Historical deforestation as a cause of alluviation in small valleys, subcarpathian loess plateau, Poland

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 52-61

  Klimek, Kazimierz ^a   Lanczont, Maria ^b   Nogaj Chachaj, Jolanta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Historical alluviation; Human impact; Loess plateau; Subcarpathians

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644616794     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-005-0008-3     Document Type: Review

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