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Table 2 Lithotypes from Kiladha Bay: macroscopic description, wet bulk density (WBD), magnetic susceptibility (MS), wt% water, wt% calcium carbonate (CaCO3), wt% organic matter (OM), wt% siliciclastics (Silic) and total organic carbon/total nitrogen (C/N) ratio

From: Flooding a landscape: impact of Holocene transgression on coastal sedimentology and underwater archaeology in Kiladha Bay (Greece)

Lithotype

Description

WBD (g/c3)

MS (10−5 SI)

Water (wt%)

CaCO3 (wt%)

OM (wt%)

Silic (wt%)

C/N

A

Grey to reddish-brown sandy silt with clay, faintly laminated, many intact and fragmented marine shells, some rounded pebbles (ø ≤ 4 cm), some organic remains

1.5–2.0

2–11

34–49

39–62

3–6

36–57

8–11

B

Beige, homogeneous clayey silt with sand, some intact and fragmented marine shells, very few gravels

1.5–1.8

1–5

32–49

37–56

3–5

42–59

10–13

C1

Beige, sandy silt with clay, many intact and fragmented marine shells, very few gravels

1.6–1.9

1–3

30–47

43–58

2–3

48–54

10–13

C2

Beige, sandy silt with clay, many intact and fragmented marine shells, lot of gravel (≤ 1 cm)

1.8–1.9

3–4

32–36

48–54

~ 3

43–49

12–13

C3

Beige, sandy silt with clay, shell-supported, few gravel (≤ 5 mm)

1.8–2.0

0–2

28–34

43–55

2–3

41–55

15–20

D1

Blue-grey with black stains, well-sorted silty clay, plant remains, few charcoal pieces, very few shells

1.7–1.8

3–7

32–35

26–30

1–2

69–73

16–19

D2

Grey, sandy silt with clay, few shells, some gravels, some charcoal pieces, some organic remains

1.8–2.0

9–12

27–30

29–34

1–2

64–70

19–27

E1

Reddish-brown with black stains, well-sorted, stiff clay, very few (marine and brackish/freshwater) shells, very few organic remains

1.7–1.8

12–178

29–36

21–35

1–2

64–78

13–19

E2

Reddish-brown with black stains, stiff clay with coarse sand grains, organic remains, charcoal pieces, very few (marine and brackish/freshwater) shells

1.7–1.9

135–195

28–34

17–26

~ 1

75–81

11–15

F1

Greyish-brown with black stains, very well-sorted, very stiff clay, organic remains, very few shells

1.7–1.9

109–161

25–30

20–24

1–2

75–79

13–15

F2

Greyish-brown with black stains, very well-sorted, very stiff clay, few sand, very few organic remains, very few shells

1.9–2.1

130–159

21–22

26–28

~ 1

71–73

11–14

F3

Greyish-brown with black stains, very well-sorted, very stiff clay, lot of coarse sand (≤ 1 mm), some gravel (≤ 1 cm), very few shells

~ 2

130–142

~ 19

~ 29

< 1

70

16

G

Chocolate-brown with black stains, stiff, silty clay with sand, many rocks (≤ 6 cm), lot of gravel, organic remains, very few (marine and terrestrial) shells

1.9–2.4

87–196

23–26

11–23

1–2

76–87

13–19

H

Beige, silty sand, carbonate rubble, some angular rocks, few charcoal pieces, very few shells, very few bone fragments, pottery sherds

1.8–2.4

4–56

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