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Millstones as indicators of relative sea-level changes in northern Sicily and southern Calabria coastlines, Italy
Rita AuriemmaFabrizio AntonioliLuigi FerrantiGiovanni ScicchitanoCecilia Rita SpampinatoCarmelo MonacoV. Lo PrestiM. Gasparo Morticellisubject
BeachrockShoregeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryHolocenePleistoceneSettore GEO/02 - Geologia Stratigrafica E SedimentologicaElevationtectonic movements; sea level changes; Holocene;tectonic movementArchaeologyMillstoneTectonicsgeoarcheologyPhysical geographysea level changeSicily and CalabriaSea levelHoloceneGeologyrelative sea-level changeEarth-Surface Processesdescription
Abstract New data are presented for late Holocene relative sea-level changes in two coastal sites of Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy. Reconstructions are based on precise measurements of submerged archaeological remains that are valuable indicators of past sea-level position. The archaeological remains are millstone quarries carved on sandstone coastal rocks and nowadays partially submerged which, to the authors’ knowledge, are used for the first time as sea-level markers. Millstones of similar typology are located on the coast of Capo d’Orlando (northern Sicily) and Capo dell’Armi (southern Calabria). When the archeologically-based sea-level position is compared with the shoreline elevation provided by geological markers (Holocene beachrock, Late Pleistocene marine terraces), a refined understanding of relative sea-level changes and rates of vertical tectonic movements for these coastline locations is gained.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-02-01 |