Pollen analysis and tephrochronology of a MIS 13 lacustrine succession from Eastern Sabatini volcanic district (Rignano Flaminio, central Italy)
Diatomite deposits in the Sabatini Volcanic District (central Italy) represent valuable archives to investigate both Middle Pleistocene vegetation dynamics and geochemistry of proximal products of volcanic eruptions, which provide crucial geochronological markers for a large region of Southern Europe. We present a new pollen record from a diatomite deposit at Rignano Flaminio, attributed to MIS 13 based on two major eruptive events from Monti Sabatini: the Grottarossa Pyroclastic Sequence (513 ± 3 ka) and the Fall A unit (499 ± 3 ka).