Tephrostratigraphy, chronology and climatic events of the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene
An overview
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12266542 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giovanni Zanchetta (0000-0002-7080-9599, University of Pisa, INGV and IGG-GNR, Italy, corresponding author), Roberto Sulpizio (0000-0002-3930-5421, University of Bari Aldo Moro), Neil Roberts (0000-0001-5538-8653), Raffaello Cioni (0000-0002-2526-9095, University of Cagliari and INGV, Italy), Warren J Eastwood (0000-0002-6167-3829, University of Birmingham), Giuseppe Siani (0000-0002-2090-5320, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud XI, France), Benoît Caron (0000-0001-7051-4339, University of Pisa, Italy and CNRS-Université Paris-Sud XI, France), Martine Paterne (0000-0003-3715-6298, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environment, France), Roberto Santacroce (University of Pisa) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-52 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959683610377531 |
| OpenAlex | W2076081783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 41 |
| References cited | 133 |
The identification and characterisation of high-frequency climatic changes during the Holocene requires natural archives with precise and accurate chronological control, which is usually difficult to achieve using only 14 C chronologies. The presence of time-spaced tephra beds in Quaternary Mediterranean successions represents an additional, independent tool for dating and correlating different sedimentary archives. These tephra layers are potentially useful for resolving long-standing issues in paleoclimatology and can help towards correlating terrestrial and marine paleoclimate archives. Known major tephras of regional extent derive from central and southern Italy, the Hellenic Arc, and from Anatolia. A striking feature of major Holocene tephra deposition events in the Mediterranean is that they are clustered rather than randomly distributed in time. Several tephra layers occurred at the time of the S1 sapropel formation between c. 8.4 and 9.0 ka BP (Mercato, Gabellotto-Fiumebianco/E1, Cappadocia) and other important tephra layers (Avellino, Agnano Monte Spina, ‘Khabur’ and Santorini/Thera) occurred during the second and third millennia BC, marking an important and complex phase of environmental changes during the mid- to late-Holocene climatic transition. There is great potential in using cryptotephra to overlap geographically Italian volcanic ashes with those originating from the Aegean and Anatolia, in order to connect regional tephrochronologies between the central and eastern Mediterranean
Archaeology · Chronology · Climate change · Geography · Holocene · Holocene climatic optimum · Mediterranean climate · Paleoclimatology · Physical geography · Quaternary · Sapropel · Sedimentary rock · Tephra · Tephrochronology · Volcano · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
Cryptotephra from Lipari Volcano in the eastern Gulf of Taranto (Italy) as a time marker for paleoclimatic studies
Constraining the onset of the Holocene “Neoglacial” over the central Italy using tephra layers
North–south palaeohydrological contrasts in the central Mediterranean during the Holocene
The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region
Unveiling social vulnerability to natural hazards in the EEA and UK
The field system of Gricignano d'Aversa (Southern Italy) and the agrarian impact in the Piana Campana, ca. 3900 cal BP
Climate and environmental change in the Balkans over the last 17 ka recorded in sediments from Lake Prespa (Albania/F.Y.R. of Macedonia/Greece)
Late Pleistocene and Holocene contourite drift in Lake Prespa (Albania/F.Y.R. of Macedonia/Greece)
Assessing atmospheric and oceanic teleconnections between the eastern and western Mediterranean over the past 8000 years
A multidisciplinary study of an exceptional prehistoric waste dump in the mountainous inland of Calabria (Italy)
Mid-Holocene vegetation history of the central Mediterranean
Changes in Mediterranean climate during the Holocene
Human-derived landscape changes on the northern Etruria coast (western Italy) between Roman times and the late Middle Ages
Mediterranean and north-African cultural adaptations to mid-Holocene environmental and climatic changes
A marine/terrestrial integration for mid-late Holocene vegetation history and the development of the cultural landscape in the Po valley as a result of human impact and climate change
The early and Middle Bronze Age (1/2) in South and central Tyrrhenian Italy and their connections with the Avellino eruption
Multidisciplinary study of Holocene archaeological soils in an upland Mediterranean site
Relative sea level changes and paleogeographical evolution of the southern Sele plain (Italy) during the Holocene
A long-term perspective on the exploitation of Lipari obsidian in central Mediterranean prehistory
Vegetation and climate history of the Lake Prespa region since the Lateglacial
Tephrostratigraphy of paleoclimatic archives in central Mediterranean during the Bronze Age
Green, grey and black
Climatic interpretation of carbon isotope content of mid-Holocene archaeological charcoals from eastern Anatolia
Integrated stratigraphy for the Late Quaternary in the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea
Holocene climatic conditions in the eastern Adriatic recorded in stalagmites from Strašna peć Cave (Croatia)
Olea, Juglans and Castanea
The transition from natural to anthropogenic-dominated environmental change in Italy and the surrounding regions since the Neolithic
The Holocene of the Agro Pontino graben
Distal Effects of Volcanic Eruptions on Pre-industrial societies
The Holocene climatic evolution of Mediterranean Italy
Climate in the eastern Mediterranean, and adjacent regions, during the past 6000 years – A review
Fission Track Dating of Obsidian Samples from Lipari Neolithic Settlements
Prehistorical Obsidian Sources in the Island of Lipari (Aeolian Islands)
Geological Sources of Obsidian on Lipari and Artifact Production and Distribution in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Central Mediterranean
Chlorine as a Discriminant Element to Establish the Provenance of Central Mediterranean Obsidians
Climatic, vegetation and cultural change in the eastern Mediterranean during the mid-Holocene environmental transition
The mid-Holocene climatic transition in the Mediterranean
Archaeometric Study of Volcanic Lithic Objects from The Longola (Poggiomarino) Protohistoric Site, Southern Italy
Climate change 6.2–2.0 cal ka BP in northeastern Africa, based on multi-proxy lake record from the Faiyum Oasis, Egypt
Lead legacy of pre-industrial activities in lake sediments
Islands of Time. Unsettling Linearity Across Deep History
Electron Microprobe Correlation of Tephra Layers from Eastern Mediterranean Abyssal Sediments and the Island of Santorini
Bristlecone pine tree rings and volcanic eruptions over the last 5000 yr
First evidence of a distal early Holocene ash layer in Eastern Mediterranean deep-sea sediments derived from the anatolian volcanic province
New constraints on the pyroclastic eruptive history of the Campanian volcanic Plain (Italy)
A Pervasive Millennial-Scale Cycle in North Atlantic Holocene and Glacial Climates
The last 1.35 million years at Tenaghi Philippon
Holocene atmosphere-ocean interactions
Santorini Eruption Radiocarbon Dated to 1627-1600 B.C.
All age–depth models are wrong
A high-resolution late Holocene lake isotope record from Turkey and links to North Atlantic and monsoon climate
Irish tree rings, Santorini and volcanic dust veils
Chronology for the Aegean Late Bronze Age 1700-1400 B.C.
Late Holocene drought responsible for the collapse of Old World civilizations is recorded in an Italian cave flowstone
The Genesis and Collapse of Third Millennium North Mesopotamian Civilization
A Chemical Classification of Volcanic Rocks Based on the Total Alkali-Silica Diagram
Mediterranean Moisture Source for an Early-Holocene Humid Period in the Northern Red Sea
Recognition of Santorini (Minoan) Tephra in Lake Sediments from Gölhisar Gölü, Southwest Turkey by Laser Ablation ICP-MS
Tephrochronology of the 100ka lacustrine sediment record of Lago Grande di Monticchio (southern Italy)
Major Constraints on the Use of Radiocarbon Dating for Tephrochronology
Geochemical characterization of Quaternary tephras from the Campanian Province, Italy
Human impact at Lago di Mezzano (central Italy) during the Bronze Age
Holocene environmental variability—the record from Lago Grande di Monticchio, Italy
The Holocene climatic evolution of Mediterranean Italy
Holocene drought, deforestation and evergreen vegetation development in the central Mediterranean
Sediments from Lago di Mezzano, central Italy
Climatic, vegetation and cultural change in the eastern Mediterranean during the mid-Holocene environmental transition
Possible complexity of the climatic event around 4300—3800 cal. BP in the central and western Mediterranean
The intercept is a poor estimate of a calibrated radiocarbon age
Environmental change in Crete
The environmental impact of the Minoan eruption of Santorini (Thera)
The tempo of Holocene climatic change in the eastern Mediterranean region
Mid-Holocene vegetation history of the central Mediterranean
Age, Extent and Climatic Significance of the c. 3400 BP Aniakchak Tephra, Western Alaska, USA
New palynological and tephrostratigraphical investigations of two salt lagoons on the island of Mljet, south Dalmatia, Croatia
Geoarchaeological tsunami deposits at Palaikastro (Crete) and the Late Minoan IA eruption of Santorini
Dendrochemical analysis of a tree-ring growth anomaly associated with the Late Bronze Age eruption of Thera
Palaeoecological and archaeological evidence for human occupance in southwest Turkey
A bird's eye view – of a leopard's spots The Çatalhöyük ‘map’ and the development of cartographic representation in prehistory
Section 1
Building a tephrostratigraphic framework for the Paleolithic of Central Anatolia, Turkey
Comparing Continental Carbonates with Other Materials in Dating a Paleolake
Radiocarbon Reservoir Ages in the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
Estimated Reservoir Ages of the Black Sea Since the Last Glacial
Confirmation of near-absolute dating of east Mediterranean Bronze-Iron dendrochronology
The Volcanic Destruction of Minoan Crete
| Unique citing works | 41 |
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| Citations per year | 2,73 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |