Evidence of Marine Isotope Stage 5.5 highstand in Liguria (Italy) and its tectonic significance

Late Quaternary tectonic movements along the different tracts of the Ligurian coast seem to have occurred apparently with different, although rather low, uplift rates. The connection between the Alpine and Apennine chains (Sestri-Voltaggio line) divides the Ligurian arch into two parts. The Alpine sector can be considered stable, whereas the Apennine relief displays in its central part an uplift rate of 0.16 mm/yr.