The "Travertine" in Italy: Proposal of a new nomenclature based on the genetics characters;I "travertini" in Italia: Proposta di una nuova nomenclatura basata sui caratteri genetici

Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 273-284

  Capezzuoli, Enrico ^a   Gandin, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous tufa; Classification; Continental carbonates; Travertine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983088214     PISSN: 22797327     EISSN: 22797335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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