Quantitative evidence that compaction of Holocene sediments drives the present land subsidence of the Po Delta, Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Teatini, P ^a,b   Tosi, L ^b   Strozzi, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMECHANICS; HOLOCENE; INTERFEROMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSIDENCE;

ITALY; PO DELTA; VENETO;

EID: 80052309695     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008122     Document Type: Article

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