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A Sicilian rocky coast

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Author:
Date: 2013-06-06 05:55:13
Blog: Wooster Geologists
URL: http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2013/06/05/a-sicilian-rocky-coast/

Summary:

NOTO, SICILY, ITALY–Our last stop of the day on this International Bryozoology Association field trip was on the southeastern coast of Sicily just north of Syracuse at Scala Greca. There are several very small bays here which have been used for fishing boats since very ancient times. The whote rock is the Calcari di Siracusa [...]

Content analysis:

Stratigraphic context:

Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]:Sicilian [1]
Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]:Middle Pleistocene [0.1]
Pleistocene [0.1]
Quaternary [0.1]
Cenozoic [0.1]
Phanerozoic [0.1]

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
NotoIT36.894715.0709
Scala GrecaIT37.106715.2664
SicilyIT37.474214.0384
SiracusaIT37.084515.2701

Keywords:

ancient times, field trip, fishing boats, International Bryozoology Association, ITALY, rocky coast NOTO, Scala Greca, Sicilian, sicily, Siracusa, small bays, southeastern coast, stop, Syracuse, Uncategorized, whote rock

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