Long-Term Dynamics of Land Use in the Romanian Plain—The Central Bărăgan, Romania
Changes in land use and agricultural landscapes are primarily the result of socio-political and economic changes. This research is based on the analysis of old maps, pertaining to different historical periods, aiming to capture the dynamics of the ...
Adriana Bianca Ovreiu +4 more
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Extreme flood-driven fluvial bank erosion and sediment loads: direct process measurements using integrated Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) and hydro-acoustic techniques: Direct measurement of flood-driven erosion using MLS and MBES [PDF]
Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This methods paper details the first attempt at monitoring bank erosion, flow and suspended sediment at a site during flooding on the Mekong River induced by the passage of tropical cyclones.
Aalto, Rolf +7 more
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Evaluation of Scientific and Additional Value of Pole-dokhtar Wetlands Geomorphosites [PDF]
During the last two decades, a lot of efforts in different grounds have taken for completing and developing of geomorphological inheritances. One of the natural attractions of Lorestan Province is beautiful Pole-dokhtar wetlands which define as a ...
zeinab Bahrami, Shahram Roostaei
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Spatiotemporal patterns, triggers and anatomies of seismically detected rockfalls [PDF]
Rockfalls are a ubiquitous geomorphic process and a natural hazard in steep landscapes across the globe. Seismic monitoring can provide precise information on the timing, location and event anatomy of rockfalls, which are parameters that are otherwise
M. Dietze +3 more
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Sand transverse dune aerodynamics: 3D Coherent Flow Structures from a computational study [PDF]
The engineering interest about dune fields is dictated by the their interaction with a number of human infrastructures in arid environments. Sand dunes dynamics is dictated by wind and its ability to induce sand erosion, transport and deposition.
Bruno, Luca, Fransos, Davide
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The Optimal Location of the Lighvan Village Landfill Using Analytic Network Process (ANP) [PDF]
Environmental protection in rural areas is of the necessities in rural development. One of the important issues in rural areas is to find the appropriate landfill site. In this article, in order to assess the proper places for landfill in Lighvan village,
seyadasadolah Hejazi, Fariba Hemmati
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Effects of drainage ditches and stone bunds on topographical thresholds for gully head development in North Ethiopia [PDF]
Gully erosion is an extreme process of land degradation operating in different regions of the world. A common way to quantify the susceptibility of land to gully incision is the use of topographical thresholds for different land use types.
Adgo, Enyew +6 more
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Vulnerability assessment and zoning of developed and susceptible contaminated karstic (Case study: Ravenscar watershed) [PDF]
In recent years, population growth and consequently the shortage of drinking water resources have increased the importance of studying the areas of caries Regarding the importance of the subject, in the present study, the evaluation and monitoring of the
asadolah hejazi, zahra heidari
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Geomorphology of Mountainous Deserts [PDF]
The peculiar land forms of the desert are due largely (1) to the paucity of plant growth, in consequence of which (2) disintegrated rock, produced more by physical than by chemical processes, which (3) vary with rock nature (hence granitic rocks assume ...
Davis, W. M.
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Terminus-driven retreat of a major southwest Greenland tidewater glacier during the early 19th century : insights from glacier reconstructions and numerical modelling [PDF]
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Anker Weidick +18 more
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