Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
Buried sedimentary aggradational sections deposited between 800 ka and 600 ka in the
Tiber River coastal alluvial plain have been studied using borecores from around Rome. 40Ar/39Ar
ages on sanidine and/or leucite from intercalated tephra layers and paleomagnetic investigation of
clay sections provide geochronological constraints on the timing of aggradation of two of these
alluvial sections, and demonstrate that they were deposited in response to eustatic sea level rise
caused by glacial terminations IX and VII. 40Ar/39Ar age data indicate ages of 802 ± 8 ka and 649
± 3 ka for glacial terminations IX, and VII, respectively, providing a rare test, beyond the range
of U-series dating for corals and speleothems (~500 ka), of the astronomically calibrated
timescale developed for oxygen isotope records from deep sea cores.
Description:
Submitted
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open
Keywords:
Glacial termination
;
paleomagnetism
;
04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.08. Sediments: dating, processes, transport
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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manuscript
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