Historical shoreline change of the Sele Plain (Southern Italy): The 1870-2009 time window

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1638-1647

  Alberico, Ines ^a   Amato, Vincenzo ^b   Aucelli, Pietro Patrizio Ciro ^c   D'argenio, Bruno ^d   Di Paola, Gianluigi ^b   Pappone, Gerardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Geographic information system analysis; Sele coastal area; Shoreline variation; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL EROSION; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL IMAGE; GIS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND MANAGEMENT; SHORELINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; SALERNO; SELE PLAIN; SELE RIVER;

EID: 84858698868     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00197.1     Document Type: Review

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