Abstract
ABSTRACT PENNETTA, M and LO RUSSO, E., 2011. Hazard Factors in High Rocky Coasts of Capri Island (Gulf of Naples, Italy). In: Micallef, A. (ed.), MCRR3-2010 Conference Proceedings, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 61, pp. 428-434. Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, ISSN 0749-0208. Capri island is located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, Italy. Studies of the emerged and submerged coastal zone of the island through direct investigation, the study of aerial and satellite photographs, and bathymetric relief to a depth of -20/-30m has determined the morphological and morphoevolutive features and identified hazard factors that characterize the high rocky coasts of island. The island is almost completely bordered by high and steep rocky coasts (coastal cliffs) of structural control, often articulated in a succession of prominent headlands and embayments. The effects of a parallel retreat of the coastal cliffs are evident in the eastern coastal area resulting in a high degree...
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