Earth and related environmental sciences

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• radionuclides determination (Po, Pb, Gd, Ra, Cs, U, Th, Pu, Am) in food and diet supplements as well as in environmental samples;
• speciation, distribution and accumulation of radioisotopes in living organisms and their radiological effects;
• food as radioactive elements source;
• Chernobyl accident and other radiation events impact on the radioactive contamination

APPLICATION OF GIS TECHNIQUES TO THE STUDY OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
HISTORICAL CHANGES IN THE COASTLINE
GEOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CONTINENTAL MARGINS
STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONICS OF MARINE AREAS
STUDY OF NATURAL RISKS IN COASTAL AREAS AND CONTINENTAL MARGINS
EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTAL MARGINS
GEOHABITATS
GEOMORPHOLOGY OF COASTAL AND MARINE AREAS
NEOTECTONICS AND SEISMOTECTONICS
PALEO-OCEANOGRAPHY
PALEOCLIMATE
COASTAL EROSION PROCESSES
SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES ON CONTINENTAL MARGINS

Validation of satellite measurements (radar altimetry) using in-situ data.
Satellite Oceanography