Water as Religious Symbol and Natural Element in the Works of Gregory of Tours

Il presente lavoro si concentra su casi di studio specifici riguardanti il valore assegnato all'acqua nei Libri Historiarum e nei Libri octo Miraculorum del vescovo Gregorio di Tours. Attraverso la lettura di queste fonti vengono analizzate sia la dimensione simbolica sia quella materiale dell'acqua. Vengono presi in considerazione episodi in cui l'acqua è uno strumento di purificazione per i cristiani oppure è un mezzo utilizzato dagli eretici per imporre il battesimo forzato, o ancora è un ...

Strike-slip fault shear vs. mega-block drift in Yunnan (China): paleomagnetic and structural investigation

A wealth of paleomagnetic data from Yunnan (China) showed in the past a predominant post-Cretaceous clockwise (CW) rotation pattern, mostly explained invoking huge (hundreds of km wide) blocks, laterally escaping (and/or rotating) due to India-Asia collision, separated by major strike-slip shear zones. We report on the paleomagnetism of the outcrops close to the Gaoligong dextral shear zone. Fifty paleomagnetic sites (503 samples) were sampled at variable distances (up to ~25 km) from mylonit...

Effectiveness of Seismic Upgrading of Confined Masonry Buildings by e-EXOS: A Case Study in Bucharest

Even in areas with high seismic exposure, the existing building stock is generally composed by buildings of the past century, designed according to old generation seismic codes or even without seismic provisions. Hence, these structures suffer from significant seismic deficiencies and need seismic upgrading. The e-EXOS system is a possible solution. It is a technique originally developed for seismic upgrading of RC framed structures in the framework of the e-SAFE research project funded by H2...

Lithospheric-scale 3D model of Sicily domain based on gravity analysis