QUATERNARY URBAN GEOLOGY AND FOUNDATIONS OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS: A FEW OUTSTANDING CASE HISTORIES FROM ITALY

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Published: May 28, 2018
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Urban geology, Holocene, cultural heritage, building, foundations

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Massimo Coli
DST - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
Niccolò Iandelli
DST - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

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In this paper we analyse the urban geological setting of three outstanding Italian cities, under the UNESCO patronage, in order to define the relationships between subsoil setting and historical building foundations. Geological features play a key role on this topic and their knowledge is fundamental for any conservation project.

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Coli, Massimo, and Niccolò Iandelli , trans. 2018. “QUATERNARY URBAN GEOLOGY AND FOUNDATIONS OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS: A FEW OUTSTANDING CASE HISTORIES FROM ITALY”. Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 31 (May): 59-62. https://amq.aiqua.it/index.php/amq/article/view/188.
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Vol. 31 (2018): "Quaternary: Past, Present, Future - AIQUA Conference 2018"
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