Marco Taussi / Ricercatore Legge 240/10 a tempo determinato

My main topics of research are related to:

• Geochemistry and mineralogy of geothermal/hydrothermal systems, with a particular focus on the fluids geochemistry, diffuse gas emanations from the soils and alteration mineralogical assemblages.
• Environmental geochemistry related to: i) ground- and surface water pollution, aquifer vulnerability and seawater intrusion, ii) diffuse biogas emissions monitoring from landfills, and iii) potentially hazardous minerals.
• Exploration, potential and environmental impact assessment of shallow - low-temperature - geothermal resources.

Teaching activities:

• Since March 2020: Environmental Geochemistry at the Geology and Land-Use Planning (L-34 / L-21) Bachelor degree (University of Urbino)
• February 2023: Geology and Research Methods in Geothermal Energy at the Research Methods in Science and Technology PHD Programme (University of Urbino)
• Since September 2023: Geothermal Resources at the Green Industrial Engineergin Master degree (Inter-athenaeum between University of Urbino and Marche Polytechnic University - https://www.univpm.it/Entra/Universita_Politecnica_delle_Marche_Home/Offerta_formativa_1/Corso_di_laurea_magistrale_in_Green_Industrial_Engineering/P/2147210010400/L/1)
• Since February 2024: Research Methods in Endogenous Processes of Planet Earth (MOD. 3) at the Research Methods in Science and Technology PHD Programme (University of Urbino)

Last 5 years publications:

• Tardani D., Taussi M.*, Robidoux P.,  Sánchez-Alfaro P., Pérez-Flores P., Serrano G., Morales G., Tassara S., Grassa F., Soler V., Morata D. (2024). Gas geothermometry, soil CO2 degassing, and heat release estimation to assess the geothermal potential of the Alpehue Hydrothermal Field (Sollipulli volcano, Southern Chile). Geothermics, 122, 103092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2024.103092.
• Chemeri L.*, Taussi M., Cabassi J., Capecchiacci F., Randazzo A., Tassi F., Renzulli A., Vaselli O. (2024). Groundwater and Dissolved Gases Geochemistry in the Pesaro-Urbino Province (Northern Marche, Central Italy) as a Tool for Seismic Surveillance and Sustainability. Sustainability, 16, 5178. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125178. 
• Di Pierdomenico M., Taussi M.*, Galgaro A., Dalla Santa G., Maggini M., Renzulli A. (2024). Shallow geothermal potential and numerical modelling of the geo-exchange for a sustainable post-earthquake building reconstruction (Potenza River valley, Marche Region, Central Italy). Geothermics, 119, 102954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2024.102954
• Giordani M.*, Taussi M., Meli M.A., Roselli C., Zambelli G., Fagiolino I., Mattioli M. (2024). High-levels of toxic elements and radioactivity in an abandoned sulphur mine: Insights on the origin and associated environmental concerns. Science of the Total Environment; 167498; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167498.
• Chemeri L.*, Cabassi J., Taussi M., Venturi S. (2023). Development and testing of a new flexible, easily and widely applicable chemical water quality index (CWQI). Journal of Environmental Management, 348, 119383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119383.
• Taussi M.*, Nisi B., Brogi A., Liotta D., Zucchi M., Venturi S., Cabassi J., Boschi G., Ciliberti M., Vaselli O. (2023). Deep Regional Fluid Pathways in an Extensional Setting: The Role of Transfer Zones in the Hot and Cold Degassing Areas of the Larderello Geothermal System (Northern Apennines, Italy). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24, e2022GC010838. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010838
• Santi P.*, Renzulli A., Veneri F., Tonelli G., Tramontana M., Taussi M., Calcagnile L., Quarta G. (2023) Geological Insights on the Calcareous Tufas (Pietra Spugna) Used as Building and Ornamental Stones in the UNESCO Historical Centre of Urbino (Marche Region, Italy). Heritage, 6, 4227-4242. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6050223
• Taussi M., Tardani D.*, Tassi F., Gorini A., Aguilera E., Capaccioni B., Renzulli A.(2023). A conceptual model for the Tufiño-Chiles-Cerro Negro (TCCN) geothermal system (Ecuador-Colombia): New insights into geothermal exploration from chemical and isotopic composition of hydrothermal fluids. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 249, 107214; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2023.107214
• Vespasiano G., Cianflone G.*, Taussi M.*, De Rosa R., Dominici R., Apollaro C. (2023). Shallow Geothermal Potential of the Sant'Eufemia Plain (South Italy) for Heating and Cooling Systems: An Effective Renewable Solution in a Climate-Changing Society. Geosciences, 13(4), 110; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13040110
• Taussi M.*, Gozzi C., Vaselli O., Cabassi J., Menichini M., Doveri M., Romei M., Ferretti A., Gambioli A., Nisi B. (2022). Contamination Assessment and Temporal Evolution of Nitrates in the Shallow Aquifer of the Metauro River Plain (Adriatic Sea, Italy) after Remediation Actions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (19), 12231; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912231.
• Taussi M.*, Brogi A., Liotta D., Nisi B., Perrini M., Vaselli O., Zambrano M., Zucchi M. (2022). CO2 and heat energy transport by enhanced fracture permeability in the Monterotondo Marittimo-Sasso Pisano transfer fault system (Larderello Geothermal Field, Italy). Geothermics, 105, 102531, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102531
• Nisi B.*, Vaselli O., Taussi M., Doveri M., Menichini M., Cabassi J., Raco B., Botteghi S., Mussi M., Masetti G. (2022). Hydrogeochemical surveys of shallow coastal aquifers: A conceptual model to set-up a monitoring network and increase the resilience of a strategic groundwater system to climate change and anthropogenic pressure. Applied Geochemistry, 142, 105350.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105350
• Santi P.*, Thurber M., Taussi M., Oddone M., Mothes P.A., Renzulli A. (2022). A pre-Columbian obsidian trade from secondary fluvial sources supported by new geochemical data from the Alto Coca Reserve and Sumaco sites (Napo Province, Ecuador). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 14 (5), 82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01527-0.
• Godoy B.*, Taussi M., Gonzalez-Maurel O., Hübner D., Lister J., Sellés D., Le Roux P., Renzulli A., Rivera G., Morata D. (2022). Evolution of the Azufre volcano (northern Chile): Implications for the Cerro Pabellón Geothermal Field as inferred from long lasting eruptive activity. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 423, 107472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107472.  
• Giordani M., Meli M.A., Roselli C., Betti M., Peruzzi F., Taussi M., Valentini L., Fagiolino I., Mattioli M. (2022). Could soluble minerals be hazardous to human health? Evidence from fibrous epsomite. Environmental Research, 206, 112579; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112579.
• Maza S., Collo G., Morata D.*, Cuña-Rodriguez C., Taussi M., Renzulli A. (2021). The Hydrothermal Alteration of the Cordón de Inacaliri Volcanic Complex in the Framework of the Hidden Geothermal Systems within the Pabelloncito Graben (Northern Chile). Minerals MDPI, 11(11), 1279; doi.org/10.3390/min11111279.
• Maza S.*, Collo G., Morata D., Taussi M., Vidal J., Mattioli M., Renzulli A. (2021). Active and fossil hydrothermal zones of the Apacheta volcano: Insights for the Cerro Pabellón hidden geothermal system (Northern Chile). Geothermics, 96, 102206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2021.102206.
• Renzulli A., Taussi M.*, Brink F.J., Del Moro S., Henley R.W. (2021). Sulphide Globules in a Porcellanite–Buchite Composite Xenolith from Stromboli Volcano (Aeolian Islands, Southern Italy): Products of Open–System Igneous  Pyrometamorphism. Minerals MDPI, 11(6), 639; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11060639.
• Morata D.*, Maza S.N., Vidal J., Taussi M., Renzulli A., Mattioli M., Pizarro M., Camus E., Godoy B., Alvear B., Rivera G. (2021). Hydrothermal Alteration in Cerro Pabellón Geothermal Field: from Surface and Drill Core Data to Conceptual Model. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2020+1, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2021.
• Taussi M.*, Borghi W., Gliaschera M., Renzulli A. (2021). Defining the Shallow Geothermal Heat-Exchange Potential for a Lower Fluvial Plain of the Central Apennines: The Metauro Valley (Marche Region, Italy). Energies MDPI, 14(3), 768; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030768.
• Taussi M.*, Nisi B., Vaselli O., Maza S., Morata D., Renzulli A. (2021). Soil CO2 flux and temperature from a new geothermal area in the Cordón de Inacaliri Volcanic Complex (northern Chile). Geothermics, 89, 101961, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.101961.
• Taussi M.* (2019). Surface exploration and petrological applications in high enthalpy geothermal areas: a multidisciplinary approach for the Cerro Pabellón project (northern Chile). Plinius (Italian supplement of the European Journal of Mineralogy), 45, doi:10.19276/plinius.2019.01013.
• Godoy B.*, Taussi M., Gonzalez-Maurel O., Renzulli A., Hernandez-Prat L., Le Roux P., Morata D., Menzies A. (2019). Linking the mafic volcanism with the Magmatic Stages during the last 1 Ma in the main volcanic arc of the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex (Central Andes). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 95, 102295, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102295.
• Taussi M.*, Nisi B., Pizarro M., Morata D., Veloso E.E., Volpi G., Vaselli O., Renzulli A. (2019). Sealing capacity of clay-cap units above the Cerro Pabellón hidden geothermal system (northern Chile) derived by soil CO2 flux and temperature measurements. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 384C, pages 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.07.009.
• Taussi M.* (2019). Surface exploration in high enthalpy geothermal areas: a multidisciplinary approach for the Cerro Pabellón project (northern Chile). Ph.D. thesis, University of Urbino, March 2019.
• Taussi M.*, Godoy B., Piscaglia F., Morata D., Agostini S., Le Roux P., Gonzalez-Maurel O., Gallmeyer G., Menzies A., Renzulli A. (2019). The upper crustal magma plumbing system of the Pleistocene Apacheta-Aguilucho Volcanic Complex area (Altiplano-Puna, northern Chile) as inferred from the erupted lavas and their enclaves. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 373, pages 179-198, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.01.021.