Subsidence due to peat oxidation and its impact on drainage
infrastructures in a farmland catchment south of the Venice Lagoon
G. Gambolati, M. Putti, P. Teatini
Dept. Mathematical Methods and Models for Scientific
Applications, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
G. Gasparetto Stori
Consorzio di Bonifica Adige Bacchiglione, Padova, Italy
ABSTRACT
Large agricultural areas reclaimed in the past century south of
the Venice Lagoon have experienced significant land subsidence
due to oxidation of peat reach histosols. The present
communication provides a brief overview of the problem with
important information on its most recent evolution.
