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.

Scicchitano, G., Lo Presti, V., Spampinato, C., Gasparo Morticelli, M., Antonioli, F., Auriemma, R., et al. (2011). Millstones as indicators of relative sea-level changes in northern Sicily and southern Calabria coast lines, Italy. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, 232, 92-104 [10.1016/j.quaint.2010.08.019].

Millstones as indicators of relative sea-level changes in northern Sicily and southern Calabria coast lines, Italy

LO PRESTI, Valeria;GASPARO MORTICELLI, Maurizio;
2011-01-01

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.
2011
Settore GEO/02 - Geologia Stratigrafica E Sedimentologica
Scicchitano, G., Lo Presti, V., Spampinato, C., Gasparo Morticelli, M., Antonioli, F., Auriemma, R., et al. (2011). Millstones as indicators of relative sea-level changes in northern Sicily and southern Calabria coast lines, Italy. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, 232, 92-104 [10.1016/j.quaint.2010.08.019].
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