Melogno, Magliolo, Savona Province, Liguria, Italyi
Regional Level Types | |
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Melogno | Hamlet |
Magliolo | Commune |
Savona Province | Province |
Liguria | Administrative Region |
Italy | - not defined - |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 13' 55'' North , 8° 12' 22'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Piano Soprano | 157 (2014) | 4.8km |
Osiglia | 287 (2014) | 5.5km |
Bormida | 453 (2012) | 5.5km |
Magliolo | 569 (2014) | 5.6km |
Piano Sottano | 142 (2014) | 6.2km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Melogno, Rialto, Provincia di Savona, Liguria, Italia
Hamlet near the homonymous pass (Colle del Melogno).
It gives the name to the Melogno Porphyroids, Late Permian high-K alkaline rhyolites typical of the Ligurian Alps. These massive, green-coulored rhyolites with high modal K-feldspar within a glassy groundmass are pervasively schistose and the ignimbritic textures are hardly recognizable. Fine-to-medium grained (0.5–5 mm) K-feldspar phenoclasts prevail over quartz. Biotite is rare, but there is abundant ilmenite, zircon, and apatite. The groundmass is green due to secondary phengite. Ankerite nodules, probably corresponding to present-day caliches, most likely mark pristine paleosoils. These rhyolites are dated to 258.5+2.8 Ma (U-Pb zircon dating, Dallagiovanna et al., 2009)
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References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Dallagiovanna, G., Gaggero, L., Maino, M., Seno, S., and Tiepolo, M. (2009) U-Pb zircon ages for post-Variscan volcanism in the Ligurian Alps (Northern Italy). Journal of the Geological Society, London, 166, 1–14.
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