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An Itinerary through Proterozoic to Holocene rocks in the North-Eastern Peloritani Mts. (Southern Italy)

Italian Geological Society - Young Section
1st National Congress - Geology, Culture and Flavors of Sicily

During the “1st National Congress of the Italian Geological Society - Young Section” (Messina, May 2008), a geo-itinerary in the North-Eastern Peloritani Mounts, through Geosites and Geotopes testifying a Proterozoic to Holocene geological history, has been organized. The present work is a field trip guidebook of the above defined itinerary. The tour, which develops along a route with spectacular landscapes, involves eight Stops. It starts from Dinnammare top (1.127 m), which represents the North-Eastern limit of the Peloritani Ridge, continuing along the Tyrrhenian versant, from the Marmora Torrent mouth to the Tono Torrent mouth. It ends in Peloro Cape, on the Ionian coast.

DOI 10.3301/GFT.2010.01

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ISPRA
Technical Periodicals
(Periodici Tecnici) Geological Field Trips and Maps
2 (1)/2010
2038-4947