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Palaeogeographical evolution of the Egadi Islands (western Sicily, Italy). Implications for late Pleistocene and early Holocene sea crossings by huma…

2019

Abstract The continental shelf morphology offshore of western Sicily suggests that during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 20 ka cal BP), two of the Egadi Islands, Favignana and Levanzo, were connected to Sicily by a wide emerged plain, while Marettimo was only separated from the other islands by a narrow channel. We studied the relative sea-level variation from the LGM until today, focussing on two important time slices: the Mesolithic (9.5–13 ka cal BP) and the Neolithic (6.5–7.5 ka cal BP). In this research, we discuss a sea-level rise model by means of geomorphological, archaeological and geophysical observations and new radiocarbon dating of marine and terrestrial fossil fauna. The resul…

Mediterranean climatePalaeoshorelineDwarf elephantsSettore GEO/02 - Geologia Stratigrafica E Sedimentologica010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesPleistoceneSettore GEO/03 - Geologia StrutturaleFaunaDwarf elephants; Egadi archipelago; Food remains; Mammals; Marine geological data; Mediterranean voyaging; Palaeogeographical reconstruction; Palaeoshorelines; Vertical tectonic movements010502 geochemistry & geophysics01 natural sciencesMammallaw.inventionPaleontologylawVertical tectonic movementMediterranean voyagingRadiocarbon datingPalaeoshorelinesMesolithicHolocene0105 earth and related environmental sciencesMammalsgeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryContinental shelfLast Glacial MaximumFood remainDwarf elephantPalaeogeographical reconstructionGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesFood remainsMarine geological dataEgadi archipelagoEarth and Planetary Sciences (all)Vertical tectonic movementsEarth-Science Reviews
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Human settlements in the Mediterranean and the sea level changes from 12 ka to the present

2012

Understanding past sea-level change plays an important role in determining the underlying causes, and also allows the extrapolation of past sea levels to locations and epochs for which there are no instrumental data. A compilation of global sea-level estimates based on deep-sea oxygen isotope ratios at millennial-scale resolution or higher was published since ‘70. These global sea level curves do not take in account isostasy and tectonics. Observed sea level change can be reconstructed from dated fossils, coral reef terraces, speleothems, emerged and forming terraces on coastal areas, archaeological and other markers well connected with sea level. Because of the lack of coral reefs in the M…

Mediterranean climatePalaeoshorelinesea level rise; palaeoshorelines; late pleistocene; palaeoshorelines.; holoceneHoloceneSettore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica E GeomorfologiaHolocene Late Pleistocene Sea level rise PalaeoshorelinesHolocene; Late pleistocene; Palaeoshorelines; Sea level rise; GeologyGeologyLate pleistoceneSea level riseOceanographyGeographySea level riseLate PleistoceneHuman settlementPalaeoshorelinesHoloceneSea levelPalaeoshorelines.
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