GNGTS 2014 - Atti del 33° Convegno Nazionale

86 GNGTS 2014 S essione 1.1 formed by calcarenites, marine sands and conglomerates, more or less cemented, directly lying on the crystalline basement or on the early Pliocene (Trubi Fm.), infra-Pleistocene (Vinco calcarenites) or late-middle Pleistocene (Messina Gravels and Sands Fm.) sedimentary covers (Dumas et al ., 1978; Ghisetti, 1981; Miyauchi et al ., 1994). The marine deposits generally pass upwardS to continental reddish silt with The terraced series is partly displaced by the Pezzo-Scilla and the Cappuccini faults that border the Campo Piale horst (Ghisetti, 1984, 1992) to the north and the south, respectively. The lowest (I order) terrace extends along to the coast, fromVilla S. Giovanni to Porticello area, with inner edge around at 40 m a.s.l. Terraces II, III, IV, V and VI extend around the Campo Piale horst, extensively outcropping along the south-west side, between Villa S. Giovanni and Fiumara area, with inner edges at elevations of 60, 95, 120, 175 and 200 m a.s.l., respectively. Fig. 1 – Morphotectonic map of the Messina Straits area showing the major Quaternary faults, the distribution of Quaternary terraces and the location of dated deposits. Fig. 2 – Correlation between the altimetric position of the inner edges of marine terraces in the Calabrian side of the Straits and the high stands of the eustatic curve of Waelbroek et al. (2002), modified for uplift rate of 1.4 mm/yr.