articles
In revision:
Co-location of the downdip end of seismic locking and the continental shelf break; Malatesta, L. C., Bruhat, L., Finnegan, N. J.; in revision.
In preparation:
Marine terraces carved by repeated occupation of coastal platforms without necessary role of high-stands; Malatesta, L. C., Finnegan, N. J., Carreño, E.; in prep.
A model to quantify sediment mixing across alluvial piedmonts with cycles of aggradation and incision; Malatesta, L. C., Berger, Q., Avouac J.-P.; in prep.
Published:
Contrasting river incision in north and south Tian Shan piedmonts due to different glacial imprint of high range topography; Malatesta, L. C. and Avouac J.-P.; Geology; doi.org/10.1130/G40320.1. Link
Late Pleistocene acceleration of deformation across the northern Tianshan piedmont (China) evidenced from the morpho-tectonic evolution of the Dushanzi anticline; J. Charreau, D. Saint-Carlier, J. Lavé, S. Dominguez, P.-H. Blard, J.-P. Avouac, N. D. Brown, L. C. Malatesta, S. Wang, E. J. Rhodes; 2018; Tectonophysics, v. 730, p. 132-140; doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.02.016. Link
Lag and mixing during sediment transfer across the Tian Shan piedmont caused by climate-driven aggradation-incision cycles; Malatesta, L. C., Avouac, J.-P., Brown, N. D., Breitenbach, S. F. M., Pan, J., Chevalier, M.-L., Rhodes, E., Saint-Carlier, D., Zhang, W., Charreau, J., Lavé, J., Blard, P.-H.; 2017; Basin Research; doi: 10.1111/bre.12267. Link
Formation of waterfalls by intermittent burial of active faults; Malatesta, L. C. and Lamb, M. P.; 2017; GSA Bulletin, v. 130, p. 522-536, doi:10.1130/B31743.1. Link
Denudation outpaced by crustal thickening in the eastern Tianshan; Charreau, J., Saint-Carlier, D., Dominguez, S., Lavé, J., Blard, P.-H., Avouac, J.-P., Jolivet, M., Chen, Y., Wang, S. L., Malatesta, L. C., Rhodes, E., ASTER Team; 2017; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 479, p. 179-191, ISSN 0012-821X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.025. Link
Autogenic entrenchment patterns and terraces due to coupling with lateral erosion in incising alluvial channels; Malatesta, L. C., and Prancevic, J.P., 2017; Journal Of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, v. 122, p. 335–355, doi: 10.1002/2015JF003797. Link
Modes of extensional faulting controlled by surface processes; Olive, J. A., Behn, M. D. & Malatesta, L. C.; 2014; Geophysical Research Letters, v. 41, p. 6725–6733. Link
Dating the Irrigation System of the Samarkand Oasis: A Geoarchaeological Study; Malatesta, L. C., Castelltort, S., Mantellini, S., Picotti, V., Hajdas, I., Simpson, G., Berdimuradov, A.E., Tosi, M., and Willett, S.D; 2012; Radiocarbon, v. 54, p. 91–105, doi: 10.2458/rc.v54i1.15839. Link
Co-location of the downdip end of seismic locking and the continental shelf break; Malatesta, L. C., Bruhat, L., Finnegan, N. J.; in revision.
In preparation:
Marine terraces carved by repeated occupation of coastal platforms without necessary role of high-stands; Malatesta, L. C., Finnegan, N. J., Carreño, E.; in prep.
A model to quantify sediment mixing across alluvial piedmonts with cycles of aggradation and incision; Malatesta, L. C., Berger, Q., Avouac J.-P.; in prep.
Published:
Contrasting river incision in north and south Tian Shan piedmonts due to different glacial imprint of high range topography; Malatesta, L. C. and Avouac J.-P.; Geology; doi.org/10.1130/G40320.1. Link
Late Pleistocene acceleration of deformation across the northern Tianshan piedmont (China) evidenced from the morpho-tectonic evolution of the Dushanzi anticline; J. Charreau, D. Saint-Carlier, J. Lavé, S. Dominguez, P.-H. Blard, J.-P. Avouac, N. D. Brown, L. C. Malatesta, S. Wang, E. J. Rhodes; 2018; Tectonophysics, v. 730, p. 132-140; doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.02.016. Link
Lag and mixing during sediment transfer across the Tian Shan piedmont caused by climate-driven aggradation-incision cycles; Malatesta, L. C., Avouac, J.-P., Brown, N. D., Breitenbach, S. F. M., Pan, J., Chevalier, M.-L., Rhodes, E., Saint-Carlier, D., Zhang, W., Charreau, J., Lavé, J., Blard, P.-H.; 2017; Basin Research; doi: 10.1111/bre.12267. Link
Formation of waterfalls by intermittent burial of active faults; Malatesta, L. C. and Lamb, M. P.; 2017; GSA Bulletin, v. 130, p. 522-536, doi:10.1130/B31743.1. Link
Denudation outpaced by crustal thickening in the eastern Tianshan; Charreau, J., Saint-Carlier, D., Dominguez, S., Lavé, J., Blard, P.-H., Avouac, J.-P., Jolivet, M., Chen, Y., Wang, S. L., Malatesta, L. C., Rhodes, E., ASTER Team; 2017; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 479, p. 179-191, ISSN 0012-821X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.025. Link
Autogenic entrenchment patterns and terraces due to coupling with lateral erosion in incising alluvial channels; Malatesta, L. C., and Prancevic, J.P., 2017; Journal Of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, v. 122, p. 335–355, doi: 10.1002/2015JF003797. Link
Modes of extensional faulting controlled by surface processes; Olive, J. A., Behn, M. D. & Malatesta, L. C.; 2014; Geophysical Research Letters, v. 41, p. 6725–6733. Link
Dating the Irrigation System of the Samarkand Oasis: A Geoarchaeological Study; Malatesta, L. C., Castelltort, S., Mantellini, S., Picotti, V., Hajdas, I., Simpson, G., Berdimuradov, A.E., Tosi, M., and Willett, S.D; 2012; Radiocarbon, v. 54, p. 91–105, doi: 10.2458/rc.v54i1.15839. Link
recent conferences abstracts
Relationship between shelf and seismogenic zone in the morphology of the Oregon Coastline; Malatesta L. C., Finnegan N. J., Bruhat L., AGU Fall Meeting 2017, AGU2017-EP53B-1719
A model to quantify sediment mixing across alluvial piedmonts with cycles of aggradation and incision; Malatesta L. C., Berger Q., Avouac J.-P., EGU General Assembly 2017, link to poster (OSPP Award)
Incision in alluvial piedmonts indirectly records climate forcing after modulation by glaciation in the E. Tian Shan range; Malatesta L. C., Avouac J.-P., Brown N. D., Breitenbach S., Chevalier M.-L., Pan J., Rhodes E., Saint-Carlier D., and Zhang W., EGU General Assembly 2017, link to poster
A model to quantify sediment mixing across alluvial piedmonts with cycles of aggradation and incision; Malatesta L. C., Berger Q., Avouac J.-P., EGU General Assembly 2017, link to poster (OSPP Award)
Incision in alluvial piedmonts indirectly records climate forcing after modulation by glaciation in the E. Tian Shan range; Malatesta L. C., Avouac J.-P., Brown N. D., Breitenbach S., Chevalier M.-L., Pan J., Rhodes E., Saint-Carlier D., and Zhang W., EGU General Assembly 2017, link to poster
Recent invited talks
Preservation of climatic and environmental signals in and across alluvial piedmonts, US Geological Service, Santa Cruz, February 2018
Preservation of climatic and environmental signals in and across alluvial piedmonts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, February 2018
Interpretation of terraces and preservation of environmental signals across alluvial piedmonts, Max Planck Institut, Mainz, January 2018
Formation of waterfalls due to intermittent burial of active faults, US Geological Survey, November 2017
Interpretation of Terraces and Preservation of Environmental Signals Across Alluvial Piedmonts, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, September 2017
Formation of waterfalls by intermittent burial of active faults, UC Santa Cruz, June 2017
Interpretation of Terraces and Preservation of Environmental Signals Across Alluvial Piedmonts, UC Santa Cruz, May 2017
Impact of climate and tectonics on the morphodynamics of alluvial piedmonts, USC, September 2016
Sediment transfer in the north Tian Shan piedmont, Imperial College London, April 2016
Record and transfer of climatic and tectonic signals across an alluvial piedmont, UCLA, February 2016
Aggradation and incision cycles in the north alluvial piedmont of the Chinese Tian Shan: consequences for sediment transfer, GFZ Potsdam, January 2016
Preservation of climatic and environmental signals in and across alluvial piedmonts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, February 2018
Interpretation of terraces and preservation of environmental signals across alluvial piedmonts, Max Planck Institut, Mainz, January 2018
Formation of waterfalls due to intermittent burial of active faults, US Geological Survey, November 2017
Interpretation of Terraces and Preservation of Environmental Signals Across Alluvial Piedmonts, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, September 2017
Formation of waterfalls by intermittent burial of active faults, UC Santa Cruz, June 2017
Interpretation of Terraces and Preservation of Environmental Signals Across Alluvial Piedmonts, UC Santa Cruz, May 2017
Impact of climate and tectonics on the morphodynamics of alluvial piedmonts, USC, September 2016
Sediment transfer in the north Tian Shan piedmont, Imperial College London, April 2016
Record and transfer of climatic and tectonic signals across an alluvial piedmont, UCLA, February 2016
Aggradation and incision cycles in the north alluvial piedmont of the Chinese Tian Shan: consequences for sediment transfer, GFZ Potsdam, January 2016
Field guide
Sedimentology in the Pyrenees led by Sébastien Castelltort at ETH Zurich, graphic ressources by Luca Malatesta, Google Earth field guide (file download from Dropbox, 21 MB)
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29257.54886
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29257.54886
Sunset over the Swiss Alps, © Luca C Malatesta