Provenance determination of trachyctic lavas, employed as blocks in the Romanesque cathedral of Modena (Northern Italy), using magnetic susceptibility, and petrographic and chemical parameters

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-19

  Capedri, Silvio ^a   Venturelli, Giampiero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Euganean Hills; Geochemistry; Magnetic susceptibility; Modena; Northern Italy; Petrography; Provenance; Romanesque cathedral; Trachytic blocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844369211     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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