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dc.contributor.authorIbáñez, C.
dc.contributor.authorAlcaraz, C.
dc.contributor.authorCaiola, N.
dc.contributor.authorPrado, P.
dc.contributor.authorTrobajo, R.
dc.contributor.authorBenito, X.
dc.contributor.authorDay, J.W.
dc.contributor.authorReyes, E.
dc.contributor.authorSyvitski, J.P.M.
dc.contributor.otherProducció Animalca
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-18T13:24:04Z
dc.date.available2022-03-24T12:00:20Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-14
dc.identifier.citationIbáñez, C., C. Alcaraz, N. Caiola, P. Prado, R. Trobajo, X. Benito, J.W. Day, E. Reyes, and J.P.M. Syvitski. 2019. "Basin-Scale Land Use Impacts On World Deltas: Human Vs Natural Forcings". Global And Planetary Change 173: 24-32. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.12.003.ca
dc.identifier.issn0921-8181ca
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/454
dc.description.abstractA new global database of 86 deltas and river basins was analyzed to investigate the relative importance of deforestation and land use changes versus natural forcings in determining long-term total delta size. Results show that mean river flow and shelf slope were the most important variables, whereas population density and sediment load had a much lower importance. Deforestation and other variables related to land-use generally had a very small effect, but were more influential in a subset comprising Mediterranean and Black Sea deltas. As most deltas have developed over thousands of years, the much shorter-lived anthropogenic signals from deforestation and other landscape perturbations have had only secondary impact on the total area of deltas. Also, delta progradation is strongly influenced on sand deposition, whereas anthropogenic impacts on sediment load have more often impacted mostly the finer sediment being deposited offshore (prodelta deposits) or in the deltaic plain. These data disproves the hypothesis that delta size and growth is strongly influenced by human forcings, particularly for larger deltas, since Holocene delta building is mainly determined by natural forces. However, humans are influencing the geomorphology of deltas, particularly over the last century when the Anthropocene nature of deltas has become manifest. A more precise terminology is proposed to clarify concepts such as “human-made”, “human-engineered” or “human-influenced” deltas.ca
dc.format.extent32ca
dc.language.isoengca
dc.publisherElsevierca
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal and Planetary Changeca
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalca
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.titleBasin-scale land use impacts on world deltas: Human vs natural forcingsca
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionca
dc.rights.accessLevelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.relation.projectIDEC/FP7/603396/EU/Responses to coastal climate change: Innovative Strategies for high End Scenarios -Adaptation and Mitigation-/RISES-AM-ca
dc.subject.udc574ca
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.12.003ca
dc.contributor.groupAigües Marines i Continentalsca


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