A multidiplisciplinary study, including geomorphological, lithostratigraphical, geochronological, geochemical, and paleontological investigations, was carried out in the coastal area of Salerno city, southern Italy. The study aimed to outline the Late Glacial‐Holocene geoenvironmental evolution of Salerno's port area in response to both natural and anthropogenic factors. The geomorphological study included an examination of historic maps, which enabled a detailed reconstruction of the coastal landscape change during historic times. Lithostratigraphical analyses of three new boreholes, supported by radiocarbon and tephrochronological data, and of previously retrieved core‐successions and archaeological trenches, extends our reconstruction of the paleogeographical evolution of the Salerno coastal area back to the Late Pleistocene. Geochemical and paleontological analyses of samples from the newly acquired cores were combined with the lithofacies analyses of previously retrieved cores to detect ancient harbors in the area of the current port facilities of the city and surrounding urban areas. This work contributes to scientific debate about the specific sedimentary architectures and geochemical properties of the Salerno harbor environment and refines methodological approaches for characterizing and assessing the evolution and demise of ancient port facilities in Mediterranean coastal cities.

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地中海中部古代港口城市的全新世古地理演化：意大利南部萨勒诺市的自然和人为改造

在意大利南部萨莱诺市的沿海地区进行了多学科研究，包括地貌，岩石地层学，地球年代学，地球化学和古生物学研究。该研究旨在概述萨勒诺港口地区对自然和人为因素的晚期冰川-全新世地质环境演变。地貌学研究包括对历史地图的考察，从而可以对历史时期的沿海景观变化进行详细的重建。在放射性碳和年代年代学数据的支持下，对三个新钻孔的岩石地层学分析以及先前取回的岩心演替和考古沟槽，将我们对萨勒诺海岸地区古地理演化的重建扩展到了晚更新世。对新获取的岩心的样品进行地球化学和古生物学分析，再与先前取回的岩心的岩相分析相结合，以检测该城市当前港口设施及周边市区的古港口。这项工作有助于就萨勒诺港口环境的特定沉积构造和地球化学性质进行科学辩论，并完善表征和评估地中海沿岸城市古代港口设施的演变和灭亡的方法学方法。