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Characterizing marshland compressibility by an in-situ loading test: design and set-up of an experiment in the Venice Lagoon
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy
Cristina Da Lio
Institute of Marine Sciences, CNR, Venice, 30122, Italy
Luigi Tosi
Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, CNR, Padova, 30131,
Italy
Alessandro Bergamasco
Institute of Marine Sciences, CNR, Venice, 30122, Italy
Stefano Pasqual
Institute of Marine Sciences, CNR, Venice, 30122, Italy
Paolo Simonini
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy
Veronica Girardi
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy
Paolo Zorzan
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy
Claudia Zoccarato
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy
Massimiliano Ferronato
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy
Marcella Roner
Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, 30131, Italy
Marco Marani
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy
Andrea D'Alpaos
Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, 30131, Italy
Simonetta Cola
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy
Giuseppe Zambon
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy
retired
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We have depicted the continental and marine surficial water–groundwater interactions in a large portion of the coastland encompassing the southern Venice lagoon and the northern Po river delta. The saltwater-fresh water transition zone is very irregularly-shaped and mainly depends on the morphologic setting and the subsoil architecture. An over-consolidated Pleistocene clay layer and buried Holocene sandy paleo-channels and paleo-ridge systems controlled the
saltwater-fresh water exchanges.
Peter Mueller, Lisa M. Schile-Beers, Thomas J. Mozdzer, Gail L. Chmura, Thomas Dinter, Yakov Kuzyakov, Alma V. de Groot, Peter Esselink, Christian Smit, Andrea D'Alpaos, Carles Ibáñez, Magdalena Lazarus, Urs Neumeier, Beverly J. Johnson, Andrew H. Baldwin, Stephanie A. Yarwood, Diana I. Montemayor, Zaichao Yang, Jihua Wu, Kai Jensen, and Stefanie Nolte
Biogeosciences, 15, 3189–3202, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3189-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3189-2018, 2018
S. R. Hosseini, M. Scaioni, and M. Marani
Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-3, 527–532, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-527-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-527-2018, 2018
Silvia Bersan, André R. Koelewijn, and Paolo Simonini
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 1491–1508, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1491-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1491-2018, 2018
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Backward erosion piping is the cause of a significant percentage of failures and incidents involving dams and river embankments. In the past 20 years fibre-optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) has proved to be effective for the detection of leakages and internal erosion in dams. This work investigates the effectiveness of DTS for monitoring backward erosion piping in river embankments. Data from a large-scale piping test performed on an instrumented dike are presented and discussed.
Xing Chen, Mukesh Kumar, Stefano Basso, and Marco Marani
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2018-65, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2018-65, 2018
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Pietro Teatini, Giovanni Isotton, Stefano Nardean, Massimiliano Ferronato, Annamaria Mazzia, Cristina Da Lio, Luca Zaggia, Debora Bellafiore, Massimo Zecchin, Luca Baradello, Francisco Cellone, Fabiana Corami, Andrea Gambaro, Giovanni Libralato, Elisa Morabito, Annamaria Volpi Ghirardini, Riccardo Broglia, Stefano Zaghi, and Luigi Tosi
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 5627–5646, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5627-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5627-2017, 2017
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We investigate the effects of digging a navigable canal on the hydrogeological system underlying a coastal lagoon. The research has been promoted by the Venice Water Authority, which is investigating different possibilities to avoid the passage of large cruise ships through the historic center of Venice, Italy. Numerical simulations supported by a proper hydrogeological characterization show that the exchange of water and contaminants from the subsurface and surface systems will be significant.
Ahmad Ali Behroozmand, Pietro Teatini, Jesper Bjergsted Pedersen, Esben Auken, Omar Tosatto, and Anders Vest Christiansen
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 1527–1545, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1527-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1527-2017, 2017
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Within the framework of the EU project IMPROWARE, our goal was to investigate a Mediterranean coastal aquifer in Egypt and develop scenarios for artificial aquifer remediation and recharge. The results of an extensive hydrogeophysical investigation were successfully used as an input in regional and local hydrological models to understand the hydrological evolution of the area. The research outcomes clearly highlight the effectiveness of using advanced geophysical and modeling methodologies.
Lin Zhu, Huili Gong, Zhenxue Dai, Gaoxuan Guo, and Pietro Teatini
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 721–733, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-721-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-721-2017, 2017
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We developed a method to characterize the distribution and variance of the hydraulic conductivity k in a multiple-zone alluvial fan by fusing multiple-source data. Consistently with the scales of the sedimentary transport energy, the k variance of the various facies decreases from the upper to the lower portion along the flow direction. The 3-D distribution of k is consistent with that of the facies. The potentialities of the proposed approach are tested on the Chaobai River megafan, China.
C. Zoccarato, D. Baù, F. Bottazzi, M. Ferronato, G. Gambolati, S. Mantica, and P. Teatini
Proc. IAHS, 372, 351–356, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-351-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-351-2015, 2015
A. Franceschini, P. Teatini, C. Janna, M. Ferronato, G. Gambolati, S. Ye, and D. Carreón-Freyre
Proc. IAHS, 372, 63–68, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-63-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-63-2015, 2015
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The stress variation induced by overdraft of aquifers in sedimentary basins may cause ground rupture in the form of activation of pre-existing faults or earth fissure generation. The process is severely threatening many areas in China and Mexico. Ruptures yield discontinuity in the displacement and stress fields that classic finite element (FE) models cannot address. We proved how Lagrangian approach provides more stable solutions than Penalty approach.
L. Tosi, T. Strozzi, C. Da Lio, and P. Teatini
Proc. IAHS, 372, 199–205, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-199-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-199-2015, 2015
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Eighty regular TerraSAR-X acquisitions over the 2008-2011 period significantly improve the subsidence monitoring at the Venice coastland. Settlements of 30-35 mm/yr have been detected at the three lagoon inlets in correspondence of the MoSE works. The Venice and Chioggia historical centers show local sinking bowls up to 10 mm/yr connected with the construction of new large buildings or restoration works. In the city of Venice, the mean subsidence of 1.1±1.0 mm/yr confirms its general stability.
S. Ye, Y. Wang, J. Wu, P. Teatini, J. Yu, X. Gong, and G. Wang
Proc. IAHS, 372, 249–253, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-249-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-249-2015, 2015
S. Ye, Y. Luo, J. Wu, P. Teatini, H. Wang, and X. Jiao
Proc. IAHS, 372, 443–448, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-443-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-443-2015, 2015
G. Isotton, M. Ferronato, G. Gambolati, and P. Teatini
Proc. IAHS, 372, 519–523, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-519-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-519-2015, 2015
L. Tosi, E. E. Kruse, F. Braga, E. S. Carol, S. C. Carretero, J. L. Pousa, F. Rizzetto, and P. Teatini
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 523–534, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-523-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-523-2013, 2013
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An in-situ loading test was carried out in the Lazzaretto Nuovo salt-marsh in the Venice Lagoon, Italy. The test was aimed at characterizing the geotechnical properties of soils forming the marsh sedimentary body deposits. In fact porosity and compressibility are of paramount importance to quantify consolidation versus accretion and relative sea level rise. The fate of coastal marshlands in the next future will strongly depend of these processes.
An in-situ loading test was carried out in the Lazzaretto Nuovo salt-marsh in the Venice Lagoon,...