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GSA Special Papers
Tuffs - Their Properties, Uses, Hydrology, and Resources
Author(s)
Geological Society of America

Volume
408
Copyright:
Geological Society of America
ISBN print:
9780813724089
Publication date:
January 01, 2006
Book Chapter
Chapter 6 A case study—Ancient Rome was built with volcanic stone from the Roman land
Author(s)
Donatella de Rita
;
Donatella de Rita
1
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Universita degli Studi di Roma–TRE, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1, 00146 Roma, Italy
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Ciriaco Giampaolo
Ciriaco Giampaolo
1
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Universita degli Studi di Roma–TRE, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1, 00146 Roma, Italy
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- building stone
- case studies
- Cenozoic
- construction
- construction materials
- Europe
- foundations
- ground water
- history
- igneous rocks
- Italy
- Latium Italy
- magmas
- Neogene
- Pleistocene
- Pliocene
- pyroclastics
- Quaternary
- Rome Italy
- sea-level changes
- Southern Europe
- Tertiary
- tuff
- volcanic rocks
- Colli Albani volcanic field
- Sabatini volcanic field
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