A field experiment on the use of biogeotextiles for the conservation of sand-dunes of the Baltic coast in Lithuania

Extreme damage was caused by wave and wind erosion on sand dunes on the Baltic coast near Palanga in Lithuania. Waves breached a wide ‘corridor’ or ‘blowout’ through the coastal sand dune. A progressively widening breached blowout developed. There was a need to protect boundaries (walls) of the blow...

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Main Authors: Benediktas Jankauskas, Genovaite Jankauskiene, Michael A Fullen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2012-04-01
Series:Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
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Online Access:https://ojs3.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/article/view/2988