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Testing drought indicators for summer burned area prediction in Italy
During the summer season, the Italian territory is vulnerable to extended wildfires, which can have dramatic impact on human activities and...
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Tsunamis from prospected mass failure on the Marsili submarine volcano flanks and hints for tsunami hazard evaluation
The Marsili Seamount (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) is the largest submarine volcano in the Mediterranean Sea, located in the middle of the Marsili Basin,...
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Ancient restoration and production technologies of Roman mortars from monuments placed in hydrogeological risk areas: a case study
This paper focuses on the study of different Roman mortars (renders, finishing coats), used in the construction and restoration of the Forum Traiani ...
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Mortality from extreme meteorological and hydrogeological events in Italy: a rising health threat connected to climate change
The aim of the present work is to assess mortality associated to extreme meteorological and hydrological events (storms, floods, landslides,...
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Environmental Management and Metal Recovery: Re-processing of Mining Waste at Montevecchio Site (SW Sardinia)
The paper illustrates and discusses an innovative approach in the reclamation of old mining areas, which is inspired by the circular economy...
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Exploring the role of fibular extremities as indicators of mobility patterns and locomotor behavior in Homo sapiens from Mid- Late Upper Paleolithic to the modern age
The human fibular shape has been scarcely analyzed in anthropology. However, studies on athletes and human archaeological samples suggest the...
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Detection of Subsidence by Radar Interferometric Data in the Seruci-Nuraxi Figus Coal Mine Area (Sardinia, Italy)
In the present work, an Advanced Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) technique has been used to measure deformations...
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New insights about economic plants during the 6th–2nd centuries bc in Sardinia, Italy
A research project carried out in Santa Giusta lagoon, Sardinia, since 2005 has revealed the presence of Phoenician and Punic waterlogged...
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A convection-permitting and limited-area model hindcast driven by ERA5 data: precipitation performances in Italy
This study describes the implementation and performances of a weather hindcast obtained by dynamically downscaling the ERA5 data across the period...
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High-silica zeolites in pyroclastic flows from Central Sardinia (Italy): clues on genetic processes and reserves from a mineralogical study
The island of Sardinia (Italy) presents some of the most interesting zeolite ores in Europe, most of which are associated with old pyroclastic...
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Ion microprobe dating of fissure monazite in the Western Alps: insights from the Argentera Massif and the Piemontais and Briançonnais Zones
Ion probe 208 Pb/ 232 Th fissure monazite ages from the Argentera External Massif and from the high-pressure units of the Western Alps provide new...
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On the Occurrence of Extreme Rainfall Events Across Italy: Should We Update the Probability of Failure of Existing Hydraulic Works?
Every year, extreme rainfall events cause human deaths and economic losses around the world. Risk reduction strategies may involve the implementation...
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Diversified pottery use across 5th and 4th millennium cal BC Neolithic coastal communities along the Strait of Gibraltar
The region around the Strait of Gibraltar offered Neolithic societies a bridge connecting Iberia and North Africa. Using the sea for access to...
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Provenance of Italian and Central European Archaeological Obsidians by Non-destructive WDXRF Method
This chapter deals with the provenance of 1453 archaeological obsidian fragments from Italian and Central European sites, determined by the...
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Agriculture at the Phoenician site of La Fonteta (Alicante, Spain)
The Phoenician settlement of La Fonteta (Alicante, Spain) was founded in the late 8th cent bc at the mouth of the Río Segura. It has provided one of...
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Environmental Impact Assessment in Climbing Activities: A New Method to Develop a Sustainable Tourism in Geological and Nature Reserves
Enhancing the natural and geological heritage means contributing to creating the conditions for sustainable development in the context of...
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Influence of local site effects on seismic risk maps and ranking of Italian municipalities
The latest studies concerning seismic risk assessment in Italy were developed without considering the site geo-lithological effects, thus limiting...
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Composition, raw material provenance, and manufacture of a unique late Roman silver folding stand (quadripus) from Kőszárhegy, Hungary
The late Roman silver quadripus from Kőszárhegy (Fejér County, Hungary) is the only known silver folding stand from the Late Roman Imperial Age,...
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Regional and Global Correlation of the Latest Ordovician to Early Silurian Shale Gas-Bearing Strata
Regional correlation of the Wufeng and Lungmachi formations is based on four correlative series across the Yangtze Platform. A global view of the...
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A vestige of an Ediacaran magmatic arc in southeast France and its significance for the northern Gondwana margin
The Maures–Tanneron Massif is a key to putting new constraints on the age, nature, and tectonic setting of pre-Variscan metaigneous rocks in the...
