Provenance and geological significance of red mud and other clastic sediments of the Mugnano Cave (Montagnola Senese, Italy)

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-328

  Iacoviello, Francesco ^a   Martini, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cave sediments; Montagnola Senese; Mugnano Cave; Red mud

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; CAVE DEPOSIT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; PARENT MATERIAL; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION;

ITALY; MONTAGNOLA SENESE; MUGNANO CAVE; SIENA [TUSCANY]; TUSCANY;

EID: 84930478335     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.41.2.17     Document Type: Article

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