Morphostratigraphic framework of the Venice Lagoon (Italy) by very shallow water VHRS surveys: Evidence of radical changes triggered by human-induced river diversions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Tosi, Luigi ^b   Rizzetto, Federica ^b   Zecchin, Massimo ^a   Brancolini, Giuliano ^a   Baradello, Luca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AD-HOC TECHNIQUES; FLUVIAL CHANNELS; HOLOCENES; LEVEE SYSTEM; SEISMIC DATAS; TIDAL CHANNEL; VENICE LAGOON; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; VERY SHALLOW WATERS;

LAKES; SEISMOLOGY; SURVEYS;

RIVER DIVERSION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HOLOCENE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LEVEE; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC DATA; SHALLOW WATER; STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 68249135252     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037136     Document Type: Article

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