Dr Marco Maffione

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School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor in Earth Sciences

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 4181
Email
m.maffione@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Marco Maffione is a field geologist interested in global tectonics and large-scale tectonics processes operating at plate boundaries, including subduction initiation, ocean spreading, and deformation of orogenic systems. Since 2010 his research has focused on ophiolites, which he investigated in various locations, including Turkey, Cyprus, Albania, Greece, Oman, Canada and Tibet. He specialises in palaeomagnetism, structural geology, magnetostratigraphy, and magnetic fabrics. He is one of the managers for the PUMA paleomagnetic laboratory at Birmingham.

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (University 麻豆精选)  
  • BSc+MSc in Geology (University of Roma Tre, Rome)
  • PhD in Geophysics (University of Bologna, Bologna)

Teaching

Dr Marco Maffione teaches on the following topics:

  • Atoms to Volcanoes
  • Earth Materials
  • Structural Geology
  • Earth Structures & Tectonics
  • Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
  • Introductory Field & Research Skills
  • Spain field course
  • SW England field course

Research

My research revolves around the broad field of tectonics. I investigate large-scale tectonic processes occurring at plate boundaries, including detachment faulting at mid-ocean ridges, subduction initiation mechanisms, the formation of mountain belts, and the origin of ophiolites. I use geophysical (paleomagnetic and magnetic fabric),聽structural geological, petrological,聽stratigraphic, and geochemical聽constraints to perform kinematic and paleogeographic reconstructions and develop tectonic models that can explain how fundamental processes of plate tectonics work.

Other activities

Dr Marco Maffione has participated as operation scientist (paleomagnetist) in two International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) expeditions, the “Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc Origins” (Exp. 351 – 2014), and “Corinth Active Rift Development” (Exp. 381 – 2018).

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Knight, H, Stevenson, C, Maffione, M, McCarthy, W, Burton-Johnston, A & Lawrence, A 2024, '', Tektonika, no. 2, pp. 181-208.

Guilmette, C, van Hinsbergen, DJJ, Smit, MA, Godet, A, Fournier-Roy, F, Butler, JP, Maffione, M, Li, S & Hodges, K 2023, '', Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 4, no. 1, 339.

Montheil, L, Philippon, M, Cornee, J-J, BouDagher-Fedel, M, van Hinsbergen, D, Camps, P, Maffione, M, Audemard, F, Brons, B, van der Looij, K & Munch, P 2023, '', Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 135, no. 5-6, pp. 1566-1586.

Maffione, M & Herrero-bervera, E 2022, '', Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 10, 813958.

Lawrence, A, Maffione, M & Stevenson, C 2022, '', Scottish Journal of Geology, vol. 58, no. 1, sjg2021-018.

Maffione, M & Morris, A 2022, '', Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, vol. 23, no. 10, e2022GC010598.

van Hinsbergen, D, Steinberger, B, Guilmette, C, Maffione, M, G眉rer, D, Peters, K, Plunder, A, McPhee, PJ, Gaina, C, Advokaat, E, Vissers, RLM & Spakman, W 2021, '', Nature Geoscience, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 626-630.

Cullen, T, Collier, RE, Hodgson, D, Gawthorpe, R, Kouli, K, Maffione, M, Kranis, H & Eliassen, G 2021, '', Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 9, 715304.

van Hinsbergen, D, Torsvik, T, Schmid, S, Matenco, L, Maffione, M, Vissers, RLM, G眉rer, D & Spakman, W 2020, '', Gondwana Research, vol. 81, pp. 79-229.

Mcneill, LC, Shillington, DJ, Carter, GDO, Everest, JD, Gawthorpe, RL, Miller, C, Phillips, MP, Collier, REL, Cvetkoska, A, De Gelder, G, Diz, P, Doan, M, Ford, M, Geraga, M, Gillespie, J, Hemelsda毛l, R, Herrero-bervera, E, Ismaiel, M, Janikian, L, Kouli, K, Le Ber, E, Li, S, Maffione, M, Mahoney, C, Machlus, ML, Michas, G, Nixon, CW, Oflaz, SA, Omale, AP, Panagiotopoulos, K, Pechlivanidou, S, Sauer, S, Seguin, J, Sergiou, S, Zakharova, NV & Green, S 2019, '', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, 3116.

Van Hinsbergen, DJJ, Maffione, M, Koornneef, LMT & Guilmette, C 2019, '', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 518, pp. 183-196.

Guilmette, C, Smit, M, van Hinsbergen, D, G眉rer, D, Corfu, F, Charette, B, Maffione, M, Rabeau, O & Savard, D 2018, '', Nature Geoscience, vol. 11, pp. 688-695.

McPhee, PJ, van Hinsbergen, D, Maffione, M & Altiner, D 2018, '', Tectonics, vol. 37.

Maffione, M & van Hinsbergen, DJJ 2018, '', Tectonics.

Maffione, M, van Hinsbergen, D, de Gelder, G, van der Goes, F & Morris, A 2017, '', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 122, pp. 3953鈥�3976.