Tsunami and storm deposits preserved within a ria-type rocky coastal setting (Siracusa, SE Sicily)

@inproceedings{Scicchitano2010TsunamiAS,
  title={Tsunami and storm deposits preserved within a ria-type rocky coastal setting (Siracusa, SE Sicily)},
  author={Giovanni Scicchitano and Barbara Costa and Agata di Stefano and Sergio G. Longhitano and Carmelo Monaco},
  year={2010},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:51949516}
}
Sedimentological and palaeoecological observations, accompanied by archaeological determinations and absolute dating, have been carried out on a recent beach-barrier system succession located 20 km south of Siracusa, south-eastern Ionian coast of Sicily (Italy). Th ese deposits fi ll the back edge of a ria incised within Miocene limestones and are composed of three main stratal units characterized by distinct sedimentological features. Th e two lower units, formed by crossbedded sands and… 
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