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Fig. 5. Heights of geomorphological features attributed to the Eutyrrhenian paleo-sea level. Open circles indicate the inner margin of marine
terraces, triangles indicate notches. The bars indicate the error ( F 0.5 m for notches and F 1.5 m for inner margins).

out on marine notches (Fig. 4) and of inner margins of forms was analysed with respect to the eustatic
the Eutyrrhenian terraces, to check with accuracy the maximum reached during the substage 5e.
post-Tyrrhenian vertical crustal movements. These
measures provide different degree of accuracy from In order to estimate the maximum sea-level height
F 0.5 m (Carobene and Pasini, 1982; Pirazzoli, 1986) reached in the Mediterranean during the isotopic stage
to about F 1.5 m. Taking into consideration these 5e, we can consider previous studies (Esat et al., 1999;
errors, the vertical distribution of the Eutyrrhenian McCulloch and Esat, 2000) on Thyrrenian forms in
other Mediterranean coastal areas having the same

Fig. 6. Outline of the whole succession of marine terraces from Sectors A through F (see inset in Fig. 2 for location).