Publications

Research Articles (* selected research spotlight; ** journal IF > 10, *** Review article) :

1. **Yang, J., Faccenda, M., Chen, L., Wang, X., Shen, H., VanderBeek, B.P., Zhao, L. The origin and fate of subslab partial melts at convergent margins. National Science Review, nwaf314. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf314 (2025).

2.  Wu, Y., Faccenda, M., Liao, J., Fan, J., Guo, F. & Lai, Z. Mantle-driven plate convergence due to slab detachment. Commun. Earth Environ., 6, 494. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02484-x (2025).

3. Del Piccolo, G., VanderBeek, B.P., Faccenda, M. et al. Pressurized magma storage in radial dike network beneath Etna volcano evidenced with P-wave anisotropic imaging. Commun. Earth Environ., 6, 405. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02328-8 (2025).

4. Rappisi, F., Lo Bue, R., VanderBeek, B. P., … & Faccenda, M. 3-D Mantle Flow and Structure of the Mediterranean from Combined P-wave and Splitting Intensity Anisotropic Tomography. J. Geophys. Res., 130, e2024JB030883. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB030883 (2025). 

5. Roy, P., Steinberger, B., Faccenda, M., & Pons, M. Modeling anisotropic signature of slab-induced mantle plumes from thermochemical piles in the lowermost mantle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2024GL113299. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113299 (2025).

6. Confal, J., Taymaz, T., Eken, T., Bezada, M.J., Faccenda, M. Remnant Tethyan slab fragments beneath northern Türkiye. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 664, 119458, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119458 (2025).

7. Faccenda, M., VanderBeek, B. P., de Montserrat, A., Yang, J., Rappisi, F., and Ribe, N. ECOMAN: an open-source package for geodynamic and seismological modelling of mechanical anisotropy. Solid Earth, 15, 1241–1264, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1241-2024 (2024). 

8. Lo Bue, R., Rappisi, F., Firetto Carlino, M., Giampiccolo, E., Cocina, O., VanderBeek, B.P., Faccenda, M. Crustal structure of Etna volcano (Italy) from P-wave anisotropic tomography. Geophys. Res. Lett. 51, 13, e2024GL108733, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108733 (2024). Eos Research Spotlight.

9. **Toffol, G., Pennacchioni, G., Menegon, L., Wallis, D., Faccenda, M., Camacho, A., Bestmann, M. On-fault earthquake energy density partitioning from shocked garnet in an exhumed seismic midcrustal fault. Sci. Adv. 10, 9, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi8533 (2024).

10. Rappisi, F., Witek, M., Faccenda, M., Ferreira, A.M.G., Chang, S.-J. Artificial age-independent seismic anisotropy, slab thickening and shallowing due to limited resolving power of (an)isotropic tomography. Geophys. J. Int., 237, 1, 217-234, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae042 (2024)

11. Del Piccolo, G., VanderBeek, B. P., Faccenda, M., Morelli, A., Byrnes, J. S. Imaging Upper-Mantle Anisotropy with Transdimensional Bayesian Monte Carlo Sampling. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. XX, 1–13, https://doi.10.1785/0120230233 (2024).

12. Faccenda, M., VanDerBeek, B.P. On constraining 3D seismic anisotropy in subduction, mid-ocean-ridge, and plume environments with teleseismic body wave data. J. Geodyn., 158, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2023.102003 (2023).

13. VanderBeek, B.P., Lo Bue, R., Rappisi, F., Faccenda, M. Imaging upper mantle anisotropy with travel-time and splitting intensity observations from teleseismic shear waves: Insights from tomographic reconstructions of subduction simulations. Geophys. J. Int., 235, 3, 2640-2670,  https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad389 (2023).

14. Confal., J., Baccheschi, P., Pondrelli, S., Foivos, K., VanderBeek, B.P., Huang, Z., Faccenda, M. Reproducing complex anisotropy patterns at subduction zones from splitting intensity analysis and anisotropy tomography. Geophys. J. Int., 235, 1725-1735, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad329 (2023).

15. Yang, J., Faccenda, M. On the Dynamics of Water Transportation and Magmatism in the Mid-Mantle. J. Geophys. Res., 128/8, e2023JB026469, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098402 (2023) 

16. Turner, A. R., Ferreira, A.M.G, Berbellini, A., Brantout, N., Faccenda, M., Kendall, E. Across-slab propagation and low stress drops of deep earthquakes in the Kuril subduction. Geophys. Res. Lett. 49, e2022GL098402. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098402 (2022)

17. Kendall, E., Faccenda, M., Ferreira, A.M.G, Chang, S.-J. On the relationship between oceanic plate speed, tectonic stress, and seismic anisotropy. Geophys. Res. Lett. 49, e2022GL097795. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL097795 (2022).

18. Rappisi, F., VanderBeek, B., Faccenda, M., Morelli, A., Molinari, I. Slab geometry and upper mantle flow patterns in the Central Mediterranean from 3D anisotropic P-wave tomography. J. Geophys. Res. 127, e2021JB023488. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021JB023488 (2022).

19. Lo Bue, R., Rappisi, F., VanderBeek, B.P., Faccenda, M. Tomographic Image Interpretation and Central-Western Mediterranean-Like Upper Mantle Dynamics From Coupled Seismological and Geodynamic Modeling Approach. Front. Earth Sci. 10:884100. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.884100 (2022)

20. Boscaini, A., Marzoli, A., Bertrand, H., Chiaradia, M., Jourdan, F., Faccenda, M., Meyzen, C.M., Callegaro, S., Serrano-Duran, L., Cratonic kells controlled the emplacement of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP). Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 584, 117480,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117480 (2022).

21. Toffol, G., Yang, J., Pennacchioni, G., Faccenda, M., Scambelluri, M. How to quake a subducting dry slab at intermediate depths: Inferences from numerical modelling. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 578, 117289, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117289 (2022).

22. *De Montserrat, A., Faccenda, M., Pennacchioni, G. Extrinsic Anisotropy of Two-Phase Newtonian Aggregates: Fabric Characterization and Paramertrization. J. Geophys. Res. 126, e2021JB022232. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022232 (2021). AGU Instagram Post.

23. Lo Bue, R., Faccenda, M., Yang, J. The role of Adria Plate Lithospheric Structures on the Recent Dynamics of the Central Mediterranean Region. J. Geophys. Res. 126, e2021JB022377. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022377 (2021).

24. Lee, H., Bezada, M. J., Faccenda, M. Can sub-slab low-velocity anomalies be an artifact caused by anisotropy? A case study from the Alboran slab area in the western Mediterranean. Tectonophys. 819, 229080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229080 (2021).

25. VanderBeek, B. P., Faccenda, M. Imaging upper mantle anisotropy with teleseismic P-wave delay: insights from tomographic reconstructions of subduction simulations. Geophys. J. Int. 225 (3), 2097-2119, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab081 (2021).

26. ***Hansen, L. N., Faccenda, M., Warren, J. M. A review of the mechanism generating seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 313, 106662, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2021.106662 (2021).

27. Petrescu, L., Pondrelli, S., Salimbeni, S., Faccenda, M. Mantle flow below the central and greater Alpine region: insights from SKS anisotropy analysis at AlpArray and permanent stations. Solid Earth 11, 4, 1275-1290, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1275-2020 (2020).

28. ***Brovarone, A.V., Butch, C.J., Ciappa, A., Cleaves, H.J. II, Elmaleh, A., Faccenda, M., Feineman, M., Hermann, J., Nestola, F., Cordone, A., Giovannelli, D. Let there be water: how hydration/dehydration reactions accompany key Earth and life processes. Am. Mineral. 105, 8, 1152-1160, https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2020-7380 (2020).

29. Pennacchioni, G., Scambelluri, M., Bestmann, M., Notini, L., Nimis, P., Plümper, O., Faccenda, M., Nestola, F. Record of intermediate-depth subduction seismicity in a dry slab from an exhumed ophiolite. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 548, 116490, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116490 (2020).

30. Confal, J. M., Bezada, M. J., Eken, T., Faccenda, M., Saygin, E., Taymaz, T. Influence of upper mantle anisotropy on isotropic P-wave tomography images obtained in the Eastern Mediterranean region. J. Geophys. Res. 125, 8, https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018559 (2020).  

31. **Yang, J., Faccenda, M. Intraplate volcanism originating from upwelling hydrous transition zone. Nature 579, 88-91, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2045-y (2020).

32. Yang, J., Lu, G., Liu, T., Li, Y., Wang, K., Wang, X., Sun, B., Faccenda, M., Zhao, L. Amagmatic subduction produced by mantle serpentinization and oceanic crust delamination. Geophys. Res. Lett. 47, 9, e2019GL086257. https://doi.org.10.1029/2019GL086257 (2020).

33. Peng, C.-C., Kuo, B.-Y., Faccenda, M., Chiao, L.-Y. Mantle flow entrained by the Hindu-Kush continental subduction inferred from source-side seismic anisotropy. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 530, 115905, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115905 (2020).

34. Murri, M. Domeneghetti, M.C.,[…],Faccenda, M., Alvaro, M. Cooling history and emplacement of a pyroxenitic lava as proxy for understanding Martian lava flows. Sci. Rep. 9(1), 17501, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53142-0 (2019).

35. Chen, L., Faccenda, M. Subduction-induced upwelling of a hydrous Transition zone: Implications for the Cenozoic magmatism in Northeast China. J. Geophys. Res. 124(11), 11489-11504, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018133 (2019).

36. Sturgeon W., Ferreira, A.M.G., Faccenda, M., Chang, S.-J., Schardong, L. On the origin of radial anisotropy near subducted slabs in the midmantle. Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. 20 (11), 5105-5125, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008462 (2019).

37. Cheng, Z., Ding, W., Faccenda, M., […] Geodynamic effects of subducted seamount at the Manila Trench: Insights from numerical modeling. Tectonophys. 764, 46-61, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.05.011 (2019).

38. **Ferreira, A.M.G., Faccenda, M., Sturgeon, W., Chang, S.-J., Schardong, L. ­­­ ­­­Ubiquitous lower-mantle anisotropy beneath subduction zone. Nat. Geo. 12, 301-306, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0325-7 (2019)

39. *Faccenda, M., Ferreira, A.M.G., Tisato, N., Lithgow-Bertelloni, C., Stixrude, L, Pennacchioni, G. Extrinsic anisotropy in a compositionally heterogeneous mantle. J. Geophys. Res. 124, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016482 (2019). Editor Highlight.

40. Zhou, Q., Hu, J., Liu, L., Chaparro, T., Stegman, D. R., Faccenda, M. Western U.S. seismic anisotropy revealing complex mantle dynamics. Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett. 500, 156-167, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.015 (2018).

41. Confal, J.M., Faccenda, M., Eken, T., Taymaz, T. Numerical simulation of 3-D mantle flow evolution in sunbduction environments in relations to seismic anisotropy beneath the eastern Mediterranean region. Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett. 497, 50-61, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.005 (2018).

42. Papa, S., Pennacchioni, G., Angel, R. J., Faccenda, M. The fate of garnet during (deep-seated) coseismic frictional heating: The role of thermal shock. Geology 46(5), 471-474, https://doi.org/10.1130/G40077.1 (2018).

43. **Hu, J., Liu, L., Faccenda, M., Zhou, Q., Fisher, K. M., Marshak, S., Lundstrom, C. Modification of Western Gondwana craton by plume-lithosphere interaction. Nat. Geo. 11, 203-210, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0064-1 (2018).

44. Piccolo, A., Faccenda, M., Carosi, R., Montomoli, C., Visonà, D. Crustal strength control on structures and metamorphism in collisional orogens. Tectonophys., 746, 470-492, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.09.018 (2018).

45. Dal Zilio, L., Faccenda, M., Capitanio, F. A. The role of deep subduction in supercontinent breakup. Tectonophys., 746, 312-324, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.03.006 (2018).

46. Hu, J., Faccenda, M., Liu, L. Subduction-controlled mantle flow and seismic anisotropy in South America. Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett. 470, 13-24, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.04.027 (2017).

47. Spiess, R., Dibona, R., Faccenda, M., Mattioli, M., Renzulli, A. Mylonitic gabbro nodules of Stromboli (southern Italy): Microstructural evidence of high-temperature deformation of cumulates during the evolution of the magmatic crustal roots of an active volcano. Special Papers of the Geol. Soc. of Am. 526, 89-105, https://doi.org/10.1130/2017.2526(05) (2017).

48. ***Faccenda, M. and Dal Zilio, L. The role of solid-solid phase transitions in mantle convection. Lithos 268-271, 198-224, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2016.11.007 (2017)

49. *Bezada, M., Faccenda, M., Toomey, D. R. Representing anisotropic subduction zones with isotropic velocity models: A characterization of the problem and some steps on a possible path forward. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., https:/doi.org/10.1002/2016GC006507 (2016). Eos Research Spotlight.

50. **Chang, S.-J., A.M.G. Ferreira, M. Faccenda. Upper- and mid-mantle interaction between the Samoan plume and the Tonga-Kermadec slabs. Nat. Commun., 7:10799, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10799 (2016).

51. ***Faccenda M. Water in the slab: a trilogy. Tectonophys. 614, 1-30, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.12.020 (2014).

52. Faccenda M. Mid mantle seismic anisotropy around subduction zones. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 227, 1-19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2013.11.015 (2014).

53. Faccenda M. and Capitanio, F. A. Seismic anisotropy around subduction zones: insights from three-dimensional modeling of upper mantle deformation and SKS splitting calculations. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20055 (2013).

54. Eberarth-Phillips, D., Reyners, M., Faccenda, M., Naliboff, J. Along-strike variation in subducting plate seismicity and mantle wedge attenuation related to fluid release beneath the North Island, New Zealand. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 225, 12-27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2013.10.002 (2013).

55. Capitanio, F. A. and Faccenda, M. Complex mantle flow around heterogeneous subducting oceanic plates. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 353-354, 29-37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.042 (2012).

56. Faccenda M. and Capitanio, F. A. Development of mantle seismic anisotropy during subduction-induced 3D flow. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL051988 (2012).

57. *Faccenda M., Gerya, T. V., Mancktelow, N. S. and Moresi, L. Fluid flow during slab unbending and dehydration: Implications for intermediate-depth seismicity, slab weakening and deep water recycling, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q01010, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GC003860 (2012). Eos Research Spotlight.

58. Faccenda M., Mancktelow, N. S. Fluid flow during unbending: implications for slab hydration, intermediate-depth earthquakes and deep fluid subduction. Tectonophys. 494, 149-154, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2010.08.002 (2010).

59. **Faccenda M., Gerya, T.V., Burlini L. Deep slab hydration induced by bending-related variation of the tectonic pressure. Nat. Geosci. 2, 790-793, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo656 (2009).

60. Faccenda M., Minelli G., Gerya T.V. Coupled and decoupled regimes of continental collision: Numerical modelling. Earth Plant. Sci. Lett. 278, 3-4, 337-349, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.021 (2009).

61. **Faccenda M., Burlini L., Gerya T.V., Mainprice D. Fault-induced seismic anisotropy by hydration in subducting oceanic plates. Nature 455, 1097-1100, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07376 (2008).

62. Faccenda M., Gerya, T.V., Chakraborty, S. Styles of post-subduction collisional orogeny: Influence of convergence velocity, crustal rheology and radiogenic heat production. Lithos 103, issue 1-2, pp. 257-287, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2007.09.009 (2008).

63. Faccenda M., Bressan G., Burlini L. Seismic properties of the upper crust in the central Friuli area (northeastern Italy) based on petrophysical data. Tectonophys.  445, 210-226,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2007.08.004 (2007).

Review Articles:

1. Hansen, L. N., Faccenda, M., Warren, J. M. A review of the mechanism generating seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 313, 106662 (2021).

2. Brovarone, A.V., Butch, C.J., Ciappa, A., Cleaves, H.J. II, Elmaleh, A., Faccenda, M., Feineman, M., Hermann, J., Nestola, F., Cordone, A., Giovannelli, D. Let there be water: how hydration/dehydration reactions accompany key Earth and life processes. Am. Mineral. 105, 8, 1152-1160 (2020).

3. Faccenda M. and Dal Zilio L. The role of solid-solid phase transitions in mantle convection. Lithos 268-271, 198-224 (2017)

4. Faccenda M. Water in the slab: a trilogy. Tectonophys. 614, 1-30 (2014).