Analyses of a large-scale depositional clinoformal wedge along the Italian Adriatic coast

The simulation of this prograding clinoform with the numerical model clearly shows that the growth of these deposits depends on the combined effect of a strong and persistent coast-parallel advection and cross-shelf dispersion related to a large number of sediment re-entrainment events. This means that this clinoform is in the process of forming a new shelf surface with an offshore profile that is in adjustment with the present wave and current climate along with the relative stability of sea level over the past six millennia.