Late Holocene landscape evolution of the Gulf of Naples (Italy) inferred from geoarchaeological data

摘要

The mapping of landforms in the Gulf of Naples is fundamental to understanding the recent\udevolution of this perithyrrenian basin controlled by several systems of Quaternary faults and\udcharacterised by the presence of the Campi Flegrei and Somma Vesuvius volcanoes. In this\udpaper a 1:85,000 map of the recent evolution of the Gulf of Naples coasts is presented. This\udcartographic product has been obtained using a compilation of previously published\udgeoarchaeological coastal studies integrated with new field data. The morphogenetic map\udsuggests a differential evolution of various coastal stretches over the past 2000 years driven\udnot only by measured vertical ground movements and eustatic sea-level rise (of 1 m) but\udalso by eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius, in particular the Plinian eruption of 79 AD and the\udsubsequent reworking of it’s products, as well as by the erosive action of the sea.