Uplift rate calculation based on the comparison between marine terrace data and river profile analysis: A morphotectonic insight from the Ionian coastal belt of …

D Gioia, G Corrado, AM Amodio, M Schiattarella - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
Geomorphological analyses of a wide coastal belt between northern Calabria and Puglia,
where a well-exposed staircase of marine terraces extensively crops out, were performed in …

Geo-environmental characterisation of high contaminated coastal sites: The analysis of past experiences in Taranto (Southern Italy) as a key for defining operational …

A Rizzo, F De Giosa, A Di Leo, S Lisco, M Moretti… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite its remarkable geomorphological, ecological, and touristic value, the coastal sector
of the Apulia region (Southern Italy) hosts three of the main contaminated Italian sites (Sites …

Remote sensing and GIS to assess soil erosion with RUSLE3D and USPED at river basin scale in southern Italy

A Aiello, M Adamo, F Canora - Catena, 2015 - Elsevier
Soil erosion represents one of the most serious land degradation problems, and
Mediterranean areas are particularly prone to this phenomenon. In the light of climate …

An effective approach for automatic river features extraction using high-resolution UAV imagery

M La Salandra, R Colacicco, P Dellino, D Capolongo - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
The effects of climate change are causing an increase in the frequency and extent of natural
disasters. Because of their morphological characteristics, rivers can cause major flooding …

Exploitation of amplitude and phase of satellite SAR images for landslide mapping: the case of Montescaglioso (South Italy)

F Raspini, A Ciampalini, S Del Conte, L Lombardi… - Remote Sensing, 2015 - mdpi.com
Pre-event and event landslide deformations have been detected and measured for the
landslide that occurred on 3 December 2013 on the south-western slope of the …

Sea-level rise and shoreline changes along an open sandy coast: Case study of gulf of taranto, Italy

G Scardino, F Sabatier, G Scicchitano, A Piscitelli… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The dynamics of the sandy coast between Castellaneta and Taranto (Southern Italy) has
been influenced by many natural and anthropogenic factors, resulting in significant changes …

Assessing the prediction accuracy of geomorphon-based automated landform classification: An example from the ionian coastal belt of southern Italy

D Gioia, M Danese, G Corrado, P Di Leo… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Automatic procedures for landform extraction is a growing research field but extensive
quantitative studies of the prediction accuracy of Automatic Landform Classification (ACL) …

[HTML][HTML] Groundwater vulnerability assessment in the metaponto coastal plain (basilicata, Italy)

F Canora, R Muzzillo, F Sdao - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aims at a groundwater vulnerability assessment of the Metaponto coastal plain,
located in the Basilicata region (southern Italy). In the last century, intensive agriculture …

Geological controls on the geometry of incised‐valley fills: Insights from a global dataset of late‐Quaternary examples

R Wang, L Colombera, NP Mountney - Sedimentology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Incised valleys that develop due to relative sea‐level change are common features of
continental shelves and coastal plains. Assessment of the factors that control the geometry …

Geoarchaeology and geomorphology of the Metaponto area, Ionian coastal belt, Italy

D Gioia, M Bavusi, P Di Leo, T Giammatteo… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A 1: 28,000-scale geoarchaeological map has been prepared for a large sector
of the Ionian coastal belt of the Basilicata region, southern Italy, in order to investigate the …