Papers in peer reviewed Journals

Citterio M., Diolaiuti G., Smiraglia, C., D'Agata C., Carnielli T. & Siletto G.B. (in review) – The shrinkage of Italian glaciers: an overview from the first complete database of terminus fluctuations for the Italian Alps and from regional area change data . Submitted.

Citterio M., Diolaiuti G., Smiraglia C., Verza G. & Meraldi E. (submitted) – First data from the AWS on the ablation tongue of Forni Glacier. Submitted to Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria.

Smiraglia C., Pelfini M, Diolaiuti G., Citterio M., Carnielli T. & D’Agata C. (in press) – Alpine calving: processes and hazards of a spreading phenomenon. Some results from a study site (Miage Lake, Mont Blanc Massif). In: Beniston M. (editor) - Advances in Global Change Research.

Diolaiuti G., Citterio M., Carnielli T., D’Agata C., Kirkbride M. & Smiraglia C. (2006) – Rates, processes and morphology of freshwater calving at Miage Glacier (Italian Alps). Hydrological Processes 20, 2233-2244.

Santilli M., Pelfini M., Citterio M., Turri S. (2005) - Landscape history in the subalpine karst region of Moncodeno (Lombardy Prealps, Northern Italy). - Dendrochronologia 23, 19-27.

Citterio M., Turri S., Bini A. & Maggi V. (2004) - Observed trends in the chemical composition, d18O and crystal sizes vs. depth in the first ice core from the "LoLc 1650 Abisso sul Margine dell'Alto Bregai" ice cave (Lecco, Italy). Theoretical and Applied Karstology 17, 27-44.


Citterio M., Turri S., Bini A., Maggi V., Pini R., Ravazzi C., Santilli M., Stenni B. & Udisti R. (2004) - Multidisciplinary approach to the study of the Lo Lc 1650 "Abisso sul Margine dell'Alto Bregai" ice cave (Lecco, Italy). Theoretical and Applied Karstology n. 17, 45-50.

Papers in other Journals

Turri S., Citterio M., Bini A. & Maggi V. (2004) – Lo “Stefan problem” utilizzato per interpretare le condizioni di congelamento di un lago ipogeo nella ghiacciaia LO LC 1650 (Moncodeno, Lecco – Italia). Le Grotte d’Italia s.V, 5. 29-34

Turri S., Citterio M., Bini A., Maggi V., Udisti R. & Stenni B. (2003) – Etude glaciologique et climatologique des cavités glacées du Moncodeno. (Grigna septentrionale, province de Lecco, Lombardie). Karstologia n°42 – 2/2003. 37-44

Contributions to international conferences

Citterio M., Diolaiuti G. & Smiraglia C. (2006) – Glacial Contact Lake Risk Analysis - the Miage Lake case (Italian Alps). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Procs. of the 2006 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2 - 7 April 2006. (Poster presentation)

Brock B., Citterio M., Cutler M., Diolaiuti G., Kirkbride M., Maconachie H., Mihalcea C. & Smiraglia C. (2006) – Spatial and temporal patterns of thermal resistance and heat conduction on debris covered Miage Glacier, Italian Alps. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Procs. of the 2006 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2 - 7 April 2006. (Poster presentation)

Mihalcea C., Diolaiuti G., Smiraglia C., Citterio M., Brock B., Cutler M., Kirkbride M. & Maconachie H. (2006) – Spatial variability of ablation rates on the debris-covered tongue of Miage Glacier, Italian Alps. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Procs. of the 2006 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2 - 7 April 2006. (Poster presentation)

Citterio M., Verza G. Diolaiuti G., Smiraglia C., & Belò M. (2006) – First data from the AWS on the ablation tongue of Forni Glacier. 10th Alpine Glaciological Meeting, München, 24-25 February 2005. (Poster presentation)

Mihalcea C., Diolaiuti G., Smiraglia C., Citterio M., Brock B. & M. Kirkbride (2006) – Ablation rate variability Function of Glacier Surface Features: Recent Results from the Debris Covered Tongue of Miage Glacier (Italien Alps). 10th Alpine Glaciological Meeting, München, 24-25 February 2005. (Oral presentation)

Vassena G., Lanzi C., Cavallari L., Smiraglia C., Diolaiuti & Citterio M. (2006) – High resolution topographic applications as a contribution to the knowledge of potentially dangerous glacier lakes. The case study of Imja Lake (Nepal, Himalayas). 10th Alpine Glaciological Meeting, München, 24-25 February 2005. (Poster presentation)

Citterio M. (2005) - Surface morphology of the hypogean ice block of the Lo Lc 1650 ice cave (Grigna Settentrionale, Central Italian Alps). Sixth International Conference on Geomorphology, Zaragoza, Spain, 7-11 September 2005.


Citterio M. (2005) – Methods in recording surface temperatures on the debris cover of a glacier by use of thermistor probes: an experimental approach. Sixth International Conference on Geomorphology, Zaragoza, Spain, 7-11 September 2005. (Poster presentation)

Citterio M., Turri S., Bini A., Maggi V. (2005) - Chemical and stable isotopes profiles from the snow deposit in the Lo Lc 1607 ice cave (Grigna Settentrionale, Italian Alps). Proceedings of the UIS - 14th International Congress of Speleology, Athens, 21 - 28 August 2005.


Turri S., Citterio M., Bini A., Maggi V., Favaron M., Fraternali D., Alberici A., Borghi S., Colombo M., Gottardi R. & Zappalà D. (2005) – Preliminary data recorded by a monitoring station to study the hypogean climate in an ice cave: the LO LC 1650 Ice Cave “Abisso sul margine dell’Alto Bregai” (Grigna Settentrionale, Lecco – Italy). 14th International Congress of Speleology, Athens, 21 - 28 August 2005

Persoiu A., Turri S., Citterio M., & Feier I. (2005 accepted) - Air temperature in an ice cave: the example of Focul Viu Ice Cave (Bihor Mts., Romania). 14th International Congress of Speleology, Athens, 21 - 28 August 2005

Citterio M., Turri S., Bini A. & Maggi V. (2005) - On ice and snow deposits in caves and their suitability to paleoenvironmental research. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24 - 29 April 2005.
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Diolaiuti G., Citterio M., Carnielli, T., D Agata, C. & Smiraglia C. (2005) – Alpine calving: processes and importance of a spreading phenomenon. The case study of Miage Lake, Mont Blanc Massif. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Procs. of the 2005 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24 - 29 April 2005. (Poster presentation)

Citterio M., Mihalcea C., Brock B., Diolaiuti G. & Ranzi, R. (2005) – Debris surface temperatures on Miage Glacier (Mont Blanc Massif, Italian Alps). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Procs. of the 2005 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24 - 29 April 2005. (Poster presentation)

Mihalcea C.E. & Citterio M. (2005) Experimental methods applied in recording surface temperatures on glacier debris cover by using thermistor probes.Preliminary results on Miage Glacier (Italian Alps). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Procs. of the 2005 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24 - 29 April 2005. (Poster presentation)

Citterio M., Turri S. , Bini A. & Maggi V. (2005) - Genesis and evolution of a cave ice deposit in Moncodeno (Grigna Settentrionale Massif, Italy) by structural, cristallografic, chemical and stable isotopes analyses. 9th Alpine Glaciological Meeting, Milano, 24-25 February 2005.

Citterio M., Turri S., Bini A., Maggi V., Persoiu A. & Rajka G. (2005) - Cave ice coring in the Ghetarul Focul Viu (Romania): techniques, preliminary observations on core stratigraphy and radiocarbon ages setting a new record for this cave. 9th Alpine Glaciological Meeting, Milano, 24-25 February 2005.


Citterio M., Turri S., Bini A., Maggi V., Marino F., Pini R., Ravazzi C., Santilli M., Stenni B. & Udisti R. (2004) - Origin, evolution and age considerations on a hypogean ice deposit from a cave in the Central Italian Alps. 2005 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 13-17 December 2004. (Poster contribution)

Turri S., Citterio M., Bini A. & Maggi V., (2004) – Preliminary evaluation of a Stefan Problem - like approach in the interpretation of the physical conditions of shallow freezing lakes in the Lo Lc 1650 "Abisso sul Margine dell’Alto Bregai" Ice Cave (Lecco, Italy). Procs. of the 1st International Workshop on Ice Caves, Căpuş, Romania, 1st-3rd March 2004.

Citterio M. & Turri S. (eds.), 2004 - Volume of abstracts of the 1st International Workshop on Ice Caves. Capus, Romania, 29th February - 3rd March 2004


Citterio M., Turri S., Bini A. & Maggi V. (2003) – Some observation on the structure and morphology of an ice cave deposit in the “Abisso sul margine dell’alto Bregai” cave (Grigna Settentrionale, Italian Alps). Proceedings of VI Symposium of the International Commission Glacier Caves and Karst in Polar and High Mountain Regions of the International Union of Speleology (UIS-GLACKIPR). Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard, Norvegia) 3-8 settembre 2003.

Invited contributions

Citterio M., Turri S., Persoiu A., Bini A. & Maggi V. (accepted) - Radiocarbon ages from two ice caves in the Italian Alps and the Romanian Carpathians and their significance. Proceedings of VII Symposium of the International Commission Glacier Caves and Karst in Polar and High Mountain Regions of the International Union of Speleology (UIS-GLACKIPR). 5 - 11 September 2005, Azau, Kabardino-Balkarija (Caucasus, Russia).

Contributions to national (Italian and foreign) meetings

Citterio M., Turri S., Bini A. & Maggi V. (2005) - Posizione e morfologia del deposito di ghiaccio trasparente stratificato della grotta Lo Lc 1650 (Moncodeno, Grigna settentrionale, Lecco). Primo Convegno Nazionale AIGEO "Montagne e Pianure", Padova 15 - 17 Fabruary 2005.

Citterio M., Mihalcea C., Diolaiuti G. & Smiraglia C. (2005) – La copertura detritica del Ghiacciaio del Miage (Gruppo del Monte Bianco, Alpi Italiane): effetti sull'ablazione e metodologia di misura delle temperature superficiali. Primo Convegno Nazionale AIGEO "Montagne e Pianure", Padova 15 - 17 Fabruary 2005. (Poster presentation)

Diolaiuti G., D’Agata C., Carnielli T., Citterio M. & Smiraglia C. (2005) – Processi di calving sulla falesia del Ghiacciaio del Miage (Gruppo del Monte Bianco, Alpi Italiane). Primo Convegno Nazionale AIGEO "Montagne e Pianure", Padova 15 - 17 Fabruary 2005. (Poster presentation)
Citterio M. (2003) - Glàciologie et climatologie dans les grottes du Moncodeno (Grigna Settentrionale, Lecco): analyse du dépôt de glace. Actes de la Treizième Rencontre d'Octobre "Le froid et la spéléogenèse". 12 - 13 October 2003, Saint-Cristophe-la-grotte (Savoia, Francia).

Citterio M., Turri S., Bini A. & Maggi V., 2002 - Glaciologia e climatologia ipogea in Moncodeno (Grigna Settentrionale, Lecco). Atti Convegno Nazionale in ricordo di Ardito Desio – I ghiacciai, le montagne, l’uomo. Le variazioni dei ghiacciaia montani e le modificazioni dei sistemi naturali ed antropici. Bormio 12-13 settembre 2002.

popular science (reviews and book chapters)

Citterio M. (2006) - Immagini da satellite e bilanci energetici. In: C. Smiraglia (a cura di) - Valle d’Aosta, dono dei ghiacciai. Musumeci Publ. (in Italian, "Satellite images and surface energy balance")

Turri S., Citterio M. (2004) - Il ghiaccio nel buio. SLM - Rivista trimestrale dell'IMONT, n. 15, pp. 21-26.