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Quaternary, 2022 Geomorphic evidence from rivers and lakes can help explain past changes in the locations of archaeological sites as well as environmental and climatic changes in their catchment areas.
Martin Williams
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Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2021 Floods are recurring events in Buenos Aires Province, mainly caused by high-intensity precipitation, and in some cases, they persist for long periods. The objective of this study is to analyze how the topography of the central-western portion of Buenos ...
F.I. Contreras +3 more
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EFFECT OF AGRICULTURAL TREATMENTS ON Jatropha curcas GROWN ON AEOLIAN DEPOSITS AT TOSHKA, WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT [PDF]
Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 2012 Experiment was conducted during two consecutive years (2009 & 2010) in order to study "Effect of some agricultural treatments on Jatropha curcas cultivated under Aeolian deposits" at Toshka Research Station, of the Desert Research Center (DRC) in ...
M. F. A. Mahmoud, A. K. Zaghloul
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Ammophila Invasion Ecology and Dune Restoration on the West Coast of North America
Diversity, 2021 The invasive ecosystem engineer Ammophila arenaria, native to Europe, was first introduced to California (USA) in 1896. More than a century later, it has come to dominate coastal foredune vegetation on the west coast of North America to the near ...
Andrea J. Pickart
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EFFECT OF DUNE POSITION AND TREE SPECIES ON BIOMASS PRODUCTION, WOOD VOLUME AND WOOD DENSITY OF SAND DUNE PLANTATIONS IN SIWA OASIS [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2007 This study was carried out on 16-year old trees of Acacia saligna, Tamarix articulata and Prosopis juliflora cultivated in Siwa Oasis and used for stabilization of moving sand dunes.
Asmaa Abdel-Gyed +3 more
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Presence, Absence, Transience: The Spatiotemporalities of Sand
Geographies, 2022 Sand grains are ubiquitous in the Earth’s system, and are found in different environmental settings globally, but sand itself as a physical object has multiple conflicting meanings with respect to both its agglomeration into landforms such as sand dunes ...
Jasper Knight
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The parabolic blowout dune of Kangasjärvi in Saarijärvi, central Finland [PDF]
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 1990 This study describes the morphology, internal structure, sediment and origin of a parabolic blowout dune located at Kangasjärvi in Central Finland. The U-shaped dune is an isolated feature situated on a sand plain close to an esker ridge.
J. Mäkelä, K. Illmer
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NATURAL VEGETATION SURVEY IN DIFFERENT SITES OF EL-SHEIKH ZUWIED DESTRICT (NORTH EASTERN CSOAST OF EGYPT) [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2005 This study is dealing with the phytodiversity under some ecosystems of EI. Sheikh Zuwied area (north Sinai). This study were carried out during the two annuals, 2002 and 2003.
K. lbrahim, M. EI.Hadidy,
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Acta Palaeobotanica, 2020 Human-induced fluctuation of lake levels has been a common phenomenon in Europe since Neolithic times. At present, Lake Tresssee is a eutrophic lake covering less than 5 ha in northern Germany, but its sudden shrinking from ~125 ha before 1800 is ...
Christian Stolz +2 more
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Evidence of Coastal Changes in the West Coast of Naxos Island, Cyclades, Greece
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 Coastal lagoons and dunes are of great ecological importance, not only for providing habitats for rare flora and fauna, but also for protecting coastal areas from rising sea levels and storms, etc.
Niki Evelpidou +3 more
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