Morphology, properties, and source of windblown sediments of the coastal dune field in the Gioia Tauro Plain, Calabria, southern Italy

Borrelli, Luigi; Antronico, Loredana; Pera, Emilia Le; Pisano, Maria Barbara; Sorriso‐Valvo, Marino

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105193

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“…continuity with the Palmi high, is in agreement with bibliographic sources [22,23,26,30]. The HU2 top deepening increases eastward again from PGF.…”

Section: Lithology and Geometry Of The Hydro-stratigraphic Unitssupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Furthermore, in our reconstruction, it is possible to observe an uplift of the HU2 top located between the NE-SW striking PGF and the parallel fault, respectively, with regard to the WNW-and ESE-dipping between the coastline and middle sector of the GTP. The presence of this structural high in the GTP, in continuity with the Palmi high, is in agreement with bibliographic sources [22,23,26,30]. The HU2 top deepening increases eastward again from PGF.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…In the eastern sector of GTP, the Calcareniti di Vinco are covered, along an erosive contact, by the Sintema di Taurianova (Late Pleistocene) consisting of gravelly and sandy alluvial fan deposits characterised by lateral and vertical heteropic facies [27]. Toward the top, the succession is closed by sandy to gravelly terraced marine deposits (Late Pleistocene-Holocene), up to 20 m thick aeolian inland dunes (Holocene) and recent alluvial (in the eastern and middle sector) and coastal (in the western sector) deposits [27,30].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Hydrostratigraphic Framework and Physicochemical Status of Groundwater in the Gioia Tauro Coastal Plain (Calabria—Southern Italy)

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In this study, we analysed the Gioia Tauro Plain (Tyrrhenian coast, southern Italy) in terms of hydrostratigraphy and the physicochemical status of groundwater. We investigated the hydrostratigraphic framework of the area identifying a deep aquifer (made by late Miocene succession), an aquitard (consisting of Pliocene clayey and silty deposits) and a shallow aquifer (including Late Pleistocene and Holocene marine and alluvial sediments) using subsoil data (boreholes and geophysics). Our reconstruction showed that the structural geology controls the spatial pattern of the aquitard top and the shallow aquifer thickness. Furthermore, we evaluated the hydraulic conductivity for the shallow aquifer using an empirical method, calibrated by slug tests, obtaining values ranging from 10−4 to 10−5 m/s with a maximum of 10−3 m/s located close to inland dune fields. The piezometric level of the shallow aquifer recorded a significant drop between the 1970s and 2021 (−35 m as the worst value). It is the effect of climate and soil use changes, the latter being the increased water demand for kiwi cultivation. Despite the overexploitation of the shallow aquifer, shallow groundwater is fresh (736 µS/cm as mean electrical conductivity) except for a narrow coastal area where the electrical conductivity is more than 1500 µS/cm, which can be due to the seawater intrusion. What was more complex was the physicochemical status of the deep aquifer characterised by high temperature (up to 25.8 °C) and electrical conductivity up to 10,520 µS/cm along the northern and southern plain boundaries marked by tectonic structures. This issue suggested the dominant role of the local fault system that is likely affecting the deep groundwater flow and its chemical evolution.

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“…continuity with the Palmi high, is in agreement with bibliographic sources [22,23,26,30]. The HU2 top deepening increases eastward again from PGF.…”

Section: Lithology and Geometry Of The Hydro-stratigraphic Unitssupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Lithology and Geometry Of The Hydro-stratigraphic Unitssupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Geological and Hydrogeochemical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hydrostratigraphic Framework and Physicochemical Status of Groundwater in the Gioia Tauro Coastal Plain (Calabria—Southern Italy)

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“…Upward, along the eastern edge of the plain, gravelly and sandy alluvial fan deposits (Sintema di Taurianova of the Late Pleistocene age [37]) cover the Calcareniti di Vinco along an erosive contact. The rest of the Quaternary succession includes Late Pleistocene-Holocene terraced marine deposits made up of sands and gravels, Holocene aeolian sediments of ancient inland dunes, and recent alluvial and coastal deposits [37,40].…”

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Different Ground Subsidence Contributions Revealed by Integrated Discussion of Sentinel-1 Datasets, Well Discharge, Stratigraphical and Geomorphological Data: The Case of the Gioia Tauro Coastal Plain (Southern Italy)

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Groundwater is the main water supply for agricultural and industrial needs in many coastal plains worldwide. Groundwater depletion often triggers land subsidence, which threatens manmade infrastructure and activities and aggravates other geohazards. We applied a multi-temporal interferometric synthetic aperture radar technique to Sentinel-1 datasets to detect ground motion in the Gioia Tauro plain (Calabria, Southern Italy) from 2018 to 2021. The InSAR data were analysed through the integrated use of groundwater head, stratigraphical and geomorphological data, and land use information to distinguish the potential subsidence divers. The results show that subsiding areas, with a mean rate of about 10 mm/yr, are in the middle of the plain, and their location is influenced by the spatial distribution of compressible sediments included in the shallow aquifer. Furthermore, the subsidence arrangement is spatially accordant with the main groundwater depression area, which can be ascribed to the ongoing and increasing water pumping for predominantly agricultural usage. We also observed that subsidence (up to 10 mm/yr) affects the western dock of the Gioia Tauro harbour, in front of which, in very shallow water, are two submarine canyon heads already affected by slides in the past.

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Microtextures on quartz and zircon grain surfaces in the Barra del Tordo and Tesoro beaches, northwestern Gulf of Mexico

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Armstrong‐Altrin

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Morphology, properties, and source of windblown sediments of the coastal dune field in the Gioia Tauro Plain, Calabria, southern Italy

Cited by 8 publications

References 68 publications

Hydrostratigraphic Framework and Physicochemical Status of Groundwater in the Gioia Tauro Coastal Plain (Calabria—Southern Italy)

Hydrostratigraphic Framework and Physicochemical Status of Groundwater in the Gioia Tauro Coastal Plain (Calabria—Southern Italy)

Different Ground Subsidence Contributions Revealed by Integrated Discussion of Sentinel-1 Datasets, Well Discharge, Stratigraphical and Geomorphological Data: The Case of the Gioia Tauro Coastal Plain (Southern Italy)

Microtextures on quartz and zircon grain surfaces in the Barra del Tordo and Tesoro beaches, northwestern Gulf of Mexico

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