Marco Giardino

Mr. Marco Giardino
Earth Science Department
University of Turin
Via Valperga Caluso, 35
IT-10125 Torino, I
Italy


Phone: +39 11 670 51 64
Fax: +39 11 670 51 68
E-mail: marco.giardino(at)unito.it
URL Institution: www.unito.it
Personal URL: link


Additional functions:
Marco Giardino - marco.giardino@unito.it
Associate Professor in Applied Geomorphology
University of Torino -Dept. of Earth Sciences

Scientific activities coordinator
Sesia Val Grande UNESCO Global Geopark
www.sesiavalgrandegeopark.it

co-chair Working Group on Landform Geodiversity
IAG - International Association of Geomorphologists
www.geomorph.org/geodiversity-working-group/

Direction Committee UNESCO Chair
in Sustainable Development and Territory Management
http://www.unescochair.it/en/about-us.html




Key Publications of Marco Giardino (up to ten) :
1. Roberti, G., Ward, B., van Wyk de Vries, B, Friele, P, Perotti, L, Clague, J.J., Giardino, M. (2018) Precursory slope distress prior to the 2010 Mount Meager landslide, British Columbia, Landslides, Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 637-647.
2. Colombo, N., Salerno, F., Gruber, S., Freppaz, M., Williams, M., Fratianni, S., Giardino, M (2018) Review: Impacts of permafrost degradation on inorganic chemistry of surface fresh water. Global and Planetary Change, Volume 162, March 2018, Pages 69-83.
3. Zwoli?ski Z., Najwer A., Giardino M. (2018) Methods for Assessing Geodiversity. In: Reynard E. & Brilha J. (Edts.) Geoheritage: assessment, protection and management, Chapter 2, 27-52. ISBN 978-0-12-809531-7, Elsevier, Amsterdam
4. Roberti, G.., Friele, P., van Wyk de Vries, B., Ward, B., Clague, J.J., Perotti, L., Giardino, M. (2017) Rheological evolution of the Mount Meager 2010 debris avalanche, Southwestern British Columbia Geosphere, Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 1-22
5. Giardino M, Mortara G, Chiarle M (2017) The glaciers of the Valle d’Aosta and Piemonte regions: records of present and past environmental and climate changes. In: Soldati M, Marchetti M (eds) Landscapes and landforms of Italy. Springer, Cham, pp 77–88.
6. Salvatore M.C., Zanoner T., Baroni C., Carton A., Banchieri F.A., Viani C., Giardino M, Perotti L. (2015) The state of Italian glaciers: a snapshot of the 2006-2007 hydrological period. Geogr. Fis. Dinam. Quat. 38 (2015), 175-198. DOI 10.4461/GFDQ.2015.38.16.
7. Deline O., Gruber S., Delaloye R., Fischer L., Geertsema M., Giardino M., Hasler A., Kirkbride M., Krautblatter M., Magnin F., McColl S., Ravanel L., Schoeneich P. (2015) Ice loss and slope stability in high-mountain regions. In: Shroder J. F., Haeberli W. and Whiteman C. (Eds) Snow and Ice-related Hazards, Risks and Disasters, pp 521-561, Elsevier.
8. Marco Giardino; Giovanni Mortara; Lisa Borgatti; Olivia Nesci; Cristiano Guerra; Corrado Claudio Luc... (2015) Dynamic Geomorphology and Historical Iconography. Contributions to the Knowledge of Environmental Changes and Slope Instabilities in the Apennines and the Alps. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-09408-3_81. pp.463-468. In Preservation of Cultural Heritage - ISBN:9783319094083 vol. 8
9. Marco Giardino (2013). Debris Avalanche. In: (a cura di): P. Bobrowsky, Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards. vol. 84, p. 145-149, Heidelberg:Springer-Verlag Berlin, ISBN: 9789048186990
10. Pogliotti P., Cremonese E., Morra di Cella U., Gruber S. & Giardino M. (2008). Thermal diffusivity variability in Alpine Permafrost Rockwalls, In: Kane D.L. & Hinkel K.M. (eds) Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, p. 1427-1432.





Expertise of Marco Giardino:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Expert Type
	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic Cryosphere	Cryosphere
	Glaciers
	Permafrost / Solifluction
Topic Lithosphere	Lithosphere
Topic Sustainability	Sustainability
Time Frame	Time Frame
	Past
	Past: Historical / Archeological
	Recent / Today
Time Scale	Time Scale
	Decadal / Centennial
	Millenial
	100 kyr
Methods	Data Collection
	Data Collection - Documents, Archives
Mountain Research Initiative	MRI Research area
	Sustainable land use and natural resources management
	MRI Regions (please tick your mountain regions of interest)
	Europe (including Eastern Europe)
	North America

Specialties of Marco Giardino:
Specialized in the study of the Alps, and in particular of their recent evolution and natural hazards due to climate and tectonic conditions; he also analyzes Geodiversity and Geoheritage to develop effective strategies of geoconservation.

Last update: 12/21/18
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)

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