Human impact and slope dynamics evolutionary trends in the monoclinal relief of Adriatic area of central Italy

Late Quaternary geomorphological evolution and erosion rates in the clayey peri-Adriatic belt (central Italy)

“…Afterwards, particularly in the 20th century, conservation works were carried out to reduce slope erosion and sediment transport to streams, which in turn caused intense linear erosion. Then, in the early 1960s, significant land transformation was carried out by means of powerful machinery to increase agriculture (Desplanques, 1975;Gentili and Pambianchi, 2002;Buccolini et al, 2007).…”

“…Their evolution is influenced by several factors: climate (Preece and Bridgland, 1999;Starkel, 2003;Brocard et al, 2003), sea level oscillations (Schumm, 1993;Mizutani, 1996;Holbrook et al, 2006), tectonics (Merritts et al 1994;Coltorti et al, 1996;Schumm et al, 2000), lithostratigraphy and structural setting of bedrock, (Dunne, 1980;Currado and Fredi, 2000;Pellettier, 2003), and human activity (Garcìa-Ruiz and Valero-Garcès, 1998;Buccolini et al, 2007). Therefore, studies on small catchments may provide important findings regarding relationships between geomorphic evolution and environmental factors.…”

Space–time variability of denudation rates at the catchment and hillslope scales on the Tyrrhenian side of Central Italy

“…As evidenced by Vannière et al (2008), since the Neolithic (8000 cal a BP) human impact starting to affect fire regimes, but during the Bronze Age (4000-3800 cal a BP) a significant increase of using fire as tool determined considerable changes in fire regime. In addition, human impact increased noticeably since the Roman Age, through deforestation, leading to considerable environmental modifications (Buccolini et al, 2007); as a result of human-induced rhexistasy, steep valley slopes and gentler interfluves, together with footslopes, have become the ideal sites for calanchi and biancane development, respectively. After deforestation, grazing and farming become important triggers for accelerated water erosion, tillage erosion and gravitationally driven movements of slopes.…”

Neotectônica E Evolução Do Relevo Da Região Da Serra De São Pedro E Do Baixo Piracicaba / Sudeste Do Brasil

“…Há registros de cuestas em diversas partes do mundo, como na Bacia de Paris -França (FORT & ANDRÉ, 2014), na Bacia do Ebro -Espanha (GUTIÉRREZ et al, 1998), na área adriática da região central da Itália (BUCCOLINI et al, 2007), na região de Bandiagara -Sudão (AGHASSY, 1970), no Planalto do Colorado -EUA (SCHMIDT, 1989(SCHMIDT, e 1996, na região central da Macdonnell Ranges -Austrália (TWIDALE, 2007) e na Bacia do Paraná PINHEIRO & QUEIROZ NETO, 2014), entre outros. As cuestas da Bacia do Paraná ocupam longas faixas de transição entre zonas planálticas e depressões, estendendo-se, no Brasil, segundo Almeida (1949), Ab´Saber (1965) e Pinheiro (op.…”