FABIO A. CAPITANIO
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Peer-reviewed Articles

20. Capitanio, F.A. and Replumaz A., 2013, Subduction and slab breakoff controls on Asian Indentation tectonics and Himalayan Western Syntaxis formation, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., doi: 10.1002/ ggge.20171

19. Aitken, A.R.A., Raimondo, T. and Capitanio, F.A., 2013, The intraplate character of supercontinent tectonics, Gondwana Res., doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.005

18. Capitanio, F.A., 2013, Lithospheric-age control on the migrations of oceanic convergent margins, Tectonophysics,593, 193-200

17. Faccenda, M. and Capitanio, F.A., 2013, Seismic anisotropy around subduction zones: in- sights from three-dimensional modeling of upper mantle deformation and SKS splitting calculations, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 14, doi:10.1029/2012GC004451

16. Capitanio, F.A. and Faccenda, M., 2012, Complex mantle flow around heterogeneous subducting oceanic plates, Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., 353-354, 29-37

15. Faccenda, M. and Capitanio, F.A., 2012, Development of mantle seismic anisotropy during subduction-induced 3-D flow, Geophys. Res. Let., 39, L11305, doi:10.1029/2012GL051988

14. Capitanio, F.A. and Morra, G., 2012, The bending mechanics in a dynamic subduction system: constraints from numerical modelling and global compilation analysis, Tectonophysics, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.003

13. Capitanio, F.A., Faccenna, C., Zlotnik, S. and Stegman, D.R., 2011. Subduction dynamics and the origin of Andean orogeny and Bolivian Orocline, Nature, 480, 83-86, doi: 10.1038/nature10596

12. Capitanio, F.A., Faccenna, C., Funiciello, R. and Salvini, F., 2011. Recent Tectonics of Tripolitania, Libya: An intraplate record of Mediterranean subduction, Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Pub. , 357, 319-328, doi: 10.1144/SP357.17

11. Goes, S., Capitanio, F.A., Morra, G., Seton, M. and Giardini, D., 2011, Signatures of downgoing plate-buoyancy driven subduction in Cenozoic plate motions, Phys. Earth Plan. Int., 184, 1-2, 1-13

10. Capitanio, F.A., Zlotnik, S. and Faccenna, C., 2010, Controls on subduction reorganization in the Hellenic margin, eastern Mediterranean, Geophys. Res. Let. , 37, L14309, doi:10.1029/2010GL044054

9. Capitanio, F.A., Morra, G., Goes, S., Weinberg, R.F. and Moresi, L., 2010, India-Asia convergence driven by the subduction of the Greater Indian continent, Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/NGEO725.

8. Stegman, D.R., Farrington, R., Capitanio, F.A. and Schellart, W.P., 2010, A Regime Diagram for Subduction Styles from 3-D Numerical Models of Free Subduction, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.041.

7. Capitanio, F.A., Stegman, D.R., Moresi, L.N. and Sharples, W., 2010, Upper plate controls on deep subduction, trench migrations and deformations at convergent margins, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.020.

6. Capitanio, F.A., Faccenna, C., and Funiciello, R., 2009, Opening of Sirte basin: Result of slab avalanche? Earth Plan. Sci. Let., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.019.

5. Capitanio, F.A., Morra, G., and Goes, S., 2009, Dynamics of plate bending at the trench and slab-plate coupling, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q04002, doi:10.1029/2008GC002348.

4. Goes, S., Capitanio, F.A. and Morra, G., 2008, Evidence of lower-mantle slab penetration phases in plate motions. Nature, 451, 981-984.

3. Capitanio, F.A., Goes, S., Morra, G., and Giardini, D., 2007, Signatures of downgoing plate-buoyancy driven subduction in motions and seismic coupling at major subduction zones, Earth Plan. Sci. Let., 262, 298-306. * This paper is RETRACTED

2. Capitanio, F.A., Morra, G., and Goes, S., 2007, Dynamic models of downgoing plate-buoyancy driven subduction: Subduction motions and energy dissipation, Earth Plan. Sci. Let., 262, 284-297.

1. Capitanio, F.A. and Goes, S., 2006, Mesozoic spreading kinematics: consequences for Cenozoic Central and Western Mediterranean subduction, Geophys. J. Int., 165, 804-816.