Home | Contact | Links 
    

 
 
 
 
 
 


|   Matteo Berti   |

Fellow researcher in Engineering Geology
Università di Bologna

Contact:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientali
Università di Bologna
Via Zamboni, 67
40126 Bologna, ITALY
phone: ++39-051-2094541
cell: ++39-339-8556161
fax: ++39-051-2094522
email: matteo.berti@unibo.it
 

Research interests

My research interests lie primarily in the understanding of landslide mechanics in complex natural systems. More specific interests include the triggering mechanism of debris flows, the hydrologic response to rainfall of unstable slopes, the dynamics of slow-moving earthflows, the interaction between landslides and man-made structures.


 Selected papers

  • Simoni A., Mammoliti M., Berti M. (2011). Uncertainty of debris flow mobility relationships and its influence on the prediction of inundated areas. Geomorphology, 132, 3-4, 249-259.
     
  • Corsini A., Cervi F., Ciggarese G., Ronchetti F., Bertacchini E., Capra A., Berti M., Brancaleoni E., Mora P., et al. (2010). Surveillance of landslide risk areas with ground-based interferometric SAR for Civil Protection in Emilia Romagna (Italy). Proceedings International Conference Mountain Risks: Bringing science to society, November 2010, Florence, 283-290.
     
  • Iverson R.M., Logan M., LaHusen R.G., Berti M. (2010). The Perfect Debris Flow: Aggregated Results from 28 Large-scale Experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research, F03005, doi:10.1029/2009JF001514, 29 pp.
     
  • Berti M., Simoni A. (2010). Field evidence of pore pressure diffusion in clayey soils prone to landsliding. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, F03031,doi:10.1029/2009JF001463, 20 pp.
     
  • Cervi F., Berti M., Borgatti L., Ronchetti F., Manenti F., Corsini A. (2010). Comparing predictive capability of statistic and deterministic methods for landslide susceptibility mapping: a case study in the Northern Apennines (Reggio Emilia Province, Italy). Landslides, 7, 433-444.
     
  • Berti M., Simoni A., (2007). Prediction of debris flow inundation areas using empirical mobility relationships. Geomorpholgy, 90, 144-161.
     
  • Simoni A., Berti M. (2007). Transient hydrological response of weathered clay shales and its implication for slope instability. Proc. 1st North American Landslide Conference, Vail, Colorado, AEG Special Publication No. 23, 886-898.
     
  • Simoni A. and Berti M. (2005) - Hydrologic prediction and geologic reality in debris flow triggering. Proc. Int. Symp. on Landslide Hazards in Orogenic Zones. Kathmandu, 25-26 September 2005, Nepal Landslide Society, 185-196.
     
  • Berti M. and Simoni A. (2005) - Experimental evidences and numerical modelling of debris flow initiated by channel runoff. Landslides, vol. 2, n.3, 171-182.
     
  • Simoni A., Berti M., Generali M., Elmi C. and Ghirotti M. (2004) - Preliminary results from pore pressure monitoring on an unstable clay slope. Engineering Geology, vol. 73, 117-128. 
     
  • Berti M., Pedron R., Simoni A., Sottani A. (2003). Groundwater constraints in quarries exploitation: a coupled approach by means of geotechnical and hydrogeological modelling to deep existing gravel pits. RMZ-Materials and Geoenvironment, vol. 50, n. 1, 29-33.
     
  • Berti M. and Simoni A. (2003) - Debris flow initiation in an highly-conductive soil. Proc. Int. Conf. "Fast slope movements. Prediction and prevention for risk mitigation", Naples, May 2003. Patron, Bologna, vol. I, 29-36.
     
  • Sapigni M., Berti M., Bethaz E., Busillo A.. & Cardone G (2002). TBM performance estimation using rock mass classifications. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 39, 771-788.
     
  • D'Alessandro L., Genevois R., Berti M., Urbani A. & Tecca P.R. (2002). Geomorphology, stability analyses and stabilization works on the Montepiano travertinous cliff (Central Italy). In: Applied Geomorphology, International Association of Geomorphologist, 1 series, John Wiley & Sons, 416 pp.
     
  • Berti M., Genevois R., LaHusen R., Simoni A., Tecca P.R. (2000) - Debris flow monitoring in the Acquabona watershed (Dolomites, Italian Alps).Physics And Chemistry Of The Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans & Atmosphere,  25,  707-715. 
     
  • Genevois R., Tecca P.R., Berti M., Simoni A. (2000) - Debris flows in Dolomites: experimental data from a monitoring system. Proceedings Second International Conference on Debris Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction and Assessment, Taipei, Agosto 2000, ed.: G.F. Wieczoreck. Balkema, 283-292. 
     
  • Genevois R., Tecca P.R., Berti M., Simoni A. (2000) - Pore pressure distribution in the initiation area of a granular debris flow. Proceedings VIII International Symposium on Landslides, Cardiff, Giugno 2000, ed.: E. Bromhead. Thomas Telford, vol. 2, 615-620.
     
  • Berti M., Genevois R., Simoni A., Tecca P.R. (1999) - Field observations of a debris flow event in the dolomites.Geomorphology, vol. 29, 265-274.
     
  • Castaldini D., Genevois R., Panizza M., Puccinelli A., Berti M. & Simoni A. (1998) - An integrated approach for landslide hazard assessment in seismic areas: a case study from the Northern Apennines, Italy. Journal of Geodynamics, vol. 26, n. 2-4, 413-441.
     
  • Berti M., Genevois R. & Tecca P.R. (1997). The 1985 flow slide and debris flow at Stava (Italy). Proceedings of the First International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazard Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment, Chen-lung Chen (ed.), San Francisco, 7-9 August 1997: 309-321.

Web Resources: