Long-term bathymetric changes in the submerged delta of the Turia river since the nineteenth century (Western Mediterranean) and their drivers.

Rafael Garcés¹, Mar Roca², Borja Martínez-Clavel³, Ana M Blázquez⁴

¹Environmental and Marine Sciences Research Institute (IMEDMAR-UCV), Catholic University of Valencia, C/ Guillem de Castro 94, 46003 Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: rafa.garces.luna@mail.ucv.es.

²Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Cádiz, Spain. Electronic address: mar.roca@csic.es.

³Environmental and Marine Sciences Research Institute (IMEDMAR-UCV), Catholic University of Valencia, C/ Guillem de Castro 94, 46003 Valencia, Spain; Tecnoambiente, S.L., Parc Tecnològic del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: fdb.martinezclavel@ucv.es.

⁴Environmental and Marine Sciences Research Institute (IMEDMAR-UCV), Catholic University of Valencia, C/ Guillem de Castro 94, 46003 Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: ana.blazquez@ucv.es.

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Abstract

Deltas and estuaries are formed through periods of marine transgression and regression, which are the continuity of a river and provide key information about its evolution. However, many of the world's deltas are increasingly exposed to the impacts of human activities. While changes affecting the subaerial parts of deltas have been intensively studied, much less is known of their subaqueous parts,…

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