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Geomorphological and archaeological indicators of Croatian shoreline evolution in the last two thousands years

The authors seek to correlate geomorphological and archaeological markers in order to trace the evolution of the Croatian shoreline over the past two thousand years. In the limestone along the Adriatic Sea coast of mainland Croatia from Poreč to Zadar as well as on the islands of Cres, Rab and Pag, a submerged tidal notch between 0.5 m and 0.7 m below sea level exists. The only exception is in Bakar Bay, where the notch reaches 1.15 m below present sea level. Numerous archaeological remains in the same area indicate a sea level change of 1.0 -1.5 m during the past two millennia. In the Zadar-Šibenik region, archaeological remnants reveal a submersion of at least 1.5 m. At numerous sites, no notches were found ; therefore, in that part of the coast the obtained results could not be correlated with a geomorphological marker. As far south as Korčula and Dubrovnik, notches occur only sporadically and unfortunately no appropriate archaeological markers were found there. The data was further correlated with recent tectonic movements and tide gauge measurements.

sea level; Notch; archaeological remnants; Croatian coast

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