Human impact on fixed sand dunes revealed by morphometric analysis

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 700-711

  Kiss, Tímea ^a   Sipos, György ^a   Kovás, Ferenc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dune morphometry; Erosion; Human impact; Parabolic dune; Valley marginal dune

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; ALLUVIAL FANS; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; CONCENTRATION OF; DUNE MORPHOMETRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT; HUNGARY; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; PARABOLIC DUNE; SAND DUNES; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES; VALLEY-MARGINAL DUNE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; LAND USE; SAND;

LANDFORMS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; MORPHOMETRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 66149117894     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1767     Document Type: Article

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