Field trip in the Thar Desert : report

• Autorzy: Czerniawska J. , Chlachula J.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12657/landfana.035.005

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The Thar Desert is a part of the arid zone of north-western India. The past geomorphic processes on its territory triggered by orogenesis and climate change generated a diversity of landforms, including structural (volcanic dykes, orogenic ridges, hamadas), denudational (pediplains, pediments, desert pavements), fluvial (alluvial terraces, gullies, gravelly plains of ancient palaeochannels), lacustrine and deltaic, transgressive marine, aeolian (sand dunes) and anthropogenic (such as fields, rock mines and playas, salinas). Ongoing desertification, mass sediment transfer and ground salinization poses major threats to the local ecosystems and occupation habitats. These negative effects are responded to by new agricultural strategies contributing to the economic sustainability of the western Rajasthan.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

geomorphology processes; geosites; weathering; Thar Desert

PL

procesy geomorfologiczne; zwietrzenie; pustynia Thar

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Geomorfologów Polskich
• Czasopismo: Landform Analysis
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 35
• Strony: 21--26
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 41 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Czerniawska J.

• Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

autor

Chlachula J.

• Laboratory for Palaeoecology, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic

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