Advanced Terrain Mapping of the Gioia Tauro Plain Calabria Region, Italy
ESA GMES Terrafirma
- Edited by:
- Federico Raspini,
- Francesca Cigna,
- Sandro Moretti,
- Nicola Casagli,
In the framework of the Terrafirma project, Persistent Scatterers Interferometry (PSI) has be used for mapping land subsidence at basin scale in Gioia Tauro plain (Italy).
The investigated area is built over unconsolidated fine-grained sediments, where the increasing groundwater demands for irrigation have caused the natural sediment consolidation to progressively accelerate.
Both historical (1992-2001; ERS1/2 images) and recent (2002-2006; ENVISAT images) scenarios are analyzed to solve the spatial variability and temporal evolution of ground displacements affecting the plain. The results show deformation rates as high as 10-12 mm/yr in 1992-2007, with highest velocities occurred between 1992 and 2000 within the central part of the basin, in the area of Rizziconi (5 km ESE of Gioia Tauro).
The outcomes of this PSI study could support the future improvement of groundwater management and the implementation of best strategies for land use planning and sustainable use of groundwater resources.
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-6655-022-8
- Series: Proceedings e report
- Scientific Board: Consiglio Editoriale FUP 2010-2016
- Language: English
- Subjects: Geology
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University of Florence, Italy
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-8134-1576
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-1167-2721
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-8684-7848
of Firenze, Italy, federico.raspini@unifi.it
Francesca Cigna, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Firenze, Italy, francesca.cigna@unifi.it
Sandro Moretti, Professor of Environmental Geology, Department of Earth
Sciences, University of Firenze, Italy, sandro.moretti@unifi.it
Nicola Casagli, Professor of Engineering Geology, Department of Earth
Sciences, University of Firenze, Italy, nicola.casagli@unifi.it
- Publication Year: 2011
- Pages: 29
- eISBN: 978-88-6655-022-8
- Content License: CC BY-ND 3.0 IT
- © 2011 Author(s)
- Publication Year: 2011
- eISBN: 978-88-9273-632-0
- Content License: CC BY-ND 3.0 IT
- © 2011 Author(s)
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Book Title
Advanced Terrain Mapping of the Gioia Tauro Plain Calabria Region, Italy
Book Subtitle
ESA GMES Terrafirma
Editors
Federico Raspini, Francesca Cigna, Sandro Moretti, Nicola Casagli
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2011
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© 2011 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
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10.36253/978-88-6655-022-8
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978-88-6655-022-8
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978-88-9273-632-0
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Proceedings e report
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2704-601X
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