Val di Scerscen is located in the Central Italian Alps (Northern Lombardy), in the scenic setting of Valmalenco. This area is not very rich in caves, especially due to the abundant presence of oceanic metamorphic rocks, which where uplifted during the Alpine orogenesis, dominate the terrains. A thin lens of whitish dolomitic marbles belonging...
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April 8, 2018 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: December 4, 2022
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2024 (v1)Journal article
Many caves in Sicily have been shown to have a sulfuric acid or other hypogenic origin. We studied three caves (Palombara, Scrivilleri, Monello) near Syracuse (eastern Sicily), in an area that was strongly uplioed and faulted, creaKng mulKple Pleistocene marine terraces. Mineralogy, stable isotopes and daKng methods (paleomagneKsm, U/Th) were...
Uploaded on: October 11, 2024 -
2024 (v1)Journal article
Many caves in Sicily have been shown to have a sulfuric acid or other hypogenic origin. We studied three caves (Palombara, Scrivilleri, Monello) near Syracuse (eastern Sicily), in an area that was strongly uplioed and faulted, creaKng mulKple Pleistocene marine terraces. Mineralogy, stable isotopes and daKng methods (paleomagneKsm, U/Th) were...
Uploaded on: October 29, 2024 -
March 2021 (v1)Journal article
The Toirano karst system is located in the Ligurian Alps, in the dolostones of Middle Triassic age, around 4.5 km inland from the coast (Borghetto Santo Spirito). It comprises different caves, among which the most important are, from the higher altitudes to the Varatella brook below, Colombo Cave (247 m asl), Upper Santa Lucia (215 m asl),...
Uploaded on: December 3, 2022