TY - JOUR
T1 - The land bridge between Europe and Sicily over the past 40 kyrs
T2 - Timing of emersion and implications for the migration of Homo sapiens
AU - Antonioli, Fabrizio
AU - Lo Presti, Valeria
AU - Morticelli, Maurizio Gasparo
AU - Mannino, Marcello A.
AU - Lambeck, Kurt
AU - Ferranti, Luigi
AU - Bonfiglio, Laura
AU - Mangano, Gabriella
AU - Sannino, Gian Maria
AU - Furlani, Stefano
AU - Sulli, Attilio
AU - Palombo, Maria Rita
AU - Canese, Simone Pietro
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The submerged Sill in the Messina Strait, which is located at a depth of -81 m m.s.l., represents the only possibile connection between Calabria and Sicily during the last lowstand, when the sea level was at about -126 m m.s.l. This multidisciplinary research aim at documenting times and modes the bridge between Calabria and Sicily was emerged, during the last 40 ka BP. The analysis carried out on morphobathymetric, lithological and relative sea level change (both isostatic and tectonic) data allow to hypothesize the continental bridge emerged at least between 21.5 ka and 20 ka cal BP. Moreover, considering erosion processes due to very strong marine currents, it could be emerged for a longer time span. This hypothesis is supported by anthropological and mammalofauna data, together with 14C dating on Equus hydruntinus from San Teodoro Cave.
AB - The submerged Sill in the Messina Strait, which is located at a depth of -81 m m.s.l., represents the only possibile connection between Calabria and Sicily during the last lowstand, when the sea level was at about -126 m m.s.l. This multidisciplinary research aim at documenting times and modes the bridge between Calabria and Sicily was emerged, during the last 40 ka BP. The analysis carried out on morphobathymetric, lithological and relative sea level change (both isostatic and tectonic) data allow to hypothesize the continental bridge emerged at least between 21.5 ka and 20 ka cal BP. Moreover, considering erosion processes due to very strong marine currents, it could be emerged for a longer time span. This hypothesis is supported by anthropological and mammalofauna data, together with 14C dating on Equus hydruntinus from San Teodoro Cave.
KW - Continental bridge
KW - Relative sea level change
KW - Strait of Messina strait
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84872305923&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
SN - 2035-8008
VL - 21
SP - 1167
EP - 1169
JO - Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana
JF - Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana
IS - PART 2
ER -