Giampiero Iaffaldano
Reginald A. Daly post-doctoral fellow

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
G9 Hoffman Lab., 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 - U.S.A.

E-mail: iaffaldano AT eps.harvard.edu
Phone: +1 617 496 4375


About me

Research

 Publications

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2009

- L. Husson, G. Iaffaldano, H.-P. Bunge, 2009. Monsoon speeds up Indian plate motion. Submitted.

- M. Buecker, G. Iaffaldano, H.-P. Bunge, 2009. Efficient computation of accurate derivatives in a tectonic inverse problem. In review.

- G. Iaffaldano, H.-P. Bunge, 2009. Relating rapid plate motion variations to plate boundary forces in global coupled models of the mantle/lithosphere system: effects of topography and friction. Tectonophysics, v. 474 (1-2), p. 393-404.

2008

- G. Iaffaldano, H.-P. Bunge, 2008. Strong plate coupling along the Nazca/South America convergent margin. Geology, v. 36 (6), p. 443-446.

- O. Heidbach, G. Iaffaldano, H.-P. Bunge, 2008. Topography growth drives stress rotations in the central Andes - observations and models. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 35, L08301 6 pages.

2007

- G. Iaffaldano, 2007. Balancing the budget of plate tectonics along the Nazca/South America plate margin. Ph.D. dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians University.

- G. Iaffaldano, H.-P. Bunge, M. Buecker, 2007. Mountain belt growth inferred from histories of past plate convergence: A new tectonic inverse problem. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 260 (3-4), p. 516-523.

2006

- G. Iaffaldano, H.-P. Bunge, T.H. Dixon, 2006. Feedback between mountain belt growth and plate convergence. Geology, v. 34 (10), p. 893-896.

- G. Iaffaldano, M. Caputo, S. Martino, 2006. Experimental and theoretical memory diffusion of water in sand. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, v. 10, p. 93-100.