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Stefano Lanzoni

Stefano Lanzoni

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Earth Science

D-Index
49
Citations
7967
World Ranking
3656
National Ranking
76

Overview

Stefano Lanzoni is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Soil Science, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main themes of their research encompass Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Geological formations and processes, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Landslides and related hazards, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Runoff-generated debris flows: Observation of initiation conditions and erosion-deposition dynamics along the channel at Cancia (eastern Italian Alps), 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • A Review on Bank Retreat: Mechanisms, Observations, and Modeling, 2022, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Remotely-sensed planform morphologies reveal fluvial and tidal nature of meandering channels, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Threshold constraints on the size, shape and stability of alluvial rivers, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • A Numerical Model of Bank Collapse and River Meandering, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters

Lanzoni's frequent co-authors include:

  • Andrea D'Alpaos
  • Alessandro Sgarabotto
  • Zheng Gong
  • Giovanni Coco
  • Alvise Finotello

They have contributed extensively to several publication venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Water Resources Research
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Reviews of Geophysics

In addition to journal publications, Lanzoni has authored books published by Firenze University Press, including:

  • Theoretical Morphodynamics: River Meandering (2023)
  • Theoretical Morphodynamics: Straight Channels (2023)

Best Publications

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

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

  • Long‐term evolution and morphodynamic equilibrium of tidal channels

    Stefano Lanzoni;Giovanni Seminara

  • 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 tide propagation in convergent estuaries

    Stefano Lanzoni;Giovanni Seminara

  • On the drainage density of tidal networks

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

  • Tidal networks: 2. Watershed delineation and comparative network morphology

    Andrea Rinaldo;Sergio Fagherazzi;Stefano Lanzoni;Marco Marani

  • Tidal networks: 1. Automatic network extraction and preliminary scaling features from digital terrain maps

    Sergio Fagherazzi;Annalisa Bortoluzzi;William E. Dietrich;Attilio Adami

  • 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

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

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

  • Tidal meanders: TIDAL MEANDERS

    Marco Marani;Stefano Lanzoni;Diego Zandolin;Giovanni Seminara

  • Tidal networks: 3. Landscape‐forming discharges and studies in empirical geomorphic relationships

    Andrea Rinaldo;Sergio Fagherazzi;Stefano Lanzoni;Marco Marani

  • Experiments on bar formation in a straight flume: 1. Uniform sediment

    Stefano Lanzoni

  • On the tidal prism–channel area relations

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

  • Experiments on bar formation in a straight flume: 2. Graded sediment

    Stefano Lanzoni

  • Coarse-grained debris flow dynamics on erodible beds.

    Stefano Lanzoni;Carlo Gregoretti;Laura Maria Stancanelli

  • Morphodynamic regime and long‐term evolution of meandering rivers

    Alessandro Frascati;Stefano Lanzoni

  • Runoff‐generated debris flows: observation of initiation conditions and erosion‐deposition dynamics along the channel at Cancia (eastern Italian Alps)

    Alessandro Simoni;Martino Bernard;Matteo Berti;Mauro Boreggio

  • Is “morphodynamic equilibrium” an oxymoron?

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

  • The drainage density of tidal networks

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea D'Alpaos
Andrea D'Alpaos University of Padua
Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Marco Marani
Marco Marani University of Padua
Luca Carniello
Luca Carniello University of Padua
Sergio Fagherazzi
Sergio Fagherazzi Boston University
Stijn Temmerman
Stijn Temmerman University of Antwerp
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou University of California, Irvine
Peter Troch
Peter Troch University of Arizona
Massimiliano Ghinassi
Massimiliano Ghinassi University of Padua
William E. Dietrich
William E. Dietrich University of California, Berkeley

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