Landform Dynamics and Evolution in Romania

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Tectonics and Exhumation of Romanian Carpathians: Inferences from Kinematic and Thermochronological Studies....Pages 15-56
Climate Evolution During the Late Glacial and the Holocene....Pages 57-66
The Evolution of Vegetation from the Last Glacial Maximum Until the Present....Pages 67-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Deglaciation History of High Massifs from the Romanian Carpathians: Towards an Integrated View....Pages 87-116
Spatial Distribution and Main Characteristics of Alpine Permafrost from Southern Carpathians, Romania....Pages 117-146
Present-Day Periglacial Processes in the Alpine Zone....Pages 147-176
Thermal Weathering and Distribution of Mountain Rockwalls....Pages 177-196
Glacial Cirques in the Romanian Carpathians and Their Climatic Implications....Pages 197-213
Geomorphosites Assessments of the Glacial and Periglacial Landforms from Southern Carpathians....Pages 215-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
The Systematic of Landslide Processes in the Conditions of Romania’s Relief....Pages 249-269
Landslide Type and Pattern in Moldavian Plateau, NE Romania....Pages 271-304
Landslide Types and Spatial Pattern in the Subcarpathian Area....Pages 305-325
Debris Flows in Călimani Mountains and Lotrului Valley....Pages 327-344
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Sheet and Rill Erosion....Pages 347-369
Gully Erosion....Pages 371-396
Soil Erosion Modelling....Pages 397-423
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Geomorphological Evolution and Longitudinal Profiles....Pages 427-442
River Behavior During Pleniglacial–Late Glacial....Pages 443-468
Fluvial Activity During the Holocene....Pages 469-488
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Styles of Channel Adjustments in the Last 150 Years....Pages 489-518
Front Matter....Pages 519-519
The Evolution of Danube Delta After Black Sea Reconnection to World Ocean....Pages 521-549
Danube Delta Coastline Evolution (1856–2010)....Pages 551-564
Soft Cliffs Retreat Under the Shadow of Three Ports on the Southern Romanian Coast....Pages 565-579
Foredunes Dynamics on the Danube Delta Coast....Pages 581-606
Evolution and Morphodynamics of Danube Delta Shoreface....Pages 607-626
Front Matter....Pages 627-627
Sediment Sources and Delivery....Pages 629-654
River Channel Sediments....Pages 655-677
The Lower Danube Loess, New Age Constraints from Luminescence Dating, Magnetic Proxies and Isochronous Tephra Markers....Pages 679-697
Lakes, Lacustrine Sediments, and Palaeoenvironmental Reconstructions....Pages 699-734
Front Matter....Pages 735-735
Snow Avalanche Activity in Southern Carpathians (Romanian Carpathians)....Pages 737-763
Mass Movements....Pages 765-820
Floods and Flash-Floods Related to River Channel Dynamics....Pages 821-844
Storm Climate and Morphological Imprints on the Danube Delta Coast....Pages 845-865