A multidisciplinary approach for reconstructing the stratigraphic framework of the last 40Â ka in a bathyal area of the eastern Tyrrhenian Sea

A stratigraphic relationship between foraminiferal and climatic events and tephra layers has been highlighted. For the first time ecostratigraphic and tephrostratigraphic methods were combined to obtain a detailed integrated stratigraphy for the last 40 ka in the Tyrrhenian area. The achieved stratigraphic framework provides a useful stratigraphic reference record for the investigated area.