Sebastiano Imposa

                                                                                                                                                                             Bibliografia dal 2010

 

S. Grassi, C. Pirrotta, S. Imposa, G. Morreale, G.A. Quattrocchi (2026): Identification and Characterization of Creep-Capable Faults Using Advanced HVSR Processing: Implications for Seismic Microzonation (Etna, Italy), Geosciences, 16 (7); 248

S. Grassi, G. Morreale, G., Giudice, D. Messina, G.A. Quattrocchi, P. Monforte, S. Imposa (2026):  Advanced geophysical data analysis and 3D surveys for the detection and characterization of volcanic and karstic caves. Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment, 42,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2026.102101.

 

Zingaro, M., Capolongo, D., Monforte, P., Imposa, S., Cirrincione, R., Punturo, R., ... & Scicchitano, G. (2026). Using the Sediment Flow Connectivity Index to assess the environmental risk of naturally occurring fluoro-edenite: the unique case of Biancavilla (Italy). Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria, 49(1), 45-56.

 

Pirrotta, C., Gueli, A. M., Trigona, C., Pappalardo, E., & Imposa, S. (2025). Dynamic Characterization and Soil–Structure Interaction (SSI) of Heritage Buildings: The Case of the Norman Castle of Aci Castello (Sicily, Italy). Heritage, 8(12), 538.

Morreale, G., Grassi, S., Araque-Pérez, C.J., Gilotti, A., Lanteri, R., Storaci, E., Teixidó, T. and Imposa, S., 2025. Integration of Geophysical Methods to Obtain a Geoarchaeological Model of the Santa Lucia di Mendola Site (Southeastern Sicily—Italy). Applied Sciences, 15(22), p.12335.

 

Morreale, G., Grassi, S., Araque-Pérez, C. J., Teixidó, T., & Imposa, S. (2025). High-Resolution GPR Surveys to Investigate the Internal Structure of Pillars Inside the Cathedral of San Giorgio in Ragusa Ibla (Sicily, Italy). Remote Sensing, 17(22), 3710.

 

Pirrotta, C., Trigona, C., Imposa, S., Mancuso, B., Pinto, V., & Gueli, A. M. (2025, June). Damping Analysis and Ongoing Kinetic Effects at the Castello Ursino Museum (Italy). In 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Living Environment (MetroLivEnv) (pp. 100-104). IEEE.

 

Morreale, G., Grassi, S., Messina, D., Monforte, P., Giudice, G., Quattrocchi, G., & Imposa, S. (2025, April). DC resistivity surveys compared to direct 3D surveys methods to characterize underground cavities in eastern Sicily (Italy). In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU25-8531).

 

Grassi, S., Imposa, S., & Morreale, G. (2025). Passive Seismic Surveys for a Simplified Experimental Dynamic Characterization of the Messina Bell Tower (Sicily, Italy). Applied Sciences, 15(9), 4973.

 

Pirrotta, C., Gueli, A. M., Trigona, C., & Imposa, S. (2025). Coherence Analysis for Vibration Monitoring Under High Variability Conditions: Constraints for Cultural Heritage Preventive Conservation. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 14(2), 45.

 

Trigona, C., Pirrotta, C., Imposa, S., Mancuso, B., Pinto, V., & Gueli, A. M. (2025, February). Exploiting Persistent Vibration Phenomena and MEMS Conversion Effects at the Castello Ursino Museum (Sicily, Italy). In 2025 IEEE 22nd International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD) (pp. 1329-1333). IEEE.

 

Barreca, G., Pepe, F., Sulli, A., Morreale, G., Gambino, S., Morticelli, M. G., ... & Imposa, S. (2025). Deformed archaeological remains at Lilybaeum in Western Sicily (southern Italy): possible ground signatures of a missed large earthquake. Natural Hazards, 121(3), 3099-3122.   Pirrotta, C., Gueli, A. M., Imposa, S., Salerno, G. A., & Trigona, C. (2024). Vibration Analysis at Castello Ursino Picture Gallery (Sicily, Italy) for the Implementation of Self-Generating AlN-MEMS Sensors. Sensors, 24(17), 5617.   Gueli, A. M., Imposa, S., Mancuso, B., Pinto, V., Pirrotta, C., Politi, G., ... & Trigona, C. (2024, April). Castello Ursino Museum's Structural Monitoring Enhanced by Self-Energized Solutions. In 2024 21st International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD) (pp. 292-297). IEEE.   Imposa, S., Grassi, S., Morreale, G., Pirrotta, C., Cavalier, L., Gilotti, A., ... & Calio, L. M. (2024). New discovery of an ancient building in Akragas (Valley of Temples, Agrigento, Italy) through the integration of geophysical surveys. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 53, 104368.

Grassi, S., Morreale, G., Lanteri, R., Gilotti, A., Latino, F., Di Raimondo, S., & Imposa, S. (2023). Integration of Geophysical Survey Data for the Identification of New Archaeological Remains in the Subsoil of the Akrai Greek Site (Sicily, Italy). Heritage, 6(2), 979-992

 

Imposa, G., Grassi, S., Barontini, A., Morreale, G., Russo, S., Lourenço, P. B., & Imposa, S. (2023). Extended tromograph surveys for a full experimental characterisation of the San Giorgio Cathedral in Ragusa (Italy). Sensors, 23(2), 889.

Imposa, S., Cuomo, M., Contrafatto, L., Mineo, S., Grassi, S., Li Rosi, D., Barbano, M.S., Morreale, G., Galasso, M. and Pappalardo, G. (2023). Engineering Geological and Geophysical Studies Supporting Finite Element Analysis of Historical Buildings after Dynamic Identification. Geosciences, 13(3), p.84.

Giacomo Imposa, Sabrina Grassi 2, Alberto Barontini, Gabriele Morreale, Salvatore Russo, Paulo B. Lourenço and S. Imposa (2023).  Extended Tromograph Surveys for a Full Experimental Characterisation of the San Giorgio Cathedral in Ragusa (Italy).  Sensors 2023, 23, 889. https:// doi.org/10.3390/s23020889.

 

Sabrina Grassi, Gabriele Morreale, Rosa Lanteri, Angelo Gilotti, Federico Latino, Saro Di Raimondo and S. Imposa (2023). Integration of Geophysical Survey Data for the Identification of New Archaeological Remains in the Subsoil of the Akrai Greek Site (Sicily, Italy).  Heritage, 6, 979–992. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/heritage6020055.

 

Sabrina Grassi, Giorgio De Guidi, Graziano Patti1, Fabio Brighenti, Francesco Carnemolla, S. Imposa (2022). 3D subsoil reconstruction of a mud volcano in central Sicily by means of geophysical surveys. Acta Geophysica, 70, pages1083–1102, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-022-00774-y.

 

Salvatore Alparone, Alessandro Bonforte, Salvatore Gambino, Sabrina Grassi, Francesco Guglielmino, Federico Latino, Gabriele Morreale, Graziano Patti, Laura Privitera, Francesco Obrizzo, Andrea Ursino and S. Imposa (2022). Characterization of an Active Fault through a Multiparametric Investigation: The Trecastagni Fault and Its Relationship with the Dynamics of Mt. Etna Volcano (Sicily, Italy). Remote Sens. 14, 4760. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14194760.

 

Sabrina Grassi, Maria Serafina Barbano, Claudia Pirrotta, Gabriele Morreale and S. Imposa (2022).  Seismic Soil–Structure Interaction of Three Historical Buildings at the University of Catania (Sicily, Italy). Heritage, 5, 3562–3587.https://doi.org/10.3390/ heritage5040185

 

Patti, G., Grassi, S., Morreale, G., Corrao, M., & Imposa, S. (2021). Geophysical surveys integrated with rainfall data analysis for the study of soil piping phenomena occurred in a densely urbanized area in eastern Sicily. Natural Hazards, 108(3), 2467-2492.

 

Grassi, S., Patti, G., Tiralongo, P., Imposa, S., & Aprile,D. (2021). Applied geophysics to support the cultural heritage safeguard: A quick and non-invasive method to evaluate the dynamic response of a great historical interest building. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 189, 104321.

 

Caielli, G., de Franco, R., Di Fiore, V., Albarello, D., Catalano, S., Pergalani, F., Cavuoto, G., Cercato, M., Compagnoni, M., Facciorusso, J., Famiani, D., Ferri, F., Imposa, S., Martini, G., Pacello, A., Paolucci, E., Passeri, F., Piscitelli, S., Puzzilli, L.M.  & Vassallo, M. (2020). Extensive surface geophysical prospecting for seismic microzonation. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 18(12), 5475-5502.

 

Pappalardo, G., Mineo, S., Imposa, S., Grassi, S., Leotta, A., La Rosa, F., & Salerno, D. (2020). A quick combined approach for the characterization of a cliff during a post-rockfall emergency. Landslides, 17(5), 1063-1081.

 

Grassi, S., Imposa, S., Patti, G., Boso, D., Lombardo, G., & Panzera, F. (2019). Geophysical surveys for the dynamic characterization of a cultural heritage building and its subsoil: The S. Michele Arcangelo Church (Acireale, eastern Sicily). Journal of Cultural Heritage, 36, 72-84.

 

Catalano, S., Grassi, S., Imposa, S., Tortorici, G., Cavuoto, G., Di Fiore, V., ... & Romagnoli, G. (2019). The subsoil model for seismic microzonation study: The interplay between geology, geophysics and geotechnical engineering. In Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering for Protection and Development of Environment and Constructions (pp. 948-959). CRC Press.

 

D’Amico, S., Imposa, S., Panzera, F., Lombardo, G., Betti, M., Muscat, R., ... & Grassi, S. (2017, October). Evaluating dynamic behavior of historical buildings through ambient seismic noise measurement and numerical modelling. In Proceedings of IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Lecce, Italy.

 

Tortorici, G., Romagnoli, G., Grassi, S., Imposa, S., Lombardo, G., Panzera, F., & Catalano, S. (2019). Quaternary negative tectonic inversion along the Sibillini Mts. thrust zone: the Arquata del Tronto case history (Central Italy). Environmental earth sciences, 78(1), 1-12.

Imposa, S., Grassi, S., Di Raimondo, S., Patti, G., Lombardo, G., & Panzera, F. (2018). Seismic refraction tomography surveys as a method for voids detection: an application to the archaeological park of Cava Ispica, Sicily, Italy. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 12(5), 806-815.

 

Imposa S., Grassi S., Patti G., Boso D. (2018). New data on buried archaeological ruins in Messina area (Sicily[1]Italy) from a ground penetrating radar survey. Journal of  archaeological Science: Reports, 17, 358-365.

 

S. Imposa, S. Grassi, F. Fazio, G. Rannisi, P. Cino (2017). Geophysical surveys to study a landslidebody (northeastern Sicily). Nat Hazards, 86:S327–S343.

S. Imposa, F. Panzera, S. Grassi, G. Lombardo, S. Catalano, G. Romagnoli, G. Tortorici (2017). Geophysical and geologic surveys of the areas struck by the August 26th 2016 Central Italy earthquake: The study case of Pretare and Piedilama. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 145, 17–27.

S. Imposa, S. Grassi, G. De Guidi, F. Battaglia, G. Lanaia, S. Scudero (2016). 3D Subsoil Model of the San Biagio ‘Salinelle’ Mud Volcanoes (Belpasso, Sicily) derived from Geophysicaln Surveys. Surv. Geophys., 37(6):1117–1138. DOI 10.1007/s10712-016-9380-4

G. Pappalardo, S. Imposa, S. Mineo, S. Grassi (2016). Evaluation of the stability of a rock cliff by means of geophysical and geomechanical surveys in a cultural heritage site (south-eastern Sicily). Italian Journal of Geosciences, 135(3):308-323. DOI:10.3301/IJG.2015.31

 

Imposa, S., De Guidi, G., Grassi, S., Scudero, S., Barreca, G., Patti, G., & Boso, D. (2015). Applying geophysical techniques to investigate a segment of a creeping fault in the urban area of San Gregorio di Catania, southern flank of Mt. Etna (Sicily - Italy). Journal of Applied Geophysics, 123, 153-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.10.008   S. Imposa, S. Grassi (2015). Georadar survey inside the Santa Maria Maggiore Church of Ispica (Sicily-Italy) – Environmental Earth Sciences, 73(5):1939-1949.   De Guidi, G. Barberi, G. Barreca, V. Bruno, F. Cultrera, S. Grassi, S. Imposa, M. Mattia, C. Monaco, L. Scarfì, S. Scudero (2015). Geological, seismological and geodetic evidence of active thrusting and folding south of Mt. Etna (eastern Sicily): Revaluation of “seismic efficiency” of the Sicilian Basal Thrust. Journal of Geodynamics, 90:32-41. DOI:10.1016/j.jog.2015.06.001

Imposa S, Mele G., Corrao M., Coco G. (2015). Borehole seismic surveys for the mechanical and seismic characterization of a calcareous cliff in the area of Ispica (southeastern Sicily). Bulletin Of Engineering Geology and the Environment, vol. 74, p. 971-980, ISSN: 1435-9529, doi: 10.1007/s10064-014-0683-8.

 

Salvatore Scudero, Giorgio De Guidi, Imposa S, Gilda Currenti (2015). Modelling the long-term deformation of the sedimentary substrate of Mt. Etna volcano (Italy). Terra Nova, vol. 27, p. 338-345, ISSN: 1081-0749, doi: 10.1111/ter.12165

 

Imposa S, Mele G., Corrao M., Coco G., Battaglia G. (2014). Characterization of decay in the wooden roof of the S. Agata church of Ragusa Ibla (southern Sicily) by means of sonic tomography and resistograph penetration tests. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, vol. 8, p. 213-223, ISSN: 1558-3058, doi: 10.1080/15583058.2012.685924

 

De Guidi G., Imposa S, Scudero S., Palano M. (2014). New evidence for Late Quaternary surface deformation of the substratum of Mt. Etna(Sicily, Italy): clues indicate active crustal doming. Bulletin of Volcanology, vol. 76, p. 1-13, ISSN: 0258-8900, doi: 10.1007/s00445-014-0816-8

 

L. Scarfì, R. Raffaele, G. Badi, J. M. Ibanez, Imposa S, M. Araujo and N. Sabbione (2012). Seismotectonic features from accurate hypocentre location in Southern Central Andes (Western Argentina). Tectonophysics, vol. 518, p. 44-54, ISSN: 0040-1951, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.11.009

 

Imposa S, Barone F, Bella D, Cristaldi M, Gresta S (2011). A procedure to estimate the seismic hazard in an urban area: an application to Acireale (Eastern Sicily). Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 64, p. 1777-1786, ISSN: 1866-6280, doi: 10.1007/s12665-011-0991-2.

 

Carveni P, Mele G, Benfatto S, Imposa S, Salleo Puntillo M (2011). Chronicle of the 1865, NE flank eruption of Mt. Etna and geomorphologic survey of the Mts. Sartorius area. Bulletin of Volcanology, vol. 73, p. 1155-1162, ISSN: 0258-8900, doi: 10.1007/s00445-011-0497-5

 

Imposa S, Mele G (2011). Georadar survey inside the S.Agata Cathedral of Catania (eastern Sicily). International Journal of Architectural Heritage, vol. 5, p. 188-197, ISSN: 1558-3058, doi: 10.1080/15583050903487625

 

P. Carveni , G. Mele, S. Benfatto, Imposa S, M.S.Puntillo (2011). Lava trees and tree molds (“cannon stones”) of Mt. Etna. Bulletin of Volcanology, vol. 73, p. 633-638, ISSN: 0258-8900, doi: 10.1007/s00445-011-0446-3

 

P. Carveni, S. Benfatto, Imposa S, R. Maniscalco, Salleo Puntillo M and G. Sturiale (2011). Review of historical earthquakes and survey of active faults in the San Leonardello graben area,Mt. Etna (Sicily). Contributions to Geophysics & Geodesy, vol. 41, p. 1-18, ISSN: 1335-2806, doi: 10.2478/v10126-011-0001-4

 

R. Raffaele, L. Scarfì, M. Sapin, M. Laigle, P. Charvis, Diaz J, Imposa S (2011). Seismic activity in central lesser antilles subduction zone from a combined on-/offshore network. Acta Vulcanologica, vol. 23 (1-2), p. 33-36, ISSN: 1121-9114.

 

Imposa S, M. Corrao, Barone F., Coco G., R. Occhipinti, Mozzicato P. (2010). Geostructural and geognostic survey for a stability analysis of the calcareous cliff of Ispica (Hyblean plateau, southeastern Sicily). Bulletin of Engineering Geology and The Environment, vol. 69, 2, p. 247-256, ISSN: 1435-9529, doi: 10.1007/s10064-009-0257-3

 

Imposa S (2010). Infrared thermography and Georadar techniques applied to the “Sala delle Nicchie” (Niches Hall) of Palazzo Pitti, Florence (Italy). Journal of Cultural Heritage, vol. 11, p. 259-264, ISSN: 1296-2074