145-161.
18. Iaccarino S.M., Di Stefano A., Foresi L.M., Turco E.,
Baldassini N., Cascella A., Da Prato S., Ferraro L., Gennari R., Hilgen F.J.,
Lirer F., Maniscalco R., Mazzei R., Riforgiato F., Russo B., Sagnotti L.,
Salvatorini G., Speranza F., Verducci M. (2011) High-resolution integrated
stratigraphy of the Mediterranean Langhian: Comparison with the historical
stratotype and new perspectives for the GSSP. Stratigraphy, 8, 2-3, 199-215.
19. Iaccarino S.M., Di Stefano A., Turco E. (2011) Progress
towards the definition of the Global Stratotype Section and Point of the
Langhian Stage. Stratigraphy, 8, 2-3, 85-87.
20. Longhitano S.G., Chiarella D., Di Stefano A., Messina C.,
Sabato L, Tropeano M. (2011) Neogene to Quaternary tidalmixed deposits of
southern Italy: implication for palaeogeographic reconstructions. Rend. online
Soc. Geol. It., 17, 123-128 ISSN: 2035-8008, doi: 0.3301/ROL.2011.38.
21. Martino C., Curcuruto E., Di Stefano A., Monaco C., Zanini
A. (2011) Fenomeni erosivi lungo il litorale di Marina di Butera (CL), Sicilia
centro-meridionale. Geologi di Sicilia, 3, 4-14.
22. Mourik, A.A., Abels H. A., Hilgen F. J., Di Stefano A.,
Zachariasse W. J. (2011) Improved astronomical age constraints for the Middle
Miocene Climate Transition based on high-resolution stable isotope records from
the central Mediterranean Maltese Islands. Paleoceanography, doi:
10.1029/2010PA001981.
23. Riforgiato F., Foresi L.M., Di Stefano A., Aldinucci M.,
Pelosi N., Mazzei R., Salvatorini G., Sandrelli F. (2011) The Miocene/Pliocene
boundary in the Mediterranean area: new insights from a high-resolution
micropaleontological and cyclostratigraphic study (Cava Serredi section,
Central Italy). Palaeog., Paleoc., Paleoec., 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.014.
24. Spampinato C.R., Costa B., Di Stefano A., Monaco C., Scicchitano
G. (2011) The contribution of tectonics to relative sea-level change during the
Holocene in south-eastern Sicily coastal area: new data from bore-holes.
Quaternary International, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.025.
25. Di Stefano A. (2010) Evaluating repetition in sedimentary
successions using high resolution integrated stratigraphy: an example in the
Lower Pliocene sequence of ODP Hole 975b. Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 116(1),
51-61.
26. Di Stefano A., Sturiale G. (2010) Refinements of calcareous nannofossil
biostratigraphy at the Miocene/Pliocene boundary in the Mediterranean region.
Geobios, 449, 5-20. ISSN: 0016-6995, doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2009.06.007.
27. Di Stefano A., Verducci M., Lirer F., Ferraro L., Iaccarino
S.M., Hüsing S.K., Hilgen F.J. (2010) Paleoenvironmental conditions preceding
the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Central Mediterranean: integrated data
from the Upper Miocene Trave section (Italy). Palaeog., Paleoc., Paleoec., doi:
10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.012.
28. Scicchitano G., Costa B., Di Stefano A., Monaco C.,
Longhitano S. (2010) Tsunami and storm deposits preserved within a ria-type
rocky coastal setting (Siracusa, SE Sicily). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie,
54, suppl. 3, 51-77, doi: 10.1127/0372-88542010005453-000.
Other Relevant Activities
1. Coordinator of the PhD School of Geological, Biological and
Environmental Science, University of Catania.
2. Responsible of the Erasmus Project and International
Activities of the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science,
University of Catania.
3. Member of the Regional Committee on Mediterranean Neogene
Stratigraphy(RCMNS) Executive Board(2010-2015).
4. Corresponding Member of the Subcommission on Neogene
Stratigraphy (International Commission on Stratigraphy).
5. Member of the Scientific Board of the Inter-Universities
Center “ST-Integrated Ocean Drilling Program,Italy” and Coordinator of the
Catania Unit.
Personal Website:
http://www.dipbiogeo.unict.it/distefano/