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Sarnacchiaro, Gennaro. "I Depositi Tardo Quaternari del Banco della Montagna, golfo di Napoli." Thesis, Istituto per L'Ambiente Marino Costiero CNR, 1999. http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/3045/1/tesi.PDF.
Full textSacchi, Marco. "Late Miocene evolution of western Pannonian basin, Hungary." Thesis, Istituto di Ricerca Geomare Sud, 2001. http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/7560/1/Sacchi_PhD_thesis_Late_Miocene_evolution_of_westwrn_Pannonian_basin%2C_Hungary.pdf.
Full textValotto, Gabrio <1980>. "Tecniche fisiche di indagine e loro potenziale applicazione in tematiche attinenti alle scienze della Terra." Doctoral thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/989.
Full textThe main objective of this PhD thesis is to use, exploring their potential, some physical techniques of investigation not covered in the usual experimental research in Earth Sciences (XPS, EXAFS, IBIL). Some samples of road dust were characterized, collected inside the ventilation air shaft of Traforo del San Bernardo tunnel, which is an ideal sampling site to study particulate from motor vehicles. These samples were also analyzed with the techniques ICP-OES, ICP-MS, as well as with a standard sedigraphic technique.
Angelica, Carmelo. "Potenziale sismogenetico dell'Italia, da dati sismici e geodetici." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1085.
Full textSicali, Simona. "Caratterizzazione sismica dell area etnea tramite l analisi della distribuzione spazio-temporale degli intertempi." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1576.
Full textPavano, Francesco. "Riconoscimento, caratterizzazione cinematica e valutazione dei tassi di deformazione di strutture tettoniche tardo quaternarie lungo il confine meridionale dell Arco Calabro." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1567.
Full textLeonardi, Chiara Giuseppa Elena. "Innovative technologies of phytoremediation for contaminated soils." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3937.
Full textScudero, Salvatore. "Analisi dei processi morfotettonici finalizzata alla mappatura della pericolosità geologica in un settore dell arco calabro meridionale." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1328.
Full textFichera, Giusj Valentina. "Caratterizzazione e studi di provenienza delle malte della Villa dei Quintili (Roma)." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1355.
Full textSpina, Laura. "Investigation on Mt. Etna dynamics by seismic and acoustic signals (August 2007 December 2010)." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1566.
Full textPellegrino, Alessandra Giovanna. "Understanding block rotation along strike-slip fault zones in Yunnan (China): paleomagnetic and structural approach." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4133.
Full textRaffaele, Rosario Mario. "Seismic strutture of subduction zone of the lesser antille." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1256.
Full textCastellini, Luisa. "L'opera d'arte contemporanea sacra nella cultura dell'occidente cristiano." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1193.
Full textLanzafame, Gabriele Natale. "Influenza delle condizioni vulcaniche e ipoabissali nei processi di nucleazione e crescita delle fasi cristalline." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1354.
Full textBellini, Benedetta. "Analisi geologico-tecnica della frana di Molino Ghizzoni (Riola di Vergato)." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/19314/.
Full textPanzera, Francesco. "Approaches to earthquake scenarios validation using seismic site response." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1084.
Full textSpampinato, Cecilia Rita. "Metodi di analisi delle deformazioni verticali lungo aree costiere della Sicilia orientale e Calabria meridionale." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1086.
Full textSacco, Valentina. "Le miloniti dell'unità di Castagna: studio petrologico-strutturale ed implicazioni geodinamiche." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/986.
Full textZuppetta, Adriano. "Processi di fagliamento nei livelli crostali superficiali e valutazione del potenziale sismogenetico in Appennino molisano-sannita: La conca di Bojano." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1569.
Full textVisalli, Roberto. "Innovative numerical petrological methods for definition of metamorphic timescale events of southern European Variscan relicts via thermodynamic and diffusion modelling of zoned garnets." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4089.
Full textAquilia, Erica. "Caratterizzazione petro-archeometrica delle ceramiche greco-romane provenienti dai siti di Gela, Francavilla, Adrano e Siracusa: gruppi di riferimento e livello tecnologico." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/988.
Full textMusumeci, Carla. "Crustal structure and dynamics in southeastern Sicily (Italy) by using seismological data." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1329.
Full textSciotto, Mariangela. "Insights into eruption dynamics and shallow plumbing system of MT. Etna by infrasound and seismic signals." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1327.
Full textRistuccia, Gloria Maria. "Geochronology of terraced coastal deposits in Calabria and eastern Sicily: tectonic implications." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1326.
Full textGiuffrida, Marisa. "Magma storage, ascent and degassing histories traced by textures and chemical zoning in crystals: application to the C02-Rich basaltic system of Mt. Etna Volcano." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3632.
Full textSugan, Monica. "Metodologie geofisiche integrate ed esperimenti di analogue modelling per lo studio e la correlazione terra-mare della faglia nord anatolica." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trieste, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10077/2710.
Full textL'importanza di un modello geologico-strutturale condiviso dalla comunità scientifica relativo alla Faglia Nord Anatolica (FNA) è essenziale sia per la formulazione dei modelli di stima del rischio sismico che per la formulazione dell’evoluzione tettonica dell’area. Tuttavia, i numerosi studi finora pubblicati nella letteratura internazionale non forniscono una soluzione certa e condivisa ai problemi che riguardano la relazione tra il bacino del Mare di Marmara e la FNA, le modalità di segmentazione e l’età stessa della faglia. In questo Lavoro, lo studio della FNA è stato approfondito per l’area del Bacino di Cinarcik, nel Mare di Marmara e la zona della Penisola di Hersek, nel Golfo di Izmit. Lo scopo della Tesi è di ricostruire il quadro geologico-strutturale nella porzione della FNA collocata presso la Penisola di Hersek, tramite la correlazione dei dati geologici/geofisici acquisiti a terra e a mare, e di contribuire alla definizione del modello tettonico della FNA nel Bacino di Cinarcik, tramite la realizzazione di esperimenti di analogue modelling 2D e 3D. Gli esperimenti di analogue modelling sono stati condotti simulando un regime prevalentemente transtensivo, considerando che il Mare di Marmara si trova in una zona di transizione tra un regime trascorrente puro, che caratterizza la FNA ad Est, e un regime prettamente distensivo ad Ovest, nel Mare Egeo. Gli esperimenti, che simulano transtensione e step-over della faglia a diverso angolo, dimostrano che i bacini di pull-apart sono caratterizzati da una subsidenza che interessa l’intero centro del bacino, dalla presenza di faglie en-echelon che bordano i margini del bacino e che tendono a riunirsi all’aumentare della dislocazione orizzontale e che le Principal Displacement Zone (PDZ) presentano graben superficiali, la cui origine è legata proprio alla componente estensionale del sistema. All’aumentare della dislocazione orizzontale la PDZ diventa più ampia mentre nel bacino si genera una faglia trascorrente che collega i margini delle PDZ. L’analisi delle pendenze dei margini dei bacini ha evidenziato un generale aumento della pendenza dei piani di faglia all’aumentare della dislocazione orizzontale. I dati 3D hanno permesso di riconoscere l’evoluzione delle faglie e l’asimmetria dei bacini, caratterizzati da una tipica forma a “V” o “U” per le sezioni considerate. I risultati dei modelli sono stati confrontati con i dati disponibili in letteratura relativi al Bacino di Cinarcik. In particolare sono state valutate la similitudine geometrica sia in pianta che in sezione, la congruenza tra gli stili deformativi e l’assetto strutturale generale. Il modello con componente transtensiva (5°) e step-over a 45°, dopo 5-8 cm di spostamento orizzontale, ha generato un bacino di pull-apart con caratteristiche simili, alla scala 10-5, a quelle riportate in letteratura per il Bacino di Cinarcik. La stima della deformazione orizzontale necessaria alla formazione di un bacino di pull-apart con le caratteristiche del Bacino di Cinarcik, ha permesso di stimare l’età della FNA in quest’area, pari a circa 210.000 – 330.000 anni, ottenuta assumendo dalla letteratura una velocità di spostamento tra le placche pari a 24 mm/a. I profili sismici, acquisiti a terra presso la Penisola di Hersek, hanno permesso di evidenziare distintamente delle strutture compressive nel settore settentrionale della penisola, compatibili con un andamento E-O della FNA ed un bending di 7°-8° in quest’area. Le simulazioni numeriche della deformazione, realizzate per valutare la consistenza tra la morfologia individuata a terra e a mare, le strutture subsuperficiali ricostruite dai dati geofisici ed i modelli evolutivi proposti sulla base dell’interpretazione integrata dei dati geologici e geofisici, hanno mostrato la consistenza del modello proposto. L’interpretazione dei dati geomorfologici, geologico-geofisici, i risultati delle simulazioni numeriche, nonché le conoscenze acquisite sull’evoluzione dei sistemi trascorrenti attraverso la realizzazione degli esperimenti di analogue modelling, hanno permesso di formulare un’ipotesi evolutiva della Penisola di Hersek a partire dal Pleistocene. Secondo tale ipotesi l’attuale penisola è il risultato di un sistema complesso, costituito dalla congiunzione tra il delta del fiume Yalakdere a Sud ed un seamount a Nord, ora rappresentato dall’alto strutturale della collina di Dedeler. In particolare, il paleo-fiume Yalakdere avrebbe iniziato la progradazione verso Nord 200.000 anni or sono, in seguito all’innalzamento della Penisola di Armutlu e dell’apertura dei Bacini Occidentale, Centrale ed Orientale, quali bacini di pull-apart. Durante il Pleistocene ha iniziato a svilupparsi una faglia con andamento a grande scala E-O. Nella zona di Hersek la faglia ha formato un restraining bending di circa 7°-8° che ha provocato innalzamento a Nord della faglia e abbassamento a Sud-Est. A Ovest di Hersek il movimento trascorrente principale è stato accomodato dal nuovo ramo settentrionale principale della faglia (85-90%), mentre la deformazione è stata accomodata a Sud da più rami con la formazione di aree di traspressione e alti strutturali. Anche la zona a Nord del ramo principale della faglia in corrispondenza del punto di massima curvatura (bending) ha subito un sollevamento, che ha la sua attuale espressione morfologica nella collina di Dedeler. Il fiume Yalakdere ha poi accresciuto il suo delta fino a raggiungere tale struttura che nel frattempo tendeva, oltre che a sollevarsi, a spostarsi verso Est a causa del movimento trascorrente destro della FNA.
XX Ciclo
1974
Zuccarini, Alessandro. "Studio della relazione tra velocità delle onde di taglio, moduli di elasticità e indice dei vuoti di un terreno argilloso in frana." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/14410/.
Full textDistefano, Salvatore. "Stratigraphic, structural and geomorphological features of the Sicilian continental shelf: study cases from Southern Tyrrhenian and Sicily Channel." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3854.
Full textCultrera, Fabrizio. "Studio morfo strutturale e geodinamico di strutture tettoniche recenti lungo il bordo meridionale dell'Arco Calabro." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4183.
Full textRomano, Vanessa. "Petrologic study of the Post-Hercynian dyke magmatism in Calabria and Sicily." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/987.
Full textSpedalieri, Giancarlo. "Unravelling volcanic tremor source at mount etna from quantitative multiparametric analysis and moment tenso inversion." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4134.
Full textVargas, Cordero Ivan De La Cruz. "Gas hydrate occurrence and Morpho-structures along Chilean margin." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trieste, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10077/3207.
Full textDuring the last decades, the scientific community spent many efforts to study the gas hydrates in oceanic and permafrost environments. In fact, the gas hydrate occurrence has a global significance because of the potential energy resource represented by the large amount of hydrocarbon trapped in the hydrate phase. Moreover, it may play a role in global climate change, and it is also study because of the hazard that accumulations of gas hydrate may cause to drilling and seabed installations. In seismic data, the base of the gas hydrate presence is detected by a strong reflector, called BSR. Along the Chilean continental margin, in the last decades the BSR is well reported by several geophysical cruises. In particular, the BSR is recognized along the accretionary prism. An important aspect related to the gas hydrates is the estimate of gas concentration in the pore space by using seismic data. In fact, both compressional and shear wave velocities provide information about the presence of gas hydrate and free gas in marine sediments. A quantitative estimate of gas hydrate and free gas concentrations can be obtained by fitting the theoretical velocity to the experimental velocity. For this purpose, in this Thesis several seismic data are analyzed in order to detect, quantify and explain the gas hydrate presence in this region. Frontal and basal accretions were identified by interpreting six post-stack time migrated sections, which across the entire margin (continental shelf, continental slope, oceanic trench and oceanic crust). The trench infill southwards of Juan Fernandez Ridge is characterized by a succession of reflectors with high and low amplitude associated to turbidites. A thinner bed (0.3 s) was recognized in correspondence to the accretionary prism characterized by several morphological highs. These morphological highs were associated to different accretional stages. On the contrary, a thicker bed (0.8 s) was recognized in correspondence to an uplifted accretionary prism characterized by a smoother topography. Basal and frontal accretions can be related to the morpho-structures recognized in this part of the Chilean margin. Negative and positive flower structures can help to explain the deformational variability of the Chilean margin, because negative flowers structures are associated to transtensional domain, where the continental slope morphology is characterized by normal faults, submarine erosive channels and slump heads. Positive flower structures, instead, are associated to transpresional domain and could explain the presence of older re-activated thrusts, slightly deformed slope basins. Moreover a strike-slip component affecting the oceanic crust, can also involve the continental margin, in fact on the continental slope, positive and negative flower structures can be associated to strike-slip faults parallel to the coast or to Riedel shear. The BSR is an important indicator of gas hydrate and free gas presence and we performed a processing to enhance its presence. In all analysed sections, the BSR was recognized in correspondence to an ancient accretionary prism with different seismic characteristics along the margin. A strong and continuous BSR was recognized in the northern sector (offshore Itata) and southern sector (offshore Coyhaique), while a discontinuous and weak BSR was recognized in the central Chile (offshore Arauco and Valdivia). In order to quantify the gas-phase, an advanced processing was performed. Two portions of sections were selected of about 20 km length. The first one is located in the central part (offshore Arauco) and another one is located in the southernmost part (offshore Coyhaique). In the Coyhaique offshore, the seismic section evidences the presence of a structural high that acts as structural trap for the gas and the fluid upwards migrating. Here, the BSR depth varies from 250 mbsf (in the middle of the accretionary prism) to 130 mbsf (in the structural high), reaching its maximum (330 mbsf) in the fore-arc basin. This depth variability is partially due to the different water depth and partially to the variable geothermal gradient, which varies from 35 to 95° C/km, caused by fluid migration that modifies the gas hydrate stability field. In the Arauco offshore, the BSR is strong and continuous only in a limited area, where it is possible suppose that the fluid is accumulated below the gas hydrate layer and, somewhere, the fluid reaches the seafloor. In this area, the BSR depth reaches 500 mbsf. Here, the higher BSR depth with respect to offshore Coyhaique can be justified by the high water depth and the presence of a lower geothermal gradient (about 30° C/km). The results allowed us to recognize a high (2200 m/s) and low (1270 m/s) velocity layers associated to gas hydrate and free gas presence respectively. The highest gas hydrates and free gas concentrations were detected in the Coyhaique offshore (at 44.5 °S) with an average of 12% and 1% of total volume respectively. By using the instantaneous amplitude, in particular using the BSR/seafloor ratio, it is possible conclude that the section located northernmost in offshore Itata (close to 36 °S; RC2901-728 section), can be considered an interesting reservoir of gas hydrates and free gas, because of the high estimated values of the BSR/seafloor ratio (>0.5). This study suggests that the gas hydrate can play an important role in this part of the Chilean margin for two main reasons. The first one is related to the potentiality of the hydrate reservoir. In fact, the local high concentrations of both hydrate and free gas, as suggested by previous and our studies, could be considered as a future energy resources. The second one is related to the important geo-hazard related to the gas hydrate destabilization. For example, high amount of the free gas, presumably in overpressure condition (Coyhaique offshore), could be naturally released and trigger submarine slides, inducing hydrate instability. Moreover, a possible strong earthquake could generate anomalous sea waves, which could affect at vicinity coast, inducing the gas hydrate destabilization.
XX Ciclo
1977
Di, Bella Marcella. "Studio archeometrico di macine in pietra lavica provenienti da siti archeologici di Messina e provincia." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1353.
Full textGrassi, Sabrina. "Characterization of active tectonic structures of the Etna volcano, through geophysical surveys, analysis of site response and deformation." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3902.
Full textZappala', Luigi. "Analisi ed implementazione di metodi geomatici per l'elaborazione di dati geopetrologici interoperibilità, geostatistica e classificazione di immagini multispettrali a raggi X." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1570.
Full textMilluzzo, Vincenzo. "Seismic chacterization of Vulcano island and Aeolian area by tectonic and seismo-volcanic events." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1330.
Full textVOLPE, Lisa. "EARTH SCIENCE AND MODERN - CONTEMPORARY ART: FINGERPRINTS FOR THE SAFEGUARD OF ARTWORKS IN VIEW OF FINE ARTS TRANSPORTATION." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Ferrara, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2389470.
Full textRaneri, Simona. "Complex Pore Geometries in Natural Building Stones: an experimental and theoretical approach for the modeling of porosity changes in natural, degraded and treated calcarenites." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/4021.
Full textComite, Valeria. "Studio dei processi di degrado naturale e simulato in rocce carbonatiche." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/1568.
Full textFerrara, Gabriele. "Banche dati per le biblioteche di scienze della terra: Georef, Web of Science, Scirus e Google Scholar." Thesis, 2009. http://eprints.rclis.org/14160/1/TESI_di_Documentazione.pdf.
Full textFerrara, G. "Banche dati per le biblioteche di scienze della terra: Georef, Web of Science, Scirus e Google Scholar." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2122/5428.
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PALLADINO, Danilo Mauro. "Dinamica dei processi di trasporto e deposizione delle colate piroclastiche con applicazioni alle sequenze eruttive del Complesso Vulcanico di Latera (Monti Vulsini). Tesi di Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza": pp. 341." Doctoral thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/11573/468308.
Full textZANONI, Elena. "Scienza, patria e religione. Antonio Stoppani e la cultura italiana dell'Ottocento." Doctoral thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11562/398337.
Full textAntonio Stoppani (1824-1891) was a preeminent figure not only in the Lombard-Venetian context where he was active for the first half of his life, but also in the national context to which he devoted himself in his latter years. Nevertheless, we do not have a complete profile of him and his work. Despite the renewed interest in Stoppani in recent years, it was still necessary to undertake an all-encompassing study of his cultural commitment to fully understand his wide-ranging character, that made him one of the most important cultural figures in various strategic fields of 19th Century culture. The aim of the thesis is to produce a ‘biography in context’ of Stoppani in order to provide an all-round reconstruction of his cultural commitment by identifying his most significant relationships with people, institutions and historical processes that marked the Italian 19th-Century history. In fact, the study of Stoppani’s life and work is relevant in the understanding of the history of the scientific community and scientific institutions, but, at the same time, it is interwined with pivotal events of the Italian 19th-Century history as a whole. Firstly, the Lombardian naturalist’s experience fits in fully with the Risorgimental process: when he was still in seminary he took part in the 1848 riots and partecipated, with the other students, at the ‘Cinque Giornate’ of Milan. After his ordination, Stoppani’s career began during pivotal years in the formation of the new national State and his first academic work began in 1861. Furthermore, his activity as a professor and scientist developed mainly between the two most important cities of the new national reality: Milan, at the time the moral and cultural capital of the peninsula, and Florence, the second capital of the Realm and seat of extremely important cultural initiatives. In both cities, Stoppani could interact with all the most important figures of the intellectual, political and scientific scene of the time. Throughout his intellectual and working career it is possible to identify an evolution and a gradual broadening of his interests. This provides a deeper knowledge of Stoppani’s life and cultural commitment, by exploring it through different thematic areas following the chronological order of the events. The first chapter aims to reconstruct the family background of Stoppani and his formative years, crucial years in the history of the national State. In fact, during this time the patriotic ideals that drove the Milanese and Lombardian clergy to take part in the 1848 revolutions and the Wars of Independence spread through the Lombardian seminaries. At the same time, the latter witnessed the diffusion of Antonio Rosmini’s thought, which greatly influenced Stoppani’s figure and laid the foundations for Milan and Lombardy to become the most important centres of Italian conciliatorism in the second half of the 19th Century. In relation to this first phase of his life the chapter intends to outline the lively cultural environment of Milan in the 19th Century and understand how and when Stoppani’s passion for natural sciences surfaced. Secondly, it will try to reconstruct his scientific and academic career, by exploring his ideas with regard to the organisation of university teaching. It investigates the networks and cultural environments in which he was active at the time; a time in which the national scientific community was first emerging and being consolidated. The chapter also takes into consideration his involvement in matters concerning the economic and material growth of the Country, above all his research into oil drilling and his role in establishing the geological map of the Realm. In this context it seemed appropriate to insert an analysis of his contribution to the diffusion of alpinism as an activity of multiple value: scientific, educative, spiritual. All of this was part of the idea of «science for the Nation» which made the scientist a hero in the service of the Country. The second chapter is dedicated to the analysis of the contribution offered by the Lombardian naturalist to geology and palaeontology with the aim of clarifying the theoretical and methodological basis of his thought and outlining its evolution in these disciplinary fields. Furthermore, it attempts to outline Stoppani’s contribution, albeit minor, without a doubt equally significant, to the rising Italian paletnology and his position in relation to the diffusion of evolutionistic ideas. Following this chapter some attention has been given to one of the main goals of Stoppani’s cultural commitment, that is the will to reconcile the needs of his faith and his Catholicism with those of a free, rigorous and up-dated naturalistic research in order to claim a place for a Christian science, something which was strongly called into question during the late decades. Finally, it aims to define Stoppani’s role within the Italian scientific community and the networks in which he was involved. The third chapter is dedicated to Stoppani’s commitment in the field of science popularisation. This commitment met at the same time a commercial and entrepreneurial vocation and those aspirations of “educating the people” that Stoppani shared with the intellectual élites of the peninsula. Therefore, it aims to comprehend the multiplicity of roles that Stoppani attributed to science. On one hand it was an essential instrument for the economic and material development of Man and the Country; on the other hand it was necessary for the intellectual and moral formation of the individual as a medium for knowing the world and, through it, God and the providential design underlying the equilibrium of the natural system. So, science had a social, national and spiritual role and, for these reasons, it had to be taught and popularised at all social levels. In relation to this it was a priority to focus attention on “The Beautiful Country”, a scientific-popularising best-seller that provided a decisive contribution to the process of unification, and also on “Water and Air”. This piece of work has been overlooked for a long time by scholars, but it represents one of the most incisive and original popularising contributions of the Lombardian naturalist and it offers the most complete and all-round view of his thought. Finally, the fourth chapter is dedicated to Stoppani’s commitment to the apologetic and exegetic field in order to understand how a priest, fully faithful to the Church, to its pontiff and its dogma, was able to reconcile his religious vocation with his scientific passion in an age dominated by attitudes of radical intransigence towards modernity by significant sectors of catholic clergy. It tries to clarify the basis of Stoppani’s conciliatorism; the theoretical presuppositions, essentially derived from Rosmini’s thought, that allowed him to harmonise the recent scientific results with Genesis’ pages and the catholic dogma and, more generally, further a rapprochement between the Church and the liberal State. It aims to reconstruct the events that brought him to the centre of the conflict between transigents and intransigents and, finally, highlight Stoppani’s legacy and its contribution to the modernist movement developed at the beginning of the 20th Century, which started from a new scientific and historical approach to the Sacred Texts and from a renewal of the intellectual and cultural apparatus of Catholicism.