Publications in peer-reviewed journals (*corresponding author):

1. PETROCCIA A., GIUNTOLI F*., KOTOWSKI A., BUONO G., CHOGANI A., HELLEBRAND E., PAPPALARDO L., CALLEGARI I. (2026): Tracking dehydration reactions and fossil fluid flux in shear zones using garnet microstructures. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 10.1111/jmg.70042

2. CASOLI L*., PETROCCIA A. & GIUNTOLI F*. (2026). Block‐in‐matrix deformation and veining in Alpine subducted oceanic metasediments at blueschist facies conditions. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 27, e2025GC012765. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012765

3. NURKANATI M., LI H*., ALGEO T., LI N., SUN W.B., PETROCCIA A., LIU B., ELATIKPO S.M. & ZHENG H. (2026): Refining the timing and genesis of NbTa Mufushan–Lianyunshan Orefield pegmatites (South China) using muscovite. Lithos. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108407

4. PETROCCIA A., NERONE S*., MAFFEIS A*., CASO F., BOERO F., GHIGNONE S. & GROPPO C. (2025): The contribution of the petrological iterative approach in reconciling the UHP natural data set with geodynamic models in the continental Western Alps. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3), 26. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012412
   
   

5. MAFFEIS A*., PETROCCIA A., NERONE S., CASO F., CORNO A., BONAZZI M., CORVÒ S. & GROPPO C. (2025): Filling the gap in the UHP metamorphic record of the Liguro-Piemont Lower unit: Insights on fluid-mediated formation of atoll garnets. Lithos. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2025.107981
   
   

6. PETROCCIA A*., GIUNTOLI F., PILIA S., VIOLA G., STERNAI P. & CALLEGARI I. (2025): Sustained strain localisation and coeval brittle-ductile deformation in an exhuming low-grade shear zone: Insights from the Saih Hatat Window (NE Oman). Journal of Structural Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105328
   
   

7. PETROCCIA A*., FORSHAW J., LANARI P., IACCARINO S., MONTOMOLI C. & CAROSI R. (2025): Pressure and Temperature Estimation in Greenschist-Facies Metapelites: an Example From the Variscan Belt in Sardinia. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12799
   
   

8. CAROSI R., MONTOMOLI C*., IACOPINI D., PETROCCIA A., SIMONETTI M. & OGGIANO G. (2024): Geology of the Asinara Island (Sardinia, Italy). Journal of Maps. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2317136
   
   

9. CASO F., PETROCCIA A*., NERONE S., MAFFEIS A., CORNO A. & ZUCALI M. (2024): Comparison between 2D vs. 3D microstructures and implications for metamorphic constraints using a chloritoid–garnet-bearing micaschist. European Journal of Mineralogy, 36, 381–395. https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-381-2024
   
   

10. MONTOMOLI C*., IACCARINO S., DI VINCENZO G., LANARI P., PETROCCIA A. & CAROSI R. (2024): Deformation and pressure-temperature-time history of the External Tuscan Units in the Northern Apennines (Italy): the case of the Punta Bianca Unit. Journal of Geodynamics.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2024.102045

11. PETROCCIA A., CAROSI R., MONTOMOLI C*., IACCARINO S., FORSHAW J. & PETRELLI M. (2024): Transtension or Transpression? Tectono-metamorphic constraints on the formation of the Monte Grighini dome (Sardinia, Italy) and implications for the Southern European Variscan belt. International Journal of Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-024-02410-0
    
    

12. NERONE S., PETROCCIA A*., CASO F., DANA D. & MAFFEIS A. (2024): Assessing the importance of H2O content in the tectono-metamorphic evolution of shear zones: a case study from the Dora-Maira Massif (Western Alps). Journal of Metamorphic Geology.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12750
    
    

13. BONASERA M*., PETROCCIA A., CASO F., CERRONE C. & GREGORIO F. (2023): Integrated geomorphological and structural analysis of coastal cliffs: The case study of Capo Faro Promontory, NE Salina, Aeolian Islands, Italy. IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea (MetroSea 2023). DOI: 10.1109/MetroSea58055.2023.10317191
    
    

14. DANA D., IACCARINO S*., SCHMID S.M., PETROCCIA A. & MICHARD A. (2023): Structural and metamorphic evolution of a subducted passive margin: insights from the Briançonnais nappes of the Western Alps (Ubaye – Maira valleys, France-Italy). Swiss Journal of Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-023-00445-0
    
    

15. PETROCCIA A*. (2023): Spatial variation of pure and simple shear across transpressive shear zones: flow kinematics map of the Posada-Asinara shear zone (NE Sardinia, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 60, 35–47. https://doi.org/10.3301/ROL.2023.28
    
    

16. PETROCCIA A*., CAROSI R., MONTOMOLI C., IACCARINO S. & VITALE BROVARONE A. (2022): Thermal variation across collisional orogens: insights from the hinterland-foreland transition zone of the Sardinian Variscan belt. Terra Nova. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12635
    
    

17. PETROCCIA A*., MONTOMOLI C., IACCARINO S. & CAROSI R. (2022): Geology of the contact area between the Internal and External Nappe Zone of the Sardinian Variscan Belt (Italy). Journal of Maps. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2022.2093660
    
    

18. PETROCCIA A*., CAROSI R., MONTOMOLI C., IACCARINO S. & VITALE BROVARONE A. (2022): Deformation and temperature variation along thrust-sense shear zones in the hinterland-foreland transition zone of collisional settings: a case study from the Barbagia Thrust (Sardinia, Italy). Journal of Structural Geology, 161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104640
    
    

19. CAROSI R*., MONTOMOLI C., IACCARINO S., BENETTI B., PETROCCIA A. & SIMONETTI M. (2022): Constraining the timing of evolution of shear zones in two collisional orogens. Geosciences, 12, 231. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12060231
    
    

20. PETROCCIA A. & IACCARINO S*. (2021): Metaconglomerate in the Pinerolo Unit (Dora Maira Massif, Western Alps): a key outcrop for Alpine geology and training structural geologists. International Journal of Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-021-02087-9
    
    

21. CASO F*., NERONE S., PETROCCIA A. & BONASERA M. (2021): Geology of the southern Gran Paradiso Massif and Lower Piedmont Zone contact area (middle Ala Valley, Western Alps, Italy). Journal of Maps, 17, 237–246. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1911869
    
    

22. OBERTO M. & PETROCCIA A*. (2021): Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53. doi.org/103301/ROL.2021.01
    
    

23. PETROCCIA A*., BONASERA M., NERONE S., CASO F., MORELLI M., BORMIOLI D. & MOLETTA G. (2020): Geological guide to the excursion in the upper Maira Valley (Western Alps, Italy). Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., 127, 55–59.
    
    

24. CAROSI R., PETROCCIA A*., IACCARINO S., SIMONETTI M., LANGONE A. & MONTOMOLI C. (2020): Kinematics and timing constraints in a transpressive tectonic regime: the example of the Posada-Asinara shear zone (NE Sardinia, Italy). Geosciences, 10, 288. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10080288
    
    

25. SIMONETTI M*., CAROSI R., MONTOMOLI C., CORSINI M., PETROCCIA A., COTTLE J.M. & IACCARINO S. (2020): Timing and kinematics of flow in a transpressive dextral shear zone, Maures Massif (Southern France). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 109, 2261–2285. 10.1007/s00531-020-01898-6
    
    

26. PETROCCIA A*., BONASERA M., CASO F., NERONE S., MORELLI M., BORMIOLI D. & MOLETTA G. (2020): Structural and geomorphological framework of the upper Maira Valley (Western Alps, Italy): the case study of the Gollone Landslide. Journal of Maps, 16:2, 534–542. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2020.1784806