U/TH DATING OF A CLADOCORA CAESPITOSA FROM CAPO SAN MARCO MARINE QUATERNARY DEPOSITS (SARDINIA, ITALY)

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marine Quaternary deposits, Cladocora caespitosa, U/Th dating, Tyrrhenian, Sardinia

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Maurizio D’Orefice
ISPRA, Servizio Geologico d’Italia, Rome, Italy
Roberto Graciotti
ISPRA, Servizio Geologico d’Italia, Rome, Italy
Sergio Lo Mastro
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Cristina Muraro
ISPRA, Servizio Geologico d’Italia, Rome, Italy
Marco Pantaloni
ISPRA, Servizio Geologico d’Italia, Rome, Italy
Michele Soligo
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Paola Tuccimei
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

Abstract

A whole specimen, not reworked and well preserved of Cladocora caespitosa has been found within the marine Quaternary deposits, outcropping along the eastern coast of the Capo San Marco Promontory. The U/Th dating of this sample has provided a minimum age of 70 ± 4 ka B.P. This dating allows to state that these marine deposits, containing the coral, are not Holocene in age.

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D’Orefice, Maurizio, Roberto Graciotti, Sergio Lo Mastro, Cristina Muraro, Marco Pantaloni, Michele Soligo, and Paola Tuccimei , trans. 2012. “U/TH/DATING/OF/A/CLADOCORA/CAESPITOSA/FROM/CAPO/SAN/MARCO/MARINE/QUATERNARY/DEPOSITS/(SARDINIA,/ITALY)/”. Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 25 (1): 35-40. https://amq.aiqua.it/index.php/amq/article/view/43.
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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2012)
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