An 8300-yr record of environmental and cultural changes in the Sant’Eufemia Plain (Calabria, Italy)

Ermolli, Elda Russo; Ruello, Maria Rosaria; Cicala, Luigi; Lorenzo, Halinka Di; Molisso, Flavia; Pacciarelli, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2018.01.033

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“…Studies of human activity in southern Italy indicate the presence of organized human societies since 6–7 ka bp (Scarciglia et al ., ; Pelle et al ., ; Russo Ermolli et al ., ). Allen et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…() and Russo Ermolli et al . () showed that the Apennine mountain chain and the Sant'Eufemia Plain (located southwest of the Sila Massif) experienced an increased influence of agricultural and forest clearance for the last 2 ka. A drastic increase in soil erosion has been recorded by Raab et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Due to this reduction in sediment production, it is reasonable to assume that the fluvial system of the inner plateau removed the remaining regolith rather quickly, which resulted in a rapid exposure of the scarps. The resulting sediment would then have been relocated to the surrounding flanks and in the basins at the foot of the massif (Perri et al, 2012;Ruello et al, 2017;Russo Ermolli et al, 2018. The rapid removal of already disintegrated sediments would also explain the delayed increase in D Surface at the hills between 8 and 4 ka BP (Figure 12b).…”

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“…Fertilization through volcanic ash-inputs (Pelle et al, 2013;Raab et al, 2017Raab et al, , 2018 may have enhanced this development at the upland, and might help explain the low D Surface of Tor #2 (Figures 5d and 12b). Studies of human activity in southern Italy indicate the presence of organized human societies since 6-7 ka BP (Scarciglia et al, 2008;Pelle et al, 2013;Russo Ermolli et al, 2018). Allen et al (1999) andRusso Ermolli et al (2018) showed that the Apennine mountain chain and the Sant'Eufemia Plain (located southwest of the Sila Massif) experienced an increased influence of agricultural and forest clearance for the last 2 ka.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies of human activity in southern Italy indicate the presence of organized human societies since 6-7 ka BP (Scarciglia et al, 2008;Pelle et al, 2013;Russo Ermolli et al, 2018). Allen et al (1999) andRusso Ermolli et al (2018) showed that the Apennine mountain chain and the Sant'Eufemia Plain (located southwest of the Sila Massif) experienced an increased influence of agricultural and forest clearance for the last 2 ka. A drastic increase in soil erosion has been recorded by Raab et al (2018) due to more recent human activities.…”

Section: Responsible Triggers For Local Denudation Variationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Climate and relief‐induced controls on the temporal variability of denudation rates in a granitic upland

Raab

Egli

Norton

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Earth Surf Processes Landf

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How soil erosion rates evolved over the last about 100 ka and how they relate to environmental and climate variability is largely unknown. This is due to a lack of suitable archives that help to trace this evolution. We determined in situ cosmogenic beryllium‐10 (10Be) along vertical landforms (tors, boulders and scarps) on the Sila Massif to unravel their local exhumation patterns to develop a surface denudation model over millennia. Due to the physical resistance of tors, their rate of exhumation may be used to derive surface and, thus, soil denudation rates over time. We derived soil denudation rates that varied in the range 0–0.40 mm yr‐1. The investigated boulders, however, appear to have experienced repositioning processes about ~20–25 ka bp and were therefore a less reliable archive. The scarps of the Sila upland showed a rapid bedrock exposure within the last 8–15 ka. Overall, the denudation rates increased steadily after 75 ka bp but remained low until about 17 ka bp. The exhumation rates indicate a denudation pulse that occurred about 17–5 ka bp. Since then the rates have continuously decreased. We identify three key factors for these developments – climate, topography and vegetation. Between 75 and 17 ka bp, climate was colder and drier than today. The rapid changes towards warmer and humid conditions at the Pleistocene–Holocene transition apparently increased denudation rates. A denser vegetation cover with time counteracted denudation. Topography also determined the extent of denudation rates in the upland regime. On slopes, denudation rates were generally higher than on planar surfaces. By determining the exhumation rates of tors and scarps, soil erosion rates could be determined over long timescales and be related to topography and particularly to climate. This is key for understanding geomorphic dynamics under current environmental settings and future climate change. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Climate and relief‐induced controls on the temporal variability of denudation rates in a granitic upland

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At the origins of Pompeii: the plant landscape of the Sarno River floodplain from the first millennium bc to the ad 79 eruption

Vignola

Bonetto

Furlan

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The ad 79 eruption of the Vesuvius severely affected the floodplain surrounding the ancient city of Pompeii, i.e. the Sarno River floodplain. The landscape was covered with volcaniclastic materials that destroyed the ecosystem but, at the same time, preserved the traces of former environmental conditions. This study provides—for the first time—a pollen sequence reconstructing the environmental evolution and the plant landscape of the Sarno floodplain between 900 and 750 cal bc and ad 79, i.e. before and during the foundation of the city, and during its life phases. Previous geomorphological studies revealed that the portion of the Sarno floodplain under the “Pompeii hill” was a freshwater backswamp with patchy inundated and dry areas. Palynology depicts a thin forest cover since the Early Iron Age, suggesting an open environment with a mosaic of vegetation types. The local presence of Mediterranean coastal shrubland, hygrophilous riverine forest and mesophilous plain forest is combined with the regional contribution of mountain vegetation through the sequence. Oscillations between inundated and wet ground characterized the studied area until the ad 79 eruption. Such a natural environment shows anthropogenic traits since pre-Roman times: pasturelands, cultivated fields and olive groves, which probably occupied drier soils. The most important change in the land use system was the introduction of cabbage cultivation in the fourth century bc and its intensification from the second century bc, when Roman influence grew. The presence of tree crops and of ornamental trees reveals the opulence of the Imperial age until the catastrophic eruption.

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The vanished Alnus-dominated forests along the Tyrrhenian coast

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Rita

2019

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An 8300-yr record of environmental and cultural changes in the Sant’Eufemia Plain (Calabria, Italy)

Cited by 16 publications

References 43 publications

Climate and relief‐induced controls on the temporal variability of denudation rates in a granitic upland

Climate and relief‐induced controls on the temporal variability of denudation rates in a granitic upland

At the origins of Pompeii: the plant landscape of the Sarno River floodplain from the first millennium bc to the ad 79 eruption

The vanished Alnus-dominated forests along the Tyrrhenian coast

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