Browsing Theses by Subject "Physical Geography"
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Large bed forms on the sea floor
(2010)In shallow marine environments various types of bed forms emerge under waves and currents, producing various types of stratification. Harms et al. (1975) distinguished a nearly horizontally-bedded type of stratification ... -
Lateglacial vegetation development in Northeast Germany
(2010)This paper describes Lateglacial vegetation development in Northeast Germany, linked to the climate changes and compared to the climate changes that are recorded in the Greenland ice cores. This was done by analyzing the ... -
Mapping Mediterranean natural vegetation species using heterogeneous endmember analysis of hyperspectral imagery
(2013)Vegetation is a crucial component of system Earth as it plays an essential role in the water balance and the carbon dioxide cycle. Knowledge on the distribution and dynamics of vegetation is therefore very important. Imaging ... -
Marine X-band radar derived wave field quality on an ebb tidal delta
(2013)Marine X-band radar is used to monitor the sea surface. Algorithms to derive wave, current and bathymetric information from the radar images are surrounded by considerable uncertainty and lack of robustness, especially in ... -
Mediterranean land abandonment and associated biomass variation
(2011)Biomass is an important factor in environmental processes, such as erosion, carbon storage, climate change and land degradation. Human-induced changes in plant community systems and increased tourism and recreation result ... -
Modelling aeolian sediment transport in the Badia of Jordan
(2012)Despite wind erosion processes are well described in literature many vul- nerable wind erosion areas as the steppe (Badia) of Jordan have not been studied extensively. The International Center of Agricultural Research ... -
Modelling global fresh surface water temperature
(2010)A change in fresh surface water temperature influences biological and chemical parameters such as oxygen and nutrient availability, but also has major effects on hydrological and physical processes. The thermal profile of ... -
Modelling of soil erosion and sustainable land management measures in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
(2013)Tanzania’s population growth increases the stress on arable land, making it vulnerable to erosion especially in sloped areas like the Usambara Mountains. The construction of terraces and the growing of vegetative barriers ... -
Morphodynamic zones and three-dimensional changes of the intertidal beach at Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands
(2014)This thesis builds on the work of Price and Ruessink [T.D. Price, B.G. Ruessink., 2008. Morphodynamic zone variability on a microtidal barred beach. Marine Geology 251, 98-109] on the use of the relative occurrence of the ... -
Morphodynamics of De Slufter
(2010)De Slufter is a small tidal inlet located on Texel, The Netherlands. From 8 September to 17 October 2008, a field work was carried out in De Slufter measuring the morphological development of the mouth area and water levels ... -
Mountainous snow cover monitoring and snowmelt runoff discharge modeling in the Langtang Khola catchment.
(2010)Mountainous snow is essential substance in the earth surface because it is important for inland fresh water provision, global and local climate regulation and water cycles. The research is to monitor mountainous snow cover, ... -
Network dynamics and origin of anastomosis, upper Columbia River, British Columbia, Canada.
(2010)The upper Columbia River is an anastomosing river. Anastomosing rivers consist of a network of channels enclosing floodbasins. The factors that determine the configuration of river networks such as the upper Columbia River ... -
Origin of anastomosis, upper Columbia River, British Columbia, Canada
(2010)The upper Columbia River is an anastomosing river. Anastomosing rivers are rivers with multiple, interconnected channels that enclose floodbasins. The origin of anastomosis of the upper Columbia River is a matter of debate. ... -
Pingo remnants in the northern Netherlands and north-western Germany
(2012)In this study, a comparison was made between pingo remnant depressions in the northern Netherlands and north-western Germany. For this purpose, the dimensions, substrate and infill of 17 depressions have been studied. These ... -
Reconstructing extreme discharge events A case study applying LOI for core-to-core validation of flood event registration
(2010)In this explorative study, four cores from three closely spaced infilled-channel sites are analyzed to investigate the reproducibility of flood event registration in fluvial-deltaic environments. The influence of channel ... -
Reconstructing palaeoflood discharges of the river Rhine during the Early and Middle Holocene.
(2012)As part of ongoing research into the flooding history of the River Rhine by Utrecht Unisversity, this MSc. research was aimed at estimating discharges of extreme floods of the River Rhine during the Early and Middle Holocene ...