Sea level change on Mediterranean sea
A. Dutton, E Bard, F Antonioli, TM Esat, K Lambeck, MT McCulloch, 2009. Phasing and amplitude of sea-level and climate change during the penultimate interglacial Nature Geoscience 2 (5), 355-359


F Antonioli. 2009. Sea level change in western-central Mediterranean since 300 kyr: comparing global sea level curves with observed data Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 25 (1), 15-23.


F Antonioli, S Kershaw, P Renda, D Rust, G Belluomini, M Cerasoli. 2006. Elevation of the last interglacial highstand in Sicily (Italy): a benchmark of coastal tectonics Quaternary International 145, 3-18


Custonaci cave
Stocchi P., Antonioli F., Montagna P., Pepe P., Lo Presti V., Caruso A., 2017. A stalactite record of four relative sea-level highstands during the Middle Pleistocene Transition Quaternary Science Reviews 173, 92-100.


F. Antonioli, S. Furlani, P. Montagna, P. Stocchi, 2021. The Use of Submerged Speleothems for Sea Level Studies in the Mediterranean Sea: A New Perspective Using Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) Geosciences 11 (2), 77.

Tidal notches in Sicily (Tindari, Ustica, Zafferano)
Antonioli F., M. Anzidei, V. Lo Presti, G. Scicchitano, C.R. Spampinato, E. Trainito, S. Furlani 2017. Anomolous multi-origin marine notch sites: Three case studies in the central Mediterranean Sea. Quaternary International 439, 4-16.


Antonioli F., V. Lo Presti, M. Anzidei, G.. Deiana, E. de Sabata, L. Ferranti, S. Furlani, G. Mastronuzzi , P. E. Orru, R. Pagliarulo, A. Rovere, G. Sannino, P. Sansò, G. Scicchitano, C. R. Spampinato, M. Vacchi , A. Vecchio 2017. Tidal notches in Mediterranean sea: a comprehensive analysis. Quaternary Science review. Quaternary Science Reviews 119, 66-84.

Furlani S., Antonioli F., Cavallaro D., Chirco P., Caldareri F., Foresta Martin F., Gasparo Morticelli M., Monaco C., Sulli A., Quarta G., Biolchi S., Sannino G., de Vita S., Calcagnile L., Agate M. 2017. Tidal notches, coastal landforms and relative sea-level changes during the Late Quaternary at Ustica Island (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). Geomorphology 299, 94–106.


Tectonic in Sicily (Milazzo, Tindari, San Vito lo Capo, Ustica)
M. Meschis, G. Scicchitano, G. P. Roberts, J. Robertson, G. Barreca, C. Monaco, C. Spampinato, D. Sahy, F. Antonioli, Z. K. Mildon, G. Scardino 2020. Regional Deformation and Offshore Crustal Local Faulting as Combined Processes to Explain Uplift Through Time Constrained by investigating Differentially Uplifted Late Quaternary Paleoshorelines: The Foreland Hyblean Plateau, SE Sicily. Tectonics 39 (12), e2020TC006187.

A Sulli, VL Presti, MG Morticelli, F Antonioli 2012. Vertical movements in NE Sicily and its offshore: Outcome of tectonic uplift during the last 125 ky Quaternary International 288, 168-182,


F Antonioli, G Cremona, C Puglisi, S Silenzi, E Valpreda, V Verubbi. 2002.Quantitative assessment of post Tyrrhenian differential crustal movements in a Mediterranean coastal area (S. Vito-Sicily-Italy). Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy 24


G. Gringeri, L. Bonfiglio, I. Di Geronimo, G. Mangano e F. Antonioli (2004) Uplifted Holocene littoral deposits in the Milazzo peninsula. Quaternaria Nova, VIII, 141-154.
Scicchitano G, Spampinato C, Ferranti L., Antonioli F., Monaco C., Lubritto L., (2011). Uplifted Holocene shorelines at Capo Milazzo (NE Sicily, Italy): evidence of co-seismic and steady state deformation, Quaternary International, 223, 201-213.


Elephas (Castelluzzo Plain)
MR Palombo, F Antonioli, C Di Patti, LP Valeria, ME Scarborough 2020. Was the dwarfed Palaeoloxodon from Favignana Island the last endemic Pleistocene elephant from the western Mediterranean islands? Historical Biology, 1-19


Sea level in the future and potential submersion risk Italian coastal Plains at 2100
K Lambeck, F. Antonioli, M. Anzidei, L. Ferranti, G. Leoni, G. Scicchitano, 2011.Sea level change along the Italian coast during the Holocene and projections for the future. Quaternary International 232 (1-2), 250-257.
F. Antonioli, G De Falco, V Lo Presti, L Moretti, G Scardino, M Anzidei, …. 2020 Relative Sea-Level Rise and Potential Submersion Risk for 2100 on 16 Coastal Plains of the Mediterranean Sea Water 12 (8), 2173

Marsico A., Lisco S., Lo Presti V., Antonioli F., Amorosi A., Anzidei M., Deiana G., De Falco G., Fontana A., Fontolan G.,Moretti M.,Orrú P.E., Serpelloni E., Sannino G.M., Vecchio A., Mastronuzzi G., 2017. Flooding scenario for four Italian coastal plains using three relative sea level rise models Journal of Maps 13 (2), 961-967.


D Zanchettin, S Bruni, F Raicich, P Lionello, F Adloff, A Androsov, F. Antonioli. 2021. Sea-level rise in venice: historic and future trends Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 1-56


Marettimo: La Cattedrale and Tuono caves
Lo Presti V., Antonioli F., Agnesi V., Biolchi S., Calcagnile L., Di Patti C., Donati S., Furlani S., Merizzi J., Palombo M.R., Pepe F., Quarta G., Renda P., Sulli A., Tusa S., 2019. Palaeogeographical evolution of the Egadi Islands (western Sicily, Italy): implications for the oversea dispersal of Homo sapiens and other mammals since the Late Pleistocene on Mediterranean sea. Earth Science Revue, 194, 160-181.

K Lambeck, M Anzidei, F Antonioli, A Benini, A Esposito. 2004. Sea level in Roman time in the Central Mediterranean and implications for recent change. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 224 (3-4), 563-575.

Europe Sicily bridge
F. Antonioli, V. Lo Presti, M.G. Morticelli, L. Bonfiglio, M.A. Mannino, et al., 2016, Timing of the emergence of the Europe–Sicily bridge (40–17 cal ka BP) and its implications for the spread of modern humans, Geological Society, London, Special Publications 411, 111-144.

Fixed biological indicators
A Rovere, F Antonioli, CN Bianchi. 2015. Fixed biological indicators Handbook of Sea‐Level Research, 268-280.


F Antonioli, R Chemello, S Improta, S Riggio. 1999. Dendropoma lower intertidal reef formations and their palaeoclimatological significance, NW Sicily. Marine Geology 161 (2-4), 155-170
Ferdinandea island

Antonioli F Donadio D. Ferranti L., Margottini C. De Vita A. 1994 The graham bank: history sismicity and udrwatere geomorphology Birth and dead of the Ferdinandea island. Mem Descr. Carta Geolo d’Italia LII 99-102.

Zafferano Cape
Antonioli F., Belluomini G., Ferranti L., Improta S. (1994) Il sito preistorico dell’arco naturale di Capo Zafferano (Sicilia). Aspetti geomorfologici e relazione con le variazioni del livello del mare. Il Quaternario, Italian Journal of Quaternary Sciences, 7 (1) 109-118.


Fabrizio Antonioli, Valeria Lo Presti, Thalassia Giaccone. (2021). Il sito preistorico dell’Arco Naturale di Capo Zafferano, indagini subacquee: dove “camminavano i Mesolitici” Atti XX Congresso archeologia Subacquea Giardini di Naxos 10.21.

Giaccone T., 1999 – La tettonica a placche e la biogeografia del Mare Mediterraneo. Grifone, 3(39): 6-7.
Catra M.,Drago D.,Giaccone T.,Giardina S., Nicastro A., 2006 – Biodiversità vegetale marina dell’Isola di Ustica (PA). Boll. Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat.,Catania. 38(365): 193-211.
Giaccone T., 2006 – Alla scoperta dei “paleotesori” dell’Isola di Ustica (Palermo). PaleoItalia, Newsletter della Società Paleontologica Italiana, Modena, n°14: 5-11.
Catra M., Giaccone T., Giardina S., Nicastro A., 2007 – Il patrimonio naturale marino bentonico della Timpa di Acireale (Catania). Boll. Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania, 39 (366): 129-158.
Catra M., , Giardina S., Giaccone T., Basso D., Giaccone G., 2007 – Il Coralligeno del Secchitello di Ustica (Palermo). Biol. Mar. Mediterr., 14(2): 174-175.
Giaccone T., Catra M., Serio D., Giaccone G., 2008 – A review of Mediterranean macrophytobenthos collections present in Italy: a contribution to the Mediterranean Initiative on Taxonomy. Chemistry & Ecology, 24, Issue SI 2008: 175-184.
Giaccone T., Chemello R., Giaccone G., 2009 – I S.I.C. marini della Sicilia: rassegna dei dati disponibili e prospettive di revisione e di gestione. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 16 (1): 61-64
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Schede descrittive per la identificazione degli Habitat (57 su 70 schede). in: Relini G., Giaccone G.(eds.), 2009 – Gli Habitat prioritari del Protocollo SPA/BIO (Convenzione di Barcellona) presenti in Italia. Schede descrittive per l’identificazione. Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 16 (suppl. 1): 1-266
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Posidonia oceanica meadows: ecomorphosis of striped meadows and of barrier-reef meadows: Posidonietum oceanicae (Funk 1927) Molinier 1958. In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1): 140-145.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Association with rhodolits: Neogoniolithon brassica-florida, Mesophyllum lichenoides, Lithothamnium fruticulosum auct! (Spongites fruticulosus pro parte). In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1): 114-117
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Association with Sargassum spp. (indigenous): associations of the alliance Sargassion hornschuchii Giaccone 1973. In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16(suppl. 1):235-238.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Facies and associations of the coralligenous biocenosis (in enclaves): associations of the Lithophylletalia order Giaccone 1965 in the infralittoral zone. In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1):196-199.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Association with Sargassum vulgare: Sargassetum vulgaris Mayhoub 1976. In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1):188-191.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Biocenosis of the upper mediolittoral rock. In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1):27-29.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Facies of banks of dead leaves (banquettes) of Posidonia oceanica and other phanerogams (lower part). In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1):23-26.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Salt works Facies. In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1):16-19.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Coralligenous platforms: vegetal association of the coralligenous biocenosis: Lithophyllo-Halimedetum tunae Giaccone 1965. In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1):262-266.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Association with Laminaria ochroleuca: Cystoseiretum usneoidis Giaccone 1972 subass. Laminarietosum ochroleucae Giaccone 1994. In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1):239-242.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Biocenosis of the coastal detritic bottom. In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1):200-203.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Posidonia oceanica meadows (= association with Posidonia oceanica). In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets.16(suppl. 1):132-139.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Posidonia oceanica (Linneaus) Delile. In: Protected Species according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 2):3-6.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Concretions with Neogoniolithon brassica-florida:(Neogoniolitho-Tenareetum Molinier 1958 nom. dub.) In: Priority habitats according to the SPA/BIO protocol (Barcelona Convention) present in Italy. Identification sheets. 16 (suppl. 1):51-57.
Giaccone G., Giaccone T., Catra M., 2009 – Schede descrittive delle specie vegetali protette per l’identificazione (14 schede). In Relini G., Tunesi L., 2009 – Le specie protette del Protocollo SPA/BIO (Convenzione di Barcellona) presenti in Italia. Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 16 (suppl.2): 1-63.
G. Giaccone, G. Alongi, M. Catra, M. Cormaci, G. Furnari, T. Giaccone and D. Serio, 2010 – Macrophytobenthos and the ecological status of coastal waters around Sicily. Chemistry and Ecology, 26, Supplement, June 2010: 241–248
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