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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Maselli V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3668317 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The review of geochronological and historical data documents that the largest southern European deltas formed almost synchronously during two short intervals of enhanced anthropic pressure on landscapes, respectively during the Roman Empire and the Little Ice Age. These growth phases, that occurred under contrasting climatic regimes, were both followed by generalized delta retreat, driven by two markedly different reasons: after the Romans, the fall of the population and new afforestation let so ...[more]