Planetary
Geologist

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• 9 Scarselli, N., Ceramicola, S. and Magnarini, G. (2026). Detrending — a new trend in geomorphology? Unravelling erosional processes at the base of submarine landslides. Landslides.
• 8 Magnarini G., Mitchell T.M., Grindrod P.M., Bell S.K., Joy K.H., Eckley S.A., Zeigler R.A., Schmitt H.H., Shearer C. and the ANGSA Science Team (2025). 3D and 2D clast analysis of Apollo 17 core sample 73002: insights into the Light Mantle dynamics and regolith reworking. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130, e2024JE008422.
• 7 Magnarini G., Champagne A., Morino C., Philippe M., Beck C., and Conway S. (2024). Long runout landslides with associated longitudinal ridges in Iceland as analogues of martian landforms. Earth Surface Dynamics 12(3), 657–678.
• 6 Magnarini G., Grindrod P.M., and Mitchell T.M. (2023). Slope Deformation Associated With Recent Tectonism and the Lasting Effect of Local Subsurface Geometry in the Taurus-Littrow Valley, Apollo 17 Landing Site. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 128, e2022JE007726.
• 5 Magnarini G., Aretusini S., Mitchell T.M., Pennacchioni G., Di Toro G., Schmitt H.H. (2023). Friction Experiments on Lunar Analog Gouges and Implications for the Mechanism of the Apollo 17 Long Runout Landslide. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 128, e2022JE007520.
• 4 Magnarini G., Mitchell T.M., Grindrod P.M., Schmitt H.H., and Petro N.E. (2021). Scaling relationship between the wavelength of longitudinal ridges and the thickness of long runout landslides on the Moon. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 126, e2021JE006922.
• 3 Magnarini G., Mitchell T.M., Goren L., Grindrod P., and Browning J. (2021). Implications of longitudinal ridges for the mechanics of ice-free long runout landslides. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 574, 117177.
• 2 Gomila R., Fondriest M., Jensen E., Spagnuolo E., Masoch S., Mitchell T.M., Magnarini G., Bistacchi A., Mittempergher S., Faulkner D., Cembrano J., Di Toro G. (2021). Frictional melting in hydrothermal fluid-rich faults: Field and experimental evidence from the Bolfin Fault Zone (Chile). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, e2021GC009743.
• 1 Magnarini G., Mitchell T.M., Grindrod P., Goren L., and Schmitt H. (2019). Longitudinal ridges imparted by high-speed granular flow mechanisms in Martian landslides. Nature Communications 10, 4711.

Selected Conference Abstracts

• *(30) Magnarini G., Grindrod P.M., La Grassa R., Tullo A., Re C., Cremonese G., Rays and secondary craters of the Tycho impact event revealed through deep learning, EPSC, Helsinki, September 2025. (Talk)
• (29) Magnarini G. and Grindrod P.M., The deformation of lobate debris aprons revealed by crater morphologies in Tempe Terra, Mars, EGU 2025. (Talk)
• (28) Magnarini G., Discenza M.E., Brunetti M.T., et al., Landslides and mass movements in a connection channel between Aram Chaos and Ares Vallis, Mars, IPSC 2025, Pescara. (Poster)
• (27) Magnarini G. et al., 3D and 2D clast analysis of Apollo 17 core sample 73002, EPSC, Berlin, September 2024. (Talk)
• (26) Magnarini G., Grindrod P.M., Mitchell T.M., Taurus-Littrow Valley, Apollo 17 landing site: Slope deformation and sample analysis, BPSC 2024, Leicester. (Talk)
• (25) Magnarini G. et al., Can long runout landslides with longitudinal ridges be used as paleoclimatic marker in Iceland and on Mars?, 6th World Landslide Forum, Florence, November 2023. (Poster)
• (24) (Invited) Magnarini G., The geology of the Apollo 17 landing site, Lunar Gravitational Wave Antenna Workshop, Catania, October 2023. (Talk)
• (23) (Invited) Magnarini G., Surface processes on the Moon, Mars, and Earth, GeoBerlin, September 2023. (Talk)
• (22) Magnarini G. et al., Investigation of the Light Mantle landslide emplacement dynamics through clast fabric and morphology in Apollo 17 core sample 73002/73001, European Lunar Symposium 2023. (Poster)
• (21) Magnarini G., Grindrod P.M., Mitchell T.M., Slope Deformation Associated with Recent Tectonism in Taurus-Littrow Valley, EGU 2023. (Talk)
• (20) Beck C., Ertlen-Font M., Conway S., Philippe M., Magnarini G., Morino C., Molards as proxies of mountain permafrost degradation, EGU 2023. (Talk)
• (19) Magnarini G., Grindrod P.M., Mitchell T.M., Evidence of recent slope deformation in Taurus-Littrow Valley, LPSC 2023, Abstract 1055. (Poster)
• (18) Grindrod P.M. and Magnarini G., 42 Years of impact cratering at the Apollo 15 landing site, LPSC 2023, Abstract 1114. (Poster)
• (17) Magnarini G. et al., Friction experiments on anorthosite-bearing gouges and implications for the mechanism of the Light Mantle avalanche, Apollo 17–ANGSA Workshop 2022, LPI. (Talk)
• (16) (Invited) Magnarini G., The geomorphological record of long runout landslides in the Solar System, SGI Annual Meeting, Turin, September 2022. (Talk)
• (15) Magnarini G., Grindrod P.M., Mitchell T.M., Evidence of recent slope deformation in Taurus-Littrow Valley, BPSC, June 2022. (Talk)
• (14) Magnarini G. et al., Friction experiments on anorthosite-bearing gouges, European Lunar Symposium 2022. (Poster)
• (13) Magnarini G., Grindrod P.M., Mitchell T.M., LPSC 2022, Abstract 1089. (Poster)
• (12) Magnarini G. et al., Longitudinal ridges in long runout landslides: applicability of high-speed granular flow mechanisms. EGU 2021.
• (11) (Invited) Magnarini G. et al., Long runout landslides: morphological features and internal structures. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco. (Talk)
• (10) Magnarini G. et al., Morphometric analysis of the Coprates Labes landslide (Mars) and El Magnifico landslide (Earth). BSG Annual Meeting 2019, Sheffield. (Talk)
• (9) Magnarini G. et al., Friction experiments on anorthosite gouges. 7th European Lunar Symposium, Manchester, May 2019. (Poster)
• (8) Gomila R. et al. (incl. Magnarini G.), Architecture of the Bolfin Fault Zone. EGU 2019.
• (7) Di Toro G. et al. (incl. Magnarini G.), Frictional melting in fluid-rich faults. EGU 2019.
• (6) Sanchez-Roa C., Mitchell T.M., Magnarini G. et al., Characterization of fractured networks in geothermal reservoirs. The Geology Society, London, October 2018.
• (5) Magnarini G. et al., Origin of longitudinal ridges: the case study of a martian landslide. 49th LPSC, The Woodlands, TX, March 2018. (Talk)
• (4) Magnarini G. et al., Origin of longitudinal ridges and furrows in long runout landslides. AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans. (Talk)
• (3) Grindrod P.M. and Magnarini G., Grain-size analysis at Gale Crater, Mars. GSA Annual Meeting 2016.
• (2) Turitto O. and Magnarini G., Historical analysis of the Po River channel. Geoitalia 2011, Turin.
• (1) Chelli A., Clerici A., Magnarini G. et al., Tools for river channel morphodynamic assessment: the Taro River. ASITA 2010, Brescia.
• * To be attended