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Fig. 7. RSL reconstructions in western Ligurian Sea (#4), eastern Ligurian Sea (#5), northern Corsica and Pianosa (#6) and southern Corsica and northern Sardinia (#7). Index points (boxes) are
plotted as calibrated age against change in sea level relative to present. Limiting points are plotted as terrestrial or marine horizontal lines. The dimensions of boxes and lines for each point are
based on 2s elevation and age errors. The relative sea-level data is compared to a prediction (red line with minimum and maximum errors) from the SELEN model (see Section 4). Red dots
denote the approximate location of the cluster of RSL data-points. Fj, Frejus; Ni, Nice coastal plain; Sv, Savona; Ge, Genova. Sp, La Spezia; Vs, Versilia coastal plain, Pi, Pisa; Ar, Arno coastal
plain.Cc,CapCorse; Sc,Scandola; Pn,Pianosa.Vl,Gulf of Valinco; Bs,Bonifacio Strait;Ol,Olbia; Cl,Cala Liberotto, Ca,Capo Caccia.

5.6. Northern Corsica and Pianosa (#6) obtained from cores in Gulf of Valinco (Corsica) and from archeological
surveys in Bonifacio Strait, Capo Caccia, and Olbia (Sardinia). During the
The RSL history for this region is restricted to the late Holocene and is early Holocene, RSL rose from −33.5 ± 1.6 m at ~10.0 ka BP to
presented in Fig. 7 (#6). The database is composed of 15 index points −17.5 ± 1.6 m at ~8.3 ka BP. RSL is loosely constrained between ~8.0
from L. byssoides samples collected in Scandola, and Cap Corse in north- and ~2.5 ka BP. Younger index and limiting points indicate RSL was be-
ern Corsica. Additional index and limiting points derive from archaeo- tween ~−0.7 and ~−1.5 m between ~2.0 and ~2.0 ka BP. At
logical surveys carried out on Pianosa Island (Italy). The oldest index ~0.8 ka BP, one beachrock index point places the RSL at −0.8±1.5m.
point places the RSL at −1.5 ± 0.4 m at ~4.0 ka BP. Younger index
points show a continuous sea-level rise. RSL was at −0.8 ± 0.4 m at 5.8. Southwestern Sardinia (#8)
~2.0 ka BP, at −0.5 ± 0.4 m at ~1.6 ka BP and at −0.3 ± 0.4 m at
~1.0 ka BP. Archeological index points place the RSL at −1.1 ± 0.2 m The RSL history of southern Sardinia comprises 18 index points and
at ~2.0 ka BP and at −0.8 ± 0.2 m at ~1.0 ka BP. 8 limiting points (Fig. 8, #8). Data were obtained from cores in Cagliari,
in the Gulf of Oristano, in Piscinni Bay and near archaeological sites in
Tharros, Nora, Malfatano Cape and Sant’Antioco. The oldest index
5.7. Southern Corsica and northern Sardinia (#7) point at ~10.8 ka BP estimates that RSL was at −45.5 ± 1.6 m. RSL
rose to −29.5 ± 1.0 m at ~9.7 ka BP and to −27 ± 1.0 m at
The database for southern Corsica and northern Sardinia consists of 11 ~9.4 ka BP. At ~7.0, RSL was at −13.9 ± 1 m MSL. Between ~4.6 and
index points from beachrock samples collected in the Bonifacio strait and 4.0 ka BP, index points show considerable scatter. One intercalated sam-
in northeastern Sardinia (Fig. 7, #7). Additional limiting points were ple from Cagliari places the RSL at −6.8 ± 1.0 m while one sample from