Channel changes of the Adige River (Eastern Italian Alps) over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridor
A 1:50,000-scale geomorphological map of the Adige/Etsch River valley bottom (NE Italy) is presented. The study area is 115 km long, and it extends between the villages of Merano/Meran and Calliano, including also the terminal segments of 9 major tributaries of the Adige River. Presently, the Adige...
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| description | A 1:50,000-scale geomorphological map of the Adige/Etsch River valley bottom (NE Italy) is presented. The study area is 115 km long, and it extends between the villages of Merano/Meran and Calliano, including also the terminal segments of 9 major tributaries of the Adige River. Presently, the Adige shows a sinuous to straight morphology owing to massive channelization occurred during the nineteenth century. Fluvial geomorphological features have been mapped through a detailed-scale comparative multi-temporal analysis carried out on several historical maps dating since the eighteenth century, previous thematic maps, geological maps of the Italian ‘CARG’ project, orthophotos (2011) and high – resolution DEMs. The map shows the active river channel, dating to 1803–1805 (before channelization), to 1856-1861 (during channelization) and under present conditions, as well as several paleo-channels dating up to the thirteenth century. The analysis led to define the corridor of historical channel changes, a fundamental tool for river management purposes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-769998a07ac149a7a3df93b5beba24f82022-12-21T22:52:05ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Maps1744-56472018-11-0114268069110.1080/17445647.2018.15310741531074Channel changes of the Adige River (Eastern Italian Alps) over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridorVittoria Scorpio0Nicola Surian1Maurizio Cucato2Elena Dai Prá3Guido Zolezzi4Francesco Comiti5Free University of Bolzano-BozenUniversity of PadovaFreelance GeologistUniversity of TrentoUniversity of TrentoFree University of Bolzano-BozenA 1:50,000-scale geomorphological map of the Adige/Etsch River valley bottom (NE Italy) is presented. The study area is 115 km long, and it extends between the villages of Merano/Meran and Calliano, including also the terminal segments of 9 major tributaries of the Adige River. Presently, the Adige shows a sinuous to straight morphology owing to massive channelization occurred during the nineteenth century. Fluvial geomorphological features have been mapped through a detailed-scale comparative multi-temporal analysis carried out on several historical maps dating since the eighteenth century, previous thematic maps, geological maps of the Italian ‘CARG’ project, orthophotos (2011) and high – resolution DEMs. The map shows the active river channel, dating to 1803–1805 (before channelization), to 1856-1861 (during channelization) and under present conditions, as well as several paleo-channels dating up to the thirteenth century. The analysis led to define the corridor of historical channel changes, a fundamental tool for river management purposes.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1531074Paleo-channelschannel patternplanform changesvalley bottom mappinghistorical mapriver management |
| spellingShingle | Vittoria Scorpio Nicola Surian Maurizio Cucato Elena Dai Prá Guido Zolezzi Francesco Comiti Channel changes of the Adige River (Eastern Italian Alps) over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridor Journal of Maps Paleo-channels channel pattern planform changes valley bottom mapping historical map river management |
| title | Channel changes of the Adige River (Eastern Italian Alps) over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridor |
| title_full | Channel changes of the Adige River (Eastern Italian Alps) over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridor |
| title_fullStr | Channel changes of the Adige River (Eastern Italian Alps) over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Channel changes of the Adige River (Eastern Italian Alps) over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridor |
| title_short | Channel changes of the Adige River (Eastern Italian Alps) over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridor |
| title_sort | channel changes of the adige river eastern italian alps over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridor |
| topic | Paleo-channels channel pattern planform changes valley bottom mapping historical map river management |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1531074 |
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