The natural monument La Frasca: the evolution of the environment from the Pleistocene to today

As part of the side events organized for the European Researchers' Night 2023 which this year will take place on 29 September, ISPRA, on Saturday 13 May, will organize the following excursion: "The natural monument La Frasca: the evolution of the environment from the Pleistocene to today".

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The natural monument La Frasca: the evolution of the environment from the Pleistocene to today
2023-05-13T10:00:00+02:00
2023-05-13T17:00:00+02:00
As part of the side events organized for the European Researchers' Night 2023 which this year will take place on 29 September, ISPRA, on Saturday 13 May, will organize the following excursion: "The natural monument La Frasca: the evolution of the environment from the Pleistocene to today".

When May 13, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)
Where Civitavecchia e Tarquinia (VT), Monumento Naturale La Frasca, Via Sparterro Melchiorri - Strada della Torre Valdaliga
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The La Frasca natural monument of the Lazio Region, located in the municipalities of Civitavecchia and Tarquinia, preserves one of the most interesting examples of a marine environment whose characteristics from the Upper Pleistocene are among the best preserved in the Mediterranean. This site, in fact, maintains the characteristics of a beach with depositional structures and fossil remains typical of the sea and the climate of 100,000 years ago. The excursion takes place along a stretch of coast along which it is possible to reconstruct the Quaternary environmental evolution through geological and natural observations of great interest: in the coastal sector a significant Mediterranean fauna and flora; in the marine sector habitats such as coralligenous, and Posidonia oceanica meadows. Furthermore, the presence of Roman structures, modern buildings and the large power plant highlights the difficult relationship between natural habitats and anthropic pressure.

Meeting point: La Frasca Natural Monument, access in the southern sector.

Distance route: 7 km

Google maps: https://tinyurl.com/yfcv68nj

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Organizer: ISPRA, within the NET Science Together project - European Researchers' Night