Landform dynamics and evolution in Romania. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maria Rădoane, Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe, editors.
• Editors: Rădoane, Maria; Vespremeanu-Stroe, Alfred
• Contents: Introduction -- Tectonics and exhumation of Romanian Carpathians: inferences from kinematic and thermochronological studies -- Climate evolution during the Late Glacial and the Holocene -- The evolution of vegetation from the Last Glacial Maximum until the present -- Deglaciation History of High Massifs from the Romanian Carpathians: towards an Integrated View -- Spatial distribution and main characteristics of alpine permafrost from Southern Carpathians, Romania -- Present-day periglacial processes in the alpine zone -- Thermal weathering and distribution of mountain rockwalls -- Glacial cirques in the Romanian Carpathians [and their climatic implications] -- Geomorphosites assessments of the glacial and periglacial landforms from Southern Carpathians -- The systematic of landslide processes in the conditions of Romania?s relief -- Landslide type and pattern in Moldavian Plateau, NE Romania -- Landslide types and spatial pattern in the Subcarpathian area -- Debris flows in Călimani Mountains and Lotrului Valley -- Sheet and rill erosion -- Gully erosion -- Soil erosion modelling -- Geomorphological evolution and longitudinal profiles -- River behaviour during Pleniglacial -- Late Glacial -- Fluvial activity during the Holocene -- Styles of channel adjustments in the last 150 years -- The evolution of Danube Delta after Black Sea reconnection to World Ocean -- Danube Delta coastline evolution (1856? 2010) -- Soft Cliffs Retreat under the Shadow of Three Ports on the Southern Romanian Coast -- Foredunes dynamics on the Danube Delta coast -- Evolution and morphodynamics of Danube Delta shoreface -- Sediment sources and delivery -- River channel sediments -- The lower Danube loess: new age constraints from luminescence dating, magnetic proxies and isochronous markers -- Lake sediments and paleoenvironmental reconstructions -- Snow avalanche activity in Southern Carpathians (Romanian Carpathians) -- Mass Movements -- Floods and flash-floods related to river channel dynamics -- Storm Climate and Morphological Imprints on the Danube Delta Coast.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 554.98; Geography; Geomorphology -- Romania; Landforms -- Romania; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General; Geomorphology; Landforms; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Geological surface processes (geomorphology); Romania; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319325897; 3319325892
• Related ISBNs: 9783319325873; 3319325876
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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