Storm-induced sediment supply to coastal dunes on sand flats [PDF]
Earth Surface Dynamics, 2020 Growth of coastal dunes requires a marine supply of sediment. Processes that control the sediment transfer between the subtidal and the supratidal zone are not fully understood, especially in sand flats close to inlets.
F. Galiforni-Silva +2 more
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Comparative morpho-anatomical study on Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Apocynaceae) growing in the hyper-arid and arid habitats of Saudi Arabia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The use of wild plants is considered to be an eco-friendly and promising natural resource. In sandy desert habitats, Leptadenia pyrotechnica flourishes as a xerophytic shrub with high biomass production. As a dominant shrub in the arid sand dune habitats
Najla A. Al Shaye
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Extending the DPSIR framework to analyse Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response of sand dune management in Manawatu-Whanganui (New Zealand) since the 19th century [PDF]
, 2022 Coastal sand dunes are multifunctional landscapes with rich biodiversity. In New Zealand, with the establishment of European settlement around 1840, dunes in the Manawatu-Whanganui region were affected due to the removal of their vegetation cover by ...
Dias, Joao +2 more
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Assessment of erosion dynamics on Marsa Matrouh coast, Western Egypt, using GIS and RS techniques [PDF]
Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb - Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Fayūm, 2022 The study area is a part of the north-west coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt which extends to the west of Matrouh City for 15 km from Umm El-Rakham to Al Assi head.
رمضان عبد الحميد الحسينى نوفل
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The Encroaching Dunes of the Portuguese Coast
Journal for the History of Environment and Society, 2022 Late Holocene dunes migration is intricately linked to climate change and anthropogenic actions. Along the Portuguese coast, large-scale sand drifts occurred between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, sometimes associated with the Little Ice Age ...
Mihaela Tudor +2 more
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Research on Area Change of Coastal Sand Dunes Based on the Dune Boundary Data in South Korea [PDF]
Geo DataCoastal sand dunes in South Korea were listed 133 first in 2001 by the Ministry of Environment, and from 2007 to 2009, the National Institute of Environmental Research listed 199.
Jihyun Kang, Seonghun Lee, Hyun-Su Hwang
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Coastal sand dune flora in the Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, southern India
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2011 Coastal sand dunes (CSD) are found in the Thoothukudi District and the communities living close to the coastal sand dunes know the value of the sand dunes and their bioresources.
K. Muthukumar, A.S. Samuel
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Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia, 2021 A construção de dunas e os movimentos de areia ao longo da costa europeia estão geralmente relacionados com a variabilidade climática e com a flutuação do nível do mar.
Mihaela Tudor +2 more
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The role of long-term landscape photography as a tool in dune management [PDF]
, 2009 Attitudes to maintaining dune diversity are changing under the realization that existing dune stabilization techniques are fixing dune landscapes, causing ‘coastal squeeze’ and loss of habitat as shorelines retreat.
Worsley, Annie T. +22 more
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Warmer Temperature and Spatiotemporal Dynamics during Primary Succession on Tropical Coastal Dunes
Plants, 2022 Coastal dunes are sensitive indicators of climate change: it is expected that higher precipitation and warmer temperature will promote vegetation growth and sand stabilization.
M. Luisa Martínez +3 more
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