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The Metaponto coastal plain extends about 40 km along the Ionian coast, between the Sinni and Bradano Rivers (southern Italy). During the 20th century, the increases in modern irrigation systems, land reclamation works, the overexploitation of wells, and agricultural and industrial activities have deeply modified land use and groundwater availability and quality along the plain. These modifications negatively impacted the natural systems in terms of groundwater and soil salinization, magnifying the risks due to seawater intrusion. In this study, we explored the proneness to seawater intrusion, testing a multidisciplinary approach based on hydrochemical and geophysical investigations. A significant portion of the coastal plain was selected for this purpose. A set of 49 groundwater samples was analyzed to define the chemical characteristics of the water and geoelectrical measurements were recorded along three long profiles. The geoelectrical surveys showed in detail the aquifer bottom pattern where it is deeply incised by paleovalleys, defining the main hydrostratigraphic features, as it is necessary to prevent seawater intrusion worsening. The hydrochemical data highlighted areas with higher seawater intrusion proneness. The acquired measurements show the high proneness to seawater intrusion, especially where the aquifer bottom is very deep below the sea level, also far from the coast, and the relevance of the detailed knowledge of the aquifer bottom in supporting any kind of management.
Rosalba Muzzillo; Livia Emanuela Zuffianò; Enzo Rizzo; Filomena Canora; Luigi Capozzoli; Valeria Giampaolo; Giorgio de Giorgio; Francesco Sdao; Maurizio Polemio. Seawater Intrusion Proneness and Geophysical Investigations in the Metaponto Coastal Plain (Basilicata, Italy). Water 2020, 13, 53 .
AMA StyleRosalba Muzzillo, Livia Emanuela Zuffianò, Enzo Rizzo, Filomena Canora, Luigi Capozzoli, Valeria Giampaolo, Giorgio de Giorgio, Francesco Sdao, Maurizio Polemio. Seawater Intrusion Proneness and Geophysical Investigations in the Metaponto Coastal Plain (Basilicata, Italy). Water. 2020; 13 (1):53.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosalba Muzzillo; Livia Emanuela Zuffianò; Enzo Rizzo; Filomena Canora; Luigi Capozzoli; Valeria Giampaolo; Giorgio de Giorgio; Francesco Sdao; Maurizio Polemio. 2020. "Seawater Intrusion Proneness and Geophysical Investigations in the Metaponto Coastal Plain (Basilicata, Italy)." Water 13, no. 1: 53.
In the mountainous areas, rockfalls are a common type of massmovements that represents a major cause of fatalities and damages to properties because of their high energy and mobility. For this reason, the assessment of rockfall hazard and risk constitutes an important issue for technicians, administrators and local planners and requires reliable methods, in order to assure a proper land management. This paper is an attempt to assess rockfall susceptibility; in particular, the attention has been focused on the potential rockfall source areas assessment in the territory of the twenty-four Lucanian municipalities belonging to the Pollino National Park (Southern Italy). A DEM-based approach has been used, according to the Slope Angle Distribution (SAD) procedure, allowing to identify the most important Morphological Units of the topography: Cliffs, Steep Slopes, Foot Slopes and Plains. A terrain unit (usually a grid cell) is considered as potential rockfall source when its slope angle lie over an angle threshold, which is defined where the Gaussian distribution of the morphological unit “Cliffs” become dominant over the one of “Steep slopes”. The software Histofit [31] has been a very useful tool for the assessment of rockfall susceptibility. The results of the application of this approach have been compared with the rockfalls niches observed on the field in order to validate the method. Finally, the influence of the cell size of the DEM has been inspected by applying the methodology over two different DEM resolutions (5 m and 20 m).
Rosalba Muzzillo; Lucia LoSasso; Francesco Sdao. Rockfall Source Areas Assessment in an Area of the Pollino National Park (Southern Italy). Privacy Enhancing Technologies 2018, 366 -379.
AMA StyleRosalba Muzzillo, Lucia LoSasso, Francesco Sdao. Rockfall Source Areas Assessment in an Area of the Pollino National Park (Southern Italy). Privacy Enhancing Technologies. 2018; ():366-379.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosalba Muzzillo; Lucia LoSasso; Francesco Sdao. 2018. "Rockfall Source Areas Assessment in an Area of the Pollino National Park (Southern Italy)." Privacy Enhancing Technologies , no. : 366-379.
Rosalba Muzzillo; Stefania Pascale; Francesco Sdao. Hydrogeology and Vulnerability to Pollution of Carbonate Aquifers in the High Valley of the Basento River (Lucanian Apennines, Southern Italy). Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management 2015, 3, 181 -196.
AMA StyleRosalba Muzzillo, Stefania Pascale, Francesco Sdao. Hydrogeology and Vulnerability to Pollution of Carbonate Aquifers in the High Valley of the Basento River (Lucanian Apennines, Southern Italy). Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management. 2015; 3 (2):181-196.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosalba Muzzillo; Stefania Pascale; Francesco Sdao. 2015. "Hydrogeology and Vulnerability to Pollution of Carbonate Aquifers in the High Valley of the Basento River (Lucanian Apennines, Southern Italy)." Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management 3, no. 2: 181-196.