Trace Element Classification Diagrams of Pyroclastic Rocks from the Volcanic Districts of Central Italy: The Case Study of the Ancient Roman Ships of Pisa

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 993-1019

  Marra, F ^a   D'Ambrosio, E ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b not available   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancient Roman Mortar; Trace Elements; Volcanic Rocks

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ROCK; WRECK;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; LAZIO; PISA [TUSCANY]; TUSCANY;

COSA;

EID: 84887825292     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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