Granitoid stones from Calabria (Southern Italy): Petrographic, geochemical and petrophysical characterization of ancient quarries of Roman Age

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-59

  Cirrincione, Rosolino ^a   Fiannacca, Patrizia ^a   Ortolano, Gaetano ^a   Pezzino, Antonio ^a   Punturo, Rosalda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building material; Calabria; Porphyritic granitoid; Roman quarry; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880408859     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2451/2013PM0003     Document Type: Article

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