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Geology

Main formations and lithologies in Rendina basin:

  • alluvial and colluvial sediments, with clayey and sandy granulometry;
  • Monte Marano Sands, Irsinia conglomerate (Pleistocene);
  • fluvio lacustrine deposits, largely pyroclastic materials;
  • pyroclastic colluvial deposits, as well fluvio-lacustrine deposits;
  • sandstones and marls;
  • pyroclastic deposits and acid volcanic formations;
  • quarzt-arenite with thin clayey layer;
  • clayey slate and marls (varicolored clays complex).