The Po Delta is restarting progradation: Geomorphological evolution based on a 47-years Earth Observation dataset

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Ninfo, A ^a   Ciavola, P ^a   Billi, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; HUMAN; MOUTH; RIVER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY;

EID: 85042536148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21928-3     Document Type: Article

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