Environmental changes in the central Po Plain (northern Italy) due to fluvial modifications and anthropogenic activities

M Marchetti - Geomorphology, 2002 - Elsevier
The fluvial environment of the central Po Plain, the largest plain in Italy, is discussed in this
paper. Bounded by the mountain chains of the Alps and the Apennines, this plain is a link …

Hunter-gatherers across the great Adriatic-Po region during the Last Glacial Maximum: Environmental and cultural dynamics

M Peresani, G Monegato, C Ravazzi, S Bertola… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 30 to 16.5 ka ago), the Great Adriatic-Po
Region (GAPR) was deeply affected by the spread of glaciers from the Alps to the southern …

Physical processes and human activities in the evolution of the Po delta, Italy

C Cencini - Journal of Coastal Research, 1998 - JSTOR
The Po delta covers a surface of about of reclaimed lands, fresh-and salt-water lagoons, low
sedimentary shores and emerging sandy banks. Its evolution has been extremely complex …

The late-antiquity environmental crisis in Emilia region (Po river plain, Northern Italy): Geoarchaeological evidence and paleoclimatic considerations

S Cremonini, D Labate, R Curina - Quaternary International, 2013 - Elsevier
For about four decades in Italy local, scientific literature has occasionally dealt with fluvial
avulsions, suggesting they should be considered as genetically linked to a peculiar climatic …

Lake evolution and landscape history in the lower Mincio River valley, unravelling drainage changes in the central Po Plain (N-Italy) since the Bronze Age

C Ravazzi, M Marchetti, M Zanon, R Perego… - Quaternary …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Etruscan harbour of Forcello, in the lower valley of the Mincio River, northern Italy, was
active between 540 and 390 BC. The stratigraphic investigations revealed that the …

Late pleistocene evolution of the Venetian–Friulian Plain

A Fontana, P Mozzi, A Bondesan - Rendiconti Lincei, 2010 - Springer
In the last decade, large geological, geomorphological and pedological mapping projects
have been investigating the Venetian–Friulian Plain, strongly improving the available …

Soil carbon investigation in three pedoclimatic and agronomic settings of Northern Italy

V Brombin, E Mistri, M De Feudis, C Forti, GM Salani… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sustainable agricultural management is needed to promote carbon (C) sequestration in soil,
prevent loss of soil fertility, and reduce the release of greenhouse gases. However, the …

Ground effects induced by the 2012 seismic sequence in Emilia: implications for seismic hazard assessment in the Po Plain

P Di Manna, L Guerrieri, L Piccardi, E Vittori… - Annals of …, 2012 - iris.unimore.it
Since May 16, 2012, a seismic sequence has affected a wide portion of the Emilia Region
(northern Italy), chiefly for the Modena and Ferrara Provinces. The first mainshock (Ml 5.9; …

Integrating digital elevation models and stratigraphic data for the reconstruction of the post-LGM unconformity in the Brenta alluvial megafan (North-Eastern Italy)

P Mozzi, F Ferrarese, A Fontana - Alpine and Mediterranean …, 2013 - research.unipd.it
Stratigraphic cores and sections, geological maps and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)
were used for the threedimensional reconstruction of a portion of the regional unconformity …

Late Holocene palaeo-environmental reconstruction and human settlement in the eastern Po Plain (northern Italy)

G Bianchini, S Cremonini, D Di Giuseppe, R Gabusi… - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
A sedimentary sequence comprising a Late Bronze age archaeological site located in the
alluvial plain between Bologna and Ferrara (Northern Italy) was studied from geochemical …