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• Campanian volcanic arc — The Campanian volcanic arc is a volcanic arc that consists of a number of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in the Campania province of Italy. The Campanian volcanic arc centers on the bay of Naples and includes: *Mount Vesuvius: an active… …   Wikipedia

• Campanian — The Campanian is a stage on the geologic time scale occurring from 83.5 ± 0.7 Ma to 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma (million years ago).It is the middle stage of the Late Cretaceous Epoch.It is named after the French village of Champagne in the departement… …   Wikipedia

• Campanian Archipelago — The Campanian Archipelago(Italian Arcipelago Campano ) is an archipelago in Tyrrhenian Sea, in southwestern Italy. It comprises 5 islands: Capri, Ischia, Nisida, Procida and Vivara, each of which is part of the province of Naples.The ancient name …   Wikipedia

• Campanian Stage — ▪ geology       fifth of six main divisions (in ascending order) in the Upper Cretaceous Series, representing rocks deposited worldwide during the Campanian Age, which occurred 83.5 to 70.6 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. Rocks of …   Universalium

• Age of the Earth — This article is about scientific estimates of the age of the Earth. For religious and other non scientific estimates, see Dating Creation. Earth as seen from Apollo 17 The age of the Earth is 4.54 billion years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%) …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the North Sea — Contents 1 Tectonic structure 2 Precambrian 3 Finnmarkian, Athollian, Caledonian Orogenies …   Wikipedia

• Pompey the Great — in full Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus born Sept. 29, 106, Rome died Sept. 28, 48 BC, Pelusium, Egypt Statesman and general of the Roman republic. His early military career was illustrious. He fought effectively for Sulla against Marius in the Social War …   Universalium

• List of islands in the Mediterranean — This is a list of the islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Contents 1 By area 2 By country 2.1 Albania 2.2 Croatia 2.3 …   Wikipedia

• Two Medicine Formation — The Two Medicine Formation is a geologic formation, or rock body, that was deposited between 83.5 ± 0.7 Ma to 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma (million years ago), during Campanian (Late Cretaceous) time, and is located in northwestern Montana. It crops out to the… …   Wikipedia

• Roman military confederation — The Roman military confederation (or confederacy or commonwealth ) is a term devised by modern historians to denote the Roman Republic s system of military alliances with the tribes and city states of the Italian peninsula prior to the Social War …   Wikipedia

• Campania — Campanian, adj., n. /kam pay nee euh, payn yeuh/; It. /kahm pah nyah/, n. a region in SW Italy. 5,346,828; 5214 sq. mi. (13,505 sq. km). Cap.: Naples. * * * Region (pop., 2001 prelim.: 5,652,492), southern Italy. It is located on the Tyrrhenian… …   Universalium