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Palaeomagnetic measurements of Upper Cretaceous–Palaeogene limestones from the northern Apennines indicate that the entire crust of the Italian Peninsula has rotated anticlockwise through 43°. This is the first direct evidence from Italy of rotation, which is of a comparable magnitude to rotations observed elsewhere in western Europe.
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Lowrie, W., Alvarez, W. Rotation of the Italian Peninsula. Nature 251, 285–288 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251285a0
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