Modeling the saltwater intrusion in the lowlying catchment of the southern Venice Lagoon, Italy

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 127, Issue , 2009, Pages 351-362

  Teatini, P ^a   Putti, M ^a   Rorai, C ^a   Mazzia, A ^a   Gambolati, G ^a   Tosi, L ^b   Carbognin, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desertification; Saltwater intrusion; Venice coastland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865538959     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/rav090311     Document Type: Article

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