Coastal erosion in the archaeological : Selinunte area
Joint Authors
Source
The Egyptian Journal of Environmental Change
Publisher
The Egyptian Society of Environmental Change
Publication Date
2010-10-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
English Abstract
Coast erosion is a widespread phenomenon, causing a considerable problem for the dwellers of coastal areas today.
Our study is based on the archaeological area of Selinunte in which we have noticed a process of erosion in progress.
Within this area, we have considered, in particular, a coastal portion of around 8 Kms.
long, since our purpose is the individuation of anthropic elements such as ports, against the natural elements such as rivers.
In this area, we have set some points of reference using historical and recent cartography as paper in 1:25.000 scale dated back to 1971, regional technical paper in 1: 10.000 scale since 1994, and aerial pictures since 2000 and 2008, that we have geo-related starting from previously geo-related paper, locating some Ground Control Points visible in all considered papers.
We have used a GIS support and the software program ARCVIEW.
The obtained data show that considering 24 stable points, in the 70% of cases there has been coast withdrawal from 1994 to 2000; in the 60% there has been erosion from 2000 to 2008.
From the administrative point of view, the studied area includes the territory of Castelvetrano (TP) and involves a coastline extending around 8 Km, from the beach of Triscina-Selinunte, fraction of Castelvetrano, until east of the river Belice’s mouth.
This extension has been defined as thoroughly as possible, in order to include the river Belice, east of the archaeological park.
The two analyzed rivers are Belice and Modione, both belonging to the hydrographic basin River Modione and in the area between River Modione and River Belice.
Data Type
Conference Papers
Record ID
BIM-967752
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liguori, V.& Porcaro, A.. 2010-10-31. Coastal erosion in the archaeological : Selinunte area. Symposium and Workshop “Adaptation with Coasts and Arid Lands” (2nd : 2009 : Alexandria, Egypt). . Vol. 2, no. 1 (Special issue) (Oct. 2010), pp.32-37.Alexandria Egypt : The Egyptian Society of Environmental Change.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liguori, V.& Porcaro, A.. Coastal erosion in the archaeological : Selinunte area. . Alexandria Egypt : The Egyptian Society of Environmental Change. 2010-10-31.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Liguori, V.& Porcaro, A.. Coastal erosion in the archaeological : Selinunte area. . Symposium and Workshop “Adaptation with Coasts and Arid Lands” (2nd : 2009 : Alexandria, Egypt).
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