Tidal sedimentary dynamics of the Early Pleistocene Messina Strait (Calabria, southern Italy) based on its modern analogue

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2.4) ◽  
pp. 1-45
Author(s):  
Sergio G. Longhitano ◽  
Domenico Chiarella ◽  
Marcello Gugliotta ◽  
Pascal Barrier ◽  
Dario Ventra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Modern Analogue ◽  
Sedimentary Dynamics ◽  
Messina Strait

Holocene sediments of the Messina Strait (southern Italy): relationships between source area and depositional basin

2016 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 553-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Perri ◽  
Rocco Dominici ◽  
Emilia Le Pera ◽  
Francesco Latino Chiocci ◽  
Eleonora Martorelli
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Source Area ◽  
Holocene Sediments ◽  
Messina Strait

Sedimentary signals of fluvial discharge variability under tide and wave influence: Miocene examples in NW Borneo

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Collins ◽  
Howard Johnson
Keyword(s):  
River Discharge ◽  
Tidal Channel ◽  
Flood Wave ◽  
Wave Processes ◽  
Stratigraphic Architecture ◽  
Modern Analogue ◽  
River Flood ◽  
Sedimentary Dynamics ◽  
Tidal Variations ◽  
Tidal Processes

<p>The interaction of river and marine processes in the fluvial to marine transition zone (FMTZ) fundamentally impacts sedimentary dynamics and deposition. Heterolithics are important facies within ancient and modern FMTZs but the preserved signal of river flood, wave and tidal variations in heterolithics remains uncertain. This study integrates facies and ichnofacies characteristics of heterolithics in the Lambir Formation (Baram Delta Province, NW Borneo), with information of larger-scale stratigraphic architecture and modern analogue information, to interpret the preserved record of river flood deposits under the influence of tides and waves in an ancient FMTZ. Within the FMTZ of distributary channels, interpreted proximal–distal sedimentological and stratigraphic trends suggest: (1) a proximal fluvial-dominated, tide-influenced subzone; (2) a distal fluvial- to wave-dominated subzone; and (3) a conspicuously absent tide-dominated subzone. During coupled storm and river floods, fluvial processes dominated the FMTZ along major and minor distributary channels and channel mouths, causing significant overprinting of preceding interflood deposits and deposition of thicker, sandier event beds. Intervening interflood deposits are muddier, with increased bioturbation, and may variably preserve sedimentary indicators of tide and wave processes. Despite interpreted fluvial–tidal channel units and mangrove influence implying tidal processes, there is a paucity of unequivocal tidal indicators (e.g. cyclical heterolithic layering). This suggests that process preservation in the FMTZ preserved in the Lambir Formation primarily records episodic (flashy) river discharge, river flood and storm overprinting of tidal processes, and possible backwater dynamics. </p>

High-resolution morpho-bathymetric imaging of the Messina Strait (Southern Italy). New insights on the 1908 earthquake and tsunami

Geomorphology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 149-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico Ridente ◽  
Eleonora Martorelli ◽  
Alessandro Bosman ◽  
Francesco L. Chiocci
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Messina Strait

Latest Villafranchian climate and landscape reconstructions at Pirro Nord (southern Italy)

Geology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 829-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugues-Alexandre Blain ◽  
Ana Fagoaga ◽  
Francisco Javier Ruiz-Sánchez ◽  
Josep Francesc Bisbal-Chinesta ◽  
Massimo Delfino
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Summer Rainfall ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Mean Annual Precipitation ◽  
Mean Annual Temperature ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Early Pleistocene terrestrial climate conditions in the Mediterranean region, especially between 1.3 and 1.7 Ma, are poorly understood. Here, the amphibian and reptile fossil record from 24 fissures (Cava Pirro) of the Pirro Nord karstic complex (southern Italy) is used to infer quantitative paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. These numerical data indicate that the mean annual temperature may have been somewhat lower (–1.6 to –3.6 °C compared to modern temperatures) than that of today, and the mean annual precipitation slightly higher (+90 to +240 mm) than modern values. Seasonality was more pronounced, with cooler summers (–0.4 to –2.0 °C) and much colder winters (–1.2 to –6.0 °C). Rainfall distribution patterns during the year show more precipitation during the winter (+14 to +43 mm), with quantities of summer rainfall (–1.7 to +6.6 mm) being similar to modern values. The associated landscape comprised an open dry environment with scattered patches of woodland, locally along water courses or around swamps. This ecological scenario fits with early Pleistocene cold conditions, where the first occurrence of some eastern emigrants suggests a scenario of trans-Adriatic dispersal, as may have also occurred for the earliest European hominins.

Enhanced biodiversity in the deep: Early Pleistocene coral communities from southern Italy

2005 ◽  
pp. 61-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Italo Di Geronimo ◽  
Carlo Messina ◽  
Antonietta Rosso ◽  
Rossana Sanfilippo ◽  
Francesco Sciuto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Coral Communities

Evidence of an Early Pleistocene hominin presence at Pirro Nord (Apricena, Foggia, southern Italy): P13 site

2012 ◽  
Vol 267 ◽  
pp. 56-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Arzarello ◽  
Giulio Pavia ◽  
Carlo Peretto ◽  
Carmelo Petronio ◽  
Raffaele Sardella
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Early Pleistocene

scholarly journals Calcareous nannofossil, ostracode and foraminifera biostratigraphy of Plio-Pleistocene deposits, Rhodes (Greece), with a correlation to the Vrica section (Italy)

2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Thomsen ◽  
Tine L. Rasmussen ◽  
Annette Hastrup
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Brackish Water ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossil ◽  
Marine Deposits ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Degree Of Certainty ◽  
Relative Delay ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy

Abstract. The Kalithea Bay section is situated on the southeastern coast of the island of Rhodes. The section comprises a sedimentary sequence ranging from brackish water gravel and nearshore sand to deep-water clay. The brackish water and nearshore deposits are assigned to the Kritika Formation, while the deep-water deposits are assigned to the Lindos Bay clay. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy shows that the age of the marine sequence is Early Pleistocene. The brackish water sediments cannot be dated with any degree of certainty. The marine deposits are rich in ostracodes and foraminifera and several species have been recognized, which previously have been used as biostratigraphic markers in the Plio-Pleistocene deposits of Rhodes. Biostratigraphic correlation between the Kalithea Bay section and the Plio-Pleistocene boundary stratotype at Vrica, southern Italy, shows that the ostracodes and foraminifera events generally are diachronous relative to the calcareous nannofossil events. The only exception is the first occurrence of the benthic foraminifera Hyalinea balthica. As calcareous nannofossil events are thought to be virtually synchronous within the Mediterranean region, it is concluded that the diachroneity is due to a relative delay in the appearance of ostracodes and foraminifera at Kalithea, caused by differences in the palaeobathymetric settings between the two sites.

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