Gravelly Beach Deposits as a Proxy for Relative Sea-Level Changes in Microtidal Wave-Dominated Shoreline Systems: Examples from the Hinterland of the Taranto Gulf (Middle Pleistocene, Basilicata, Southern Italy)
Author:
De Giorgio Vincenzo1,
Sabato Luisa1,
Tropeano Marcello1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy
Abstract
The hinterland of the Taranto Gulf in Basilicata (Southern Italy) provides a great opportunity for the study of coarse-grained coastal systems belonging to a staircase of Quaternary terraced marine-deposits. Among gravelly successions, beach deposits abound in the stratigraphic record, offering exceptional outcrops useful for providing detailed information on their facies features. In this paper, we describe sedimentary facies, textural variations, and the depositional architecture of these deposits in order to: (1) demonstrate that the area is an excellent training ground for the study of gravelly beaches in microtidal settings; (2) discuss the use of beach deposits as a proxy for even small relative sea-level variations.
Funder
POR Puglia FESR FSE
PRIN 2022 PNRR
Progetto GeoSciences: un’infrastruttura di ricerca per la Rete Italiana dei Servizi Geologici—GeoSciences IR
Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza, PNRR
Unione Europea
Subject
Water Science and Technology,Aquatic Science,Geography, Planning and Development,Biochemistry
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