Mauro Caffau
Biographic Data
| ID | 5978370 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mauro Caffau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mauro |
| FAMILY NAME | Caffau |
| SIGNATURE | CAFFAU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7735-4523 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Late Quaternary transgressions and regressions in the Trieste Gulf (north-eastern Adriatic Sea)
The integration of high-resolution seismic profiles, core data and radiocarbon plus U-Th datings, allows to document the late Quaternary succession of the Trieste Gulf, which represents the easternmost part of the northern Adriatic Sea. This succession consists of an alternation of shallow-marine and continental deposits organized to compose four transgressive-regressive sequences down to ca. 90 m below present sea level. The sequences terminate …
Stratigraphic signature of the Perito Moreno ice-dammings during the Little Ice Age (southern Patagonia, Argentina)
The spectacular water outburst occurring semi-periodically when the ice-dam formed by the external front of the Perito Moreno glacier collapses, is one of the most attracting events in the UNESCO ‘Parque Nacional Los Glaciares’ of southern Patagonia. These occurrences have been documented since 1936. Instead, evidence of previous events has been only indirectly provided by dendrochronology analysis. Here we show for the first time radiocarbon-dat…
Late-glacial fluctuations of two southern Patagonia outlet glaciers revealed by high-resolution seismic surveys
Lago Argentino hosts various calving glaciers, among them the famous Perito Moreno. Whereas the onland late Pleistocene–Holocene glacial history is rather well constrained, the submerged glacier-related features were until now undisclosed. Here we present a series of high-resolution seismic profiles revealing moraine bodies associated with the late-glacial glacier dynamics and the first bathymetric map of the Brazo Rico and Brazo Sur, the two sou…
Sedimentology, faunal content and pollen record of Middle Pleistocene palustrine and lagoonal sediments from the Peri-Adriatic basin, Abruzzi, eastern central Italy
A 25 m-thick outcrop section exposed at Torre Mucchia, on the sea-cliff north of Ortona, eastern central Italy, comprises a rare Middle Pleistocene succession of shallow-water and paralic sediments along the western Adriatic Sea. An integrated study of the section, including facies and microfacies analyses, and characterization of paleobiological associations (mollusks, fishes, ostracods, foraminifers and pollen), enable a detailed reconstruction…
The 20,000-years-long sedimentary record of the Lesina coastal system (southern Italy)
The present-day Lesina area (Adriatic coast of southern Italy) preserves in the subsurface the stratigraphic signature of a recent sedimentary process regime change, which was responsible for the conversion of a former alluvial plain into a back-barrier tidal flat and, finally, into the modern barrier island. Facies-based analyses of the first 55 m of the upper Pleistocene–Holocene stratigraphic record, integrated with biostratigraphic sampling, …
Sequence stratigraphic significance of tidal channel systems in a shallow lagoon (Venice, Italy)
The Holocene succession located in the central part of the Venice Lagoon has been investigated by means of high-resolution seismic and core data, which document a full back-barrier depositional environment developed during the last 6 kyr. The studied succession, 4.5–23 m thick, consists of three seismic units bounded at the base by stratal surfaces marked by deep tidal channel incisions, recording main changes in the lagoon hydrodynamics as well …
Sequence stratigraphic significance of tidal channel systems in a shallow lagoon (Venice, Italy)
The Holocene succession located in the central part of the Venice Lagoon has been investigated by means of high-resolution seismic and core data, which document a full back-barrier depositional environment developed during the last 6 kyr. The studied succession, 4.5–23 m thick, consists of three seismic units bounded at the base by stratal surfaces marked by deep tidal channel incisions, recording main changes in the lagoon hydrodynamics as well …
Sequence stratigraphic significance of tidal channel systems in a shallow lagoon (Venice, Italy)
The Holocene succession located in the central part of the Venice Lagoon has been investigated by means of high-resolution seismic and core data, which document a full back-barrier depositional environment developed during the last 6 kyr. The studied succession, 4.5–23 m thick, consists of three seismic units bounded at the base by stratal surfaces marked by deep tidal channel incisions, recording main changes in the lagoon hydrodynamics as well …
The 20,000-years-long sedimentary record of the Lesina coastal system (southern Italy)
The present-day Lesina area (Adriatic coast of southern Italy) preserves in the subsurface the stratigraphic signature of a recent sedimentary process regime change, which was responsible for the conversion of a former alluvial plain into a back-barrier tidal flat and, finally, into the modern barrier island. Facies-based analyses of the first 55 m of the upper Pleistocene–Holocene stratigraphic record, integrated with biostratigraphic sampling, …
Sedimentology, faunal content and pollen record of Middle Pleistocene palustrine and lagoonal sediments from the Peri-Adriatic basin, Abruzzi, eastern central Italy
A 25 m-thick outcrop section exposed at Torre Mucchia, on the sea-cliff north of Ortona, eastern central Italy, comprises a rare Middle Pleistocene succession of shallow-water and paralic sediments along the western Adriatic Sea. An integrated study of the section, including facies and microfacies analyses, and characterization of paleobiological associations (mollusks, fishes, ostracods, foraminifers and pollen), enable a detailed reconstruction…
Late-glacial fluctuations of two southern Patagonia outlet glaciers revealed by high-resolution seismic surveys
Lago Argentino hosts various calving glaciers, among them the famous Perito Moreno. Whereas the onland late Pleistocene–Holocene glacial history is rather well constrained, the submerged glacier-related features were until now undisclosed. Here we present a series of high-resolution seismic profiles revealing moraine bodies associated with the late-glacial glacier dynamics and the first bathymetric map of the Brazo Rico and Brazo Sur, the two sou…
Stratigraphic signature of the Perito Moreno ice-dammings during the Little Ice Age (southern Patagonia, Argentina)
The spectacular water outburst occurring semi-periodically when the ice-dam formed by the external front of the Perito Moreno glacier collapses, is one of the most attracting events in the UNESCO ‘Parque Nacional Los Glaciares’ of southern Patagonia. These occurrences have been documented since 1936. Instead, evidence of previous events has been only indirectly provided by dendrochronology analysis. Here we show for the first time radiocarbon-dat…
Late Quaternary transgressions and regressions in the Trieste Gulf (north-eastern Adriatic Sea)
The integration of high-resolution seismic profiles, core data and radiocarbon plus U-Th datings, allows to document the late Quaternary succession of the Trieste Gulf, which represents the easternmost part of the northern Adriatic Sea. This succession consists of an alternation of shallow-marine and continental deposits organized to compose four transgressive-regressive sequences down to ca. 90 m below present sea level. The sequences terminate …
Geological formations and processes (5 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 works) · Structural basin (5 works) · Geology (4 works) · Glacial period (4 works) · Marine transgression (4 works) · Oceanography (4 works) · Paleontology (4 works) · Sea level (4 works) · Sedimentary depositional environment (4 works)