Ricostruzioni morfoevolutive nel territorio di Napoli

New Geomorphological and Historical Elements on Morpho-Evolutive Trends and Relative Sea-Level Changes of Naples Coast in the Last 6000 Years

“…The data emerging from other studies in the coastal sector east of Pizzofalcone promontory also corroborate this assumption. There, the studies conducted during the excavations for the new subway stations Municipio, Università, Duomo, and Piazza Garibaldi [38][39][40][41]97] showed that the tectonic behaviour of the area has been dominated by subsidence with a rate between −2.5 and −1.2 mm/year [40] since at least the Early Bronze Age. As the first order terrace rests at an elevation (7-10 m MSL), demonstrating a subsequent uplift, it must be older than, at least, the 4.0 ky BP.…”

A Detailed Reconstruction of the Roman Landscape and the Submerged Archaeological Structure at “Castel dell’Ovo islet” (Naples, Southern Italy)

“…Additionally in this sector, the basal unit of the succession is represented by a deposit of the incoherent NYT facies, covered by a sedimentary infill about 15 m thick made of an alternation of sands, silty sands and silt [12]. This infill testifies the progressive infilling by silt of the bay that ended with the formation of a lagoon that persisted until the end of the V century AD [1,2,7].…”

“…The study of the Late Holocene evolution of Neapolis coastal sector and its surroundings has made considerable progress in the last years thanks to the excavations of the new subway, offering the possibility to collect large amounts of stratigraphic and biosedimentological data. These studies have shed new light on the presence and configuration of the Greco-Roman harbor of Neapolis, as well as new data about the vertical ground movement that affected this area in the last millennia producing metric relative sea level changes [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

Epiphytic Diatom Communities on Sub-Fossil Leaves of <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> Delile in the Graeco-Roman Harbor of Neapolis: A Tool to Explore the Past

“…The excavations brought to light huge amounts of stratigraphic and archaeological data which allowed the harbor sedimentary record to be chronologically constrained between the late 4th century BC and the 6th century AD [5]. The infilling succession is made up of marine, transitional and continental deposits overlaying a volcanic bedrock consisting of tuffs and pyroclastics of the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff [6] [7]. The most representative sections exposed in the digs were sampled for sedimentological, pa-leoenvironmental and paleobotanical analyses [6]- [8].…”

“…The infilling succession is made up of marine, transitional and continental deposits overlaying a volcanic bedrock consisting of tuffs and pyroclastics of the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff [6] [7]. The most representative sections exposed in the digs were sampled for sedimentological, pa-leoenvironmental and paleobotanical analyses [6]- [8]. In particular, a 7-m thick succession, representing the in-filling of a protected inlet in the ancient harbor, was brought to light and sampled for pollen analysis [17].…”