INQUA 2003my: NEw Procedures and Technologies for UNderwater paleo-landscapE reconstructio (NEPTUNE)
The NEPTUNE project started on March 30th 2020, in the framework of the INQUA CMP commission activities for the purpose of creating an interdisciplinary working group of young scientists aimed at developing multidisciplinary techniques to analyse and reconstruct past landscapes, presently submerged due to the postglacial sea-level rise.
Abstract
The NEPTUNE project is placed in the context of regional and local-scale studies on coastal landscape
changes over the last 12 millennia. It reconstructs submerged landscapes both on and offshore, from the nearshore zone to the continental shelf. Such information is crucial to assess the potential impact of relative sea-level rise and to prepare coastal communities threatened by the changing climate for adaptation.
We focus on the Mediterranean basin but welcome researchers working in other geographic areas to provide a broader perspective on the open questions.
In this project, we aim to create a new platform for establishing interdisciplinary trans-Mediterranean scientific collaborations between experts in archaeology, coastal geomorphology, and geoarchaeology and experts in marine surveying, in order to provide optimal integration among geological, archaeological, and modelling methods.
Objectives:
- a multidisciplinary approach to underwater paleo-landscape reconstruction by means of innovative technologies integrated with well-established methods;
- a methodological protocol for optimal high-resolution surveying suited to different bathymetric ranges, often corresponding to different time scales.
Project leaders:
- Gaia Mattei, Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy
- Claudia Caporizzo, Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy
- Ana Novak, Geological Survey of Slovenia, Slovenia
- Martin Seeliger, Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, Germany
- Livio Ronchi, University of Padova, Italy
