Vegetation, distance to the coast, and aeolian geomorphic processes and landforms in a transgressive arid coastal dune system

Physical Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 60-83

  Hernández Cordero, Antonio I ^a   Pérez Chacón Espino, Emma ^a   Hernández Calvento, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

aeolian sedimentary processes; Canary Islands; dune vegetation; geographic information system; Maspalomas; vegetation distribution patterns

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; DUNE FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOLIAN PROCESS; GIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

CANARY ISLANDS; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; MASPALOMAS; SPAIN;

EID: 84920726336     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2014.979097     Document Type: Review

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