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Liguria" ("The molluscs of the tertiary lands of
Piedmont and Liguria"), his largest work in terms of size and concreteness: completed in 1904, it is divided into 30 volumes and represents thousands of fossil species. The amount of his research and publications by him has no equal in the sectors he studied. He analyzed about 40,000 square kilometers of land and walked a distance equal to the length of the Equator line. Some of his geographical maps, which mainly represent the Alps and the Apennines, are present in the Archive of the
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Two of his most important works are: "Il bacino terziario e quaternario del
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As far as glaciation is concerned, he researched materials and carried out studies relating, in particular, to various locations in the
Apennines and the Alps, with particular reference to
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Giuseppe Antonio, a doctor, and Faustina Maria Quaglia. After his secondary studies in Fossano, Federico Sacco graduated in 1884 in natural sciences at the
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439:(The morainic amphitheaters of the Veneto. Geological Study), Tip. e Lit. Bertolero, Torino 1899
451:(Applied Geology of the Northern and Central Apennines), Tip. Camilla e Bertolero, Torino 1904.
433:(The Apennines of Romagna. Summary Geological Study), Tip. R. Accademia dei Lincei, Roma 1899.
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