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Fig. 7 Broad Dendropoma platforms at Cape S. Fig 19 The Holocene uplifted marine notch at St
Vito. Alessio.
Fig. 8 Sampling site in the innermost part of the Fig 20 The Holocene uplifted marine notch at
Dendropoma platform (from Antonioli et al., Mazzaro bay, Taormina.
1999).
Fig. 21 A fossil sampled at 3 m of altitude on the
Fig. 9 Mushroom-like Dendropoma formation Scilla coast.
(from Antonioli et al., 1999).
Fig 22 The predicted sea level curve from
Fig. 10 Outline of the mechanisms of the Lambeck et al., submitted, compared with
mushroom-like Dendropoma concretioning. Light southern italian coastal uplifted sites.
grey rightward arrows indicate the effects of
erosion on coastal morphology. Black arrow Fig 23 Particular of the geological map of
upward points out the sea-level rise. Symbol * Milazzo, last upgrade is 1881!
marks the starting position in mushroom
formation (from Antonioli et al., 1999). Fig 24 a,b The uplifted Holocene fossils beach of
eastern sector of Milazzo Promontory.
Fig. 11 A Strombus bubonius outcropping at 4 m
on the St Vito coast. Fig. 25 An interpretation of the marine notch
formation at Taormina, Vertical projected
Fig. 12 Cornino, a faulted marine notch carved profiles, on SSW –NNE and WNW –ESE
during Middle Pleistocene. directions, of the elevation uplifted marine
notches occurring on the footwall of the
Fig. 13 Milazzo peninsula, the MIS 5.5 marine Taormina Fault (from De Guidi et al., 2003).
terraces, presently at the altitude between 70 and
85 m. Fig. 26 Map of the regional tectonic setting of
north-eastern Sicily. ME = Malta Escalpment.
Fig. 14 a,b,c The Taormina MIS 5 terrace at 95- The faulting associated with this major crustal-
115 m. 14c, the white arrow enhance the MIS 5.5 scale feature is continued onshore on the eastern
transgression on Giurassic limestones occurred flank of Mount Etna as the Timpe fault system.
125 ka BP. MF = Messina fault system. The Appenine -
Maghrebian Chain is a southward verging
Fig. 15 Marine conglomerate, particular of the complex of thrusted nappes associated with
fossil that provided and ESR age for MIS 5. northward subduction of the African plate
beneath Etna and northern Sicily (from
Fig. 16 Mount Etna, Catania, some terraces Lanzafame et al., 1996).
carved on lava, the Mis 5.5 terrace show an
altitude of 165 m. Fig. 27 Structural and geological map of the
eastern flank of Mount Etna showing the NNW-
Fig. 17 Satellite image of northeast Sicily SSE Timpe fault system and the subsidiary NE-
showing the location of the study area and major SW faulting along the coast with probable
structural lineaments relevant to this study.Image affinity to the Messina fault system (Figure 1 ).
courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Localities 1, 2 and 3 refer to structural data
Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. (From collected from fault exposures discussed in the
Antonioli et al., 2003a) text. The following small towns are also shown:
M=Macchia, P=Praiola, SL=San Leonardello,
Fig 18 Aerial photograph of the Sicily coast SM=Santa Maria La Scala, ST=Santa Tecla (from
adjacent to Taormina,showing details of the Lanzafame et al., 1996).
locations of the sampling sites ;number 4
indicates the Antonioli et al., sampling site;
numbers 1-3 are the sites studied by Stewart et al.
(1997). The window shows the locationof
Taormina town. (From Antonioli et al., 2003a)
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