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Aeolian sand invasion: georadar signatures from the Curonian spit dunes, Lithuania
Type of publication
Monografijos dalis / Part of a monograph (Y1)
Type of document
type::text::book::book part
Author(s)
Buynevich, Ilya V. | Temple University | US |
LT | ||
Pupienis, Donatas | Vilniaus universitetas | LT |
Title
Aeolian sand invasion: georadar signatures from the Curonian spit dunes, Lithuania
Publisher
Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2015
Date Issued
Date Issued | Start Page | End Page |
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2015-04-30 | 67 | 79 |
Is part of
Sand and gravel spits
Series/Report no.
Coastal Research Library, ISSN 2211-0577; vol. 12
Description
Chapter 5
Field of Science
Keywords
Abstract
Aeolian landforms may occupy large portions of coastal spits and often consist ofmultiple generations defined by periods of stability and reactivation. Where earlier phases of aeolian activity are masked by subsequent deposition, continuous high-resolution (200 MHz) ground-penetrating radar (GPR) images are used to reconstruct their dynamic history. Subsurface profiles from younger segments of the Great Dune Ridge massif along the northern Curonian Spit, Lithuania reveal several phases of dune migration, which generally correspond to climatic deterioration during the Little Ice Age. Exacerbated by regional deforestation, 15–30-m-high dunes have invaded coastal settlements, causing their repeated relocation. Along the study transect, an optical age of the younger slipface strata is consistent with the record of village entombment by drifting sand by AD 1797. This study demonstrates that in the absence of mappable paleosols, a combination of geophysical, luminescence-dating, and documentary databases offers a means of reconstructing the history of human-landscape interaction, with potential implications for the future stewardship of natural and cultural resources along spit coastlines.
Is Referenced by
ISBN (of the container)
9783319137155
9783319137162
eLABa
11676883
Coverage Spatial
Šveicarija / Switzerland (CH)
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Bibliographic Details
65
Date Reporting
2015