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Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary electronic resource edited by Dénes Lóczy.

Contributor(s): Lóczy, Dénes [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextSeries: World Geomorphological LandscapesPublication details: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015Description: XV, 294 p. 205 illus., 168 illus. in color. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319089973Subject(s): geography | geology | Physical geography | Geomorphology | Geography | Geomorphology | Physical Geography | GeologyDDC classification: 551.41 LOC classification: GB400-649Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Geological and Tectonic Background -- Climate and Drainage -- Long-Term Geomorphological Evolution -- Geomorphological Regions -- Hat Rock: Solution Features in Metamorphic Mountains -- Mt. Kab: Karst Under a Basalt Cap -- Buttes in the Tapolca Basin -- Thermal Spring Cones of the Tihany Peninsula -- Kál Basin: Pseudokarren on Sandstone -- Granite Weathering in the Velence Hills.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This volume is the first comprehensive description of the most spectacular landforms of Hungary. It is a richly illustrated book which presents a collection of significant sites, capturing the geodiversity of Hungarian landscapes. The Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary discusses the effects of geomorphological features to the landscape, such as volcanism, weathering, fluvial or aeolian erosion, karst formation, gravitational movements, and others. The importance of the conservation of geomorphological heritage is underlined, as well as the importance of geomorphological heritage and conservation. This book can be used for undergraduate and graduate courses in geomorphology, physical geography, hydrogeography, and nature conservation. It will be of benefit to environmental scientists, geomorphologists, conservationists, among others.
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Introduction -- Geological and Tectonic Background -- Climate and Drainage -- Long-Term Geomorphological Evolution -- Geomorphological Regions -- Hat Rock: Solution Features in Metamorphic Mountains -- Mt. Kab: Karst Under a Basalt Cap -- Buttes in the Tapolca Basin -- Thermal Spring Cones of the Tihany Peninsula -- Kál Basin: Pseudokarren on Sandstone -- Granite Weathering in the Velence Hills.

This volume is the first comprehensive description of the most spectacular landforms of Hungary. It is a richly illustrated book which presents a collection of significant sites, capturing the geodiversity of Hungarian landscapes. The Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary discusses the effects of geomorphological features to the landscape, such as volcanism, weathering, fluvial or aeolian erosion, karst formation, gravitational movements, and others. The importance of the conservation of geomorphological heritage is underlined, as well as the importance of geomorphological heritage and conservation. This book can be used for undergraduate and graduate courses in geomorphology, physical geography, hydrogeography, and nature conservation. It will be of benefit to environmental scientists, geomorphologists, conservationists, among others.

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