Geological features, technological characterization and weathering phenomena of the Miocene Bryozoan and Lithothamnion limestones (central-southern Italy)

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-92

  Angrisani, Anna Claudia ^a   Calcaterra, Domenico ^a   Cappelletti, Piergiulio ^a   Colella, Abner ^a   Parente, Mariano ^a   Přikryl, Richard ^b   De Gennaro, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bryozoan and lithothamnion limestones; Central Southern Italy; Engineering geological properties; Lithofacies; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955452075     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2010.25     Document Type: Article

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