Quaternary fluvial-volcanic stratigraphy and geochronology of the Capitoline Hill in Rome

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 751-754

  Alvarez, Walter ^a,b   Ammerman, Albert J ^c   Renne, Paul R ^a,d   Karner, Daniel B ^a   Terrenato, Nicola ^e   Montanari, Alessandro ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

^c Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^d BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE DRILLING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; SEA LEVEL;

ANCIENT ROME; DRILL CORE; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; FOUR CYCLES; SANIDINES; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

SEA LEVEL; VOLCANOES;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCK; PALAEOVALLEY; QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; CAPITOLINE HILL;

EID: 0030434492     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0751:QFVSAG>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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