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Andrea D'Alpaos

Andrea D'Alpaos

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Earth Science

D-Index
44
Citations
8786
World Ranking
4646
National Ranking
117

Overview

Andrea D'Alpaos is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Earth-Surface Processes and Ecology, with additional work in Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work centers around several key topics including coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine dynamics, geological formations and processes, hydrology and sediment transport processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, marine and coastal plant biology, and soil erosion and sediment transport.

Andrea D'Alpaos has published in various scientific venues, with frequent appearances in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Water Resources Research, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Sedimentology, and Nature Communications.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Marsh resilience to sea-level rise reduced by storm-surge barriers in the Venice Lagoon (2021, Nature Geoscience)
  • Remotely-sensed planform morphologies reveal fluvial and tidal nature of meandering channels (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Loss of geomorphic diversity in shallow tidal embayments promoted by storm-surge barriers (2022, Science Advances)
  • Three-Dimensional Flow Structures and Morphodynamic Evolution of Microtidal Meandering Channels (2020, Water Resources Research)
  • The Valuation of Ecosystem Services in the Venice Lagoon: A Multicriteria Approach (2021, Sustainability)

Collaborative efforts form a significant part of their research output. Frequent co-authors include Massimiliano Ghinassi, Alvise Finotello, Marco Marani, Davide Tognin, and Luca Carniello.

Best Publications

  • Limits on the adaptability of coastal marshes to rising sea level

    Matthew L. Kirwan;Matthew L. Kirwan;Glenn R. Guntenspergen;Andrea D'Alpaos;James T. Morris

  • Numerical models of salt marsh evolution: Ecological, geomorphic, and climatic factors

    Sergio Fagherazzi;Matthew Lynn Kirwan;Matthew Lynn Kirwan;Simon Marius Mudd;Glenn R. Guntenspergen

  • Landscape evolution in tidal embayments: Modeling the interplay of erosion, sedimentation, and vegetation dynamics

    Andrea D'Alpaos;Stefano Lanzoni;Marco Marani;Andrea Rinaldo

  • How does vegetation affect sedimentation on tidal marshes? Investigating particle capture and hydrodynamic controls on biologically mediated sedimentation

    Simon M. Mudd;Andrea D'Alpaos;James T. Morris

  • Understanding and predicting wave erosion of marsh edges

    M. Marani;M. Marani;A. D'Alpaos;S. Lanzoni;M. Santalucia

  • Tidal network ontogeny: Channel initiation and early development

    Andrea D'Alpaos;Stefano Lanzoni;Marco Marani;Sergio Fagherazzi

  • Biologically‐controlled multiple equilibria of tidal landforms and the fate of the Venice lagoon

    Marco Marani;Andrea D'Alpaos;Stefano Lanzoni;Luca Carniello

  • On the drainage density of tidal networks

    Marco Marani;Enrica Belluco;Andrea D'Alpaos;Andrea Defina

  • Spatially integrative metrics reveal hidden vulnerability of microtidal salt marshes

    Neil K. Ganju;Zafer Defne;Matthew L. Kirwan;Sergio Fagherazzi

  • Modeling the influence of hydroperiod and vegetation on the cross-sectional formation of tidal channels

    Andrea D'Alpaos;Stefano Lanzoni;Simon Marius Mudd;Sergio Fagherazzi

  • Vegetation engineers marsh morphology through multiple competing stable states

    Marco Marani;Cristina Da Lio;Andrea D’Alpaos

  • The importance of being coupled: Stable states and catastrophic shifts in tidal biomorphodynamics

    Marco Marani;Andrea D'Alpaos;Stefano Lanzoni;Luca Carniello

  • On the tidal prism–channel area relations

    Andrea D'Alpaos;Stefano Lanzoni;Marco Marani;Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo

  • Spatial variation of salt-marsh organic and inorganic deposition and organic carbon accumulation: Inferences from the Venice lagoon, Italy

    M. Roner;A. D'Alpaos;M. Ghinassi;M. Marani;M. Marani

  • Dynamic response of marshes to perturbations in suspended sediment concentrations and rates of relative sea level rise

    A. D'Alpaos;Simon Mudd;Simon Mudd;L. Carniello

  • Modeling wind waves and tidal flows in shallow micro-tidal basins

    L. Carniello;A. D’Alpaos;A. Defina

  • Experimental analysis of tidal network growth and development

    L. Stefanon;L. Carniello;A. D’Alpaos;S. Lanzoni

  • Is “morphodynamic equilibrium” an oxymoron?

    Zeng Zhou;Zeng Zhou;Giovanni Coco;Ian Townend;Maitane Olabarrieta

  • Reading the signatures of biologic–geomorphic feedbacks in salt-marsh landscapes

    Andrea D’Alpaos;Marco Marani;Marco Marani

  • Spontaneous tidal network formation within a constructed salt marsh: Observations and morphodynamic modelling

    Andrea D'Alpaos;Stefano Lanzoni;Marco Marani;Andrea Bonometto

  • The drainage density of tidal networks

    A. Rinaldo;M. Marani;E. Belluco;A. D'Alpaos

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Marani
Marco Marani University of Padua
Luca Carniello
Luca Carniello University of Padua
Stefano Lanzoni
Stefano Lanzoni University of Padua
Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Massimiliano Ghinassi
Massimiliano Ghinassi University of Padua
Stijn Temmerman
Stijn Temmerman University of Antwerp
Simon M. Mudd
Simon M. Mudd University of Edinburgh
Matthew L. Kirwan
Matthew L. Kirwan Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Sergio Fagherazzi
Sergio Fagherazzi Boston University
Giorgio Cassiani
Giorgio Cassiani University of Padua

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