U/Th dating of a Cladocora caespitosa from Capo S. Marco marine Quaternary deposits (Sardinia, Italy)

Abstract

""A whole specimen, not reworked and well preserved of Cladocora caespitosa has been found within the marine Quaternary. deposits, outcropping along the eastern coast of the Capo San Marco Promontory. The U\\\/Th dating of this sample has provided a minimum. age of 70 ± 4 ka B.P. This dating allows to state that these marine deposits, containing the coral, are not Holocene in age."

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