Mathematical Reconstruction of Eroded Beach Ridges at the Ombrone River Delta
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Material and Methods
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Year (ca.) | Evolution Type | Standard Error [m] for Four of the Best Different Fitting Models | |||
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MMF | Weibull. | Hoerl | 3rd Degree Polynomial | ||
1500 | ER | 5.1 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
1550 | PR | 14.4 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 22.2 |
1600 | ER | 16.6 | 12.6 | 14.5 | 19.2 |
1615 | PR | 7.0 | 11.4 | 15.8 | 27.5 |
1625 | ER | 14.3 | 12.8 | 16.8 | 23.9 |
1650 | ER | 12.5 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 16.3 |
1660 | PR | 5.5 | 9.3 | 12.3 | 18.9 |
1675 | ER | 16.6 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 12.6 |
1700 | ER | 15.2 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 8.4 |
1725 | ER | 13.4 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 18.2 |
1750 | PR | 9.3 | 12.1 | 21.2 | 16.2 |
1775 | ER | 18.8 | 14.7 | 19.6 | 32.7 |
1800 | ER | 16.4 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 9.5 |
1820 | ER | 16.5 | 5.6 | 18.7 | 21.1 |
1830 | PR | 6.4 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 23.8 |
1850 | ER | 29.7 | 13.2 | 20.7 | 11.8 |
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Mammì, I.; Rossi, L.; Pranzini, E. Mathematical Reconstruction of Eroded Beach Ridges at the Ombrone River Delta. Water 2019, 11, 2281. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112281
Mammì I, Rossi L, Pranzini E. Mathematical Reconstruction of Eroded Beach Ridges at the Ombrone River Delta. Water. 2019; 11(11):2281. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112281
Chicago/Turabian StyleMammì, Irene, Lorenzo Rossi, and Enzo Pranzini. 2019. "Mathematical Reconstruction of Eroded Beach Ridges at the Ombrone River Delta" Water 11, no. 11: 2281. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112281