Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lóczy, Dénes (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: World Geomorphological Landscapes,
• Subjects: Geography.; Geology.; Physical geography.; Geomorphology.; Physical Geography.

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 geom...

Table of 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.