Palaeomagnetic results from an archaeological site near Rome (Italy): New insights for tectonic rotation during the last 0.5 Myr

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1665-1673

  Florindo, Fabio ^a   Marra, Fabrizio ^a   Montone, Paola ^a   Pirro, Mario ^a   Boschi, Enzo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Block rotation; Italy; Palaeomagnetism; Rome

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC ROTATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13344261379     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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