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Domenico Faccenna (1923-2008)
No full textThe author traces the biography of the great archaeologist prof. Domenico Faccenna, one of the most influential authorities in the field of Buddhist architecture and art, who passed away in 2008. Having collected information regarding all the phases of the life of Domenico Faccenna and on his manyfold activities, a special stress is placed on the Oriental section of his biography. A comprehenisve bibliography has been traced with the collaboration of Claudio Faccenna.
L’articolo ricorda al pubblico internazionale del periodico in lingua inglese “East and West” la figura del grande studioso di architettura ed arte buddhista, Domenico Faccenna, fondatore della Missione Archeologica Italiana dell’IsMEO in Pakistan, scomparso nel 2008 e, partendo dalla descrizione analitica della sua imponente opera, evidenzia i concetti fondamentali che emergono dell’unico studio dell’arte del Gandhara basato su una meticolosa attività di scavo
Mantle structure and dynamic topography in the Mediterranean Basin
No full text[1] We study the contribution of mantle flow to surface deformation within the Mediterranean Basin. Flow is modeled numerically based on lateral changes in mantle temperature estimated from tomography models. We find that modeling results are significantly affected by the properties of the selected tomography models. Shear-velocity models based on surface-wave observations achieve the highest resolution of upper-mantle structure, and, as a result, are most successful in predicting microplate motion and dynamic topography. Citation: Boschi, L., C. Faccenna, and T. W. Becker (2010), Mantle structure and dynamic topography in the Mediterranean Basin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L20303, doi:10.1029/2010GL045001. RI Becker, Thorsten/A-6665-201
Foreword
No full textThis brief article is a foreword to the reports of the field works in the valley of Swat which Faccenna had programmed and realized, afterthe publication of the masterly reports of the excavations at Butkara I, Saidu Sharif I and Panr I. The volume is dedicated to the study and survey of the non-excavated Buddhist monuments of Swat, with which Faccenna associated Piero Cimbolli Spagnesi, sees now the light thanks to the converging efforts of his disciples, coordinated by Pierfrancesco Callieri
In Memory of Domenico Faccenna (Castel Madama 1923-Rome 2008)
Full text linkThe article commemorates Domenico Faccenna and his great contribution to the archaeology of Gandhara (in which he introduced rigorous scientific methodology) as well as to the establishment of important institutes such as the National Museum of Oriental Art (Rome) and the Centro Scav
Forts of Swat Military Architecture at the Time of the Mianguls. Domenico Faccenna dicatum
No full textThis brief essay presents a preliminary assessment of the available data on the military architecture (c. 1920-1960) of the former Yusufzai State of Swat. The research material is formed by original notes and photographs by Domenico Faccenna, unpublished photos from the Miangul Archive, and field notes and original drawings by the authors. The essay is also meant to pay tribute to the memory of Domenico Faccenna († 2008), leader of the Italian Archaeological Mission from 1956 to 1995. The authors cooperated to the examination of this material which, although incomplete, may represent the initial step of a new theme of research on the military and civil architecture of the Swat State
Approccio geochimico integrato allo studio delle acque circolanti nel bacino delle Acque Albule (Roma) e dei travertini ad esse associati.
No full textOn a super plume origin for the Tertiary-Quaternary volcanism in the European and Mediterranean area
No full textOne of the most controversial points regarding the Tertiary-Quaternary magmatism spread across the Euro-Mediterranean region consists in evaluating both the nature of its mantle source and the mechanisms responsible for the common HIMU-like character of erupted lavas. From a geochemical point of view, such a feature might be related to plume upwelling. However, the lack of peculiar characteristics typical of plume-related magmatism (i.e. large-scale doming, linear trends of volcanic centers in time and space, large volumes of erupted magmas) seems to be the main argument against the hypothesis of a standard hot-spot activity. We try to reconcile geochemical and geophysical data through a multidisciplinary investigation involving geochemistry, timing and locations of the main Na-rich alkaline volcanic centers, seismic tomography and plate kinematics. Highly incompatible element ratios and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope compositions indicate a common source for Na-rich alkali basalts of NE Atlantic, Europe and North Africa (CEBRIA et alii, 2006). We propose that the geochemically uniform material presently located in the Euro-Mediterranean mantle derives from a contamination event triggered by the Central Atlantic Plume (CAP) on late Cretaceous-early Paleocene (PIROMALLO et alii, 2008). Plate reconstructions show that at this time the oldest magmatic centers were located SW of their present day position, in proximity of the CAP hot spot, on top of a low seismic velocity anomaly rising from the lower mantle. We suggest that the migration of the Eurasian and African plates north-eastwards involved also the plume head material, which moved in the same direction, being coupled to the lithospheric plate. The differential of velocity between the two plates with respect to the impinging CAP hot spot might have favored the detachment of the plume-head and the spreading of geochemically uniform material in the shallow sub-lithospheric Euro-Mediterranean mantle. Subsequent regional scale dynamics, such as local extensional activity (i.e. in the European Cenozoic Rift System, ZIEGLER, 1992) or slab vertical/horizontal tears (i.e. in the Veneto Volcanic Province, MACERA et alii, 2008; Roman Province, GASPERINI et alii, 2002; and Calabrian Arc, FACCENNA et alii, 2005), may have favored upwelling and partial melting of the frayed plume head material by adiabatic decompression, giving rise to the heterogeneous spatial and temporal distribution of HIMU-like volcanics. In our opinion, the Euro-Mediterranean upper mantle contamination might be ultimately related to a global event occurred during the Cretaceous as a consequence of a mantle avalanche caused by the Tethys closure (MACHETEL & HUMLER, 2003)
Retrogressive fabric development during exhumation of the Voltri Massif (Ligurian Alps, Italy): arguments for an extensional origin and implications for the Alps–Apennines linkage
No full textGeological mapping coupled with structural
investigations carried out in the Voltri Massif (eastern
Ligurian Alps, Italy) provide new data for the interpretation
of the tectonic context controlling main fabric development
during exhumation of its high-pressure core. The Voltri
Massif is here interpreted as a c. 30 km-long eclogitebearing,
asymmetric dome formed by the progressive
verticalisation of the regional, second-phase mylonitic
foliation developed during retrogressive greenschist metamorphic
conditions. In this light, the exhumation history is
driven by a ductile-to-brittle extensional process, operating
through low-angle, top-to-the-W multiple detachment
systems. A Late Eocene–Early Oligocene age for this
extensional episode is proposed on the basis of structural
correlations, stratigraphic and radiometric constraints. In
this scenario, the Voltri Massif is interpreted as an extensional
domain developed to accommodate the Late
Eocene–Early Oligocene arching of the Western Alps–
Northern Apennines orogenic system
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