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Subsidence of the Venice Area during the Past 40,000 yr

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THE present day subsidence of the Quaternary deposits of the plain of Venice can be considered to be the result of either geological factors—the plain is situated on the northern margin of the subsident area of the Po valley—or of human activity over several centuries, such as overexploitation in the confined aquifers of low turnover1, urban and industrial development on unconsolidated sediments.

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  1. Laboratoire de Géologi Dynamique, 4, place Jussieu, Paris, V°

    J. CH. FONTES

  2. Laboratorio per lo Studio della Dinamica delle Grandi Masse, Cà Papadopoli 1364, San Polo, Venice

    G. BORTOLAMI

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FONTES, J., BORTOLAMI, G. Subsidence of the Venice Area during the Past 40,000 yr. Nature 244, 339–341 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244339a0

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