The co-operation of the Physical Geography Departments at the University of Szeged and the University of Debrecen offers a good possibility in the research of wind erosion

Dating of young blown sand activity and studying the winderosion-sensitivity of different Hungarian soil types with suggestions of the reduction of deflation

The co-operation of the Physical Geography Departments at the University of Szeged and the University of Debrecen offers a good possibility in the research of wind erosion.

The aim of the study is dating young blown sand movements and sand sheets using different methods.

The deflation sensitivity studies of different soil types offer an excellent possibility to create a new detailed, potential map of wind erosion.

We are going to improve the environmentally safe ways of protection against aeolian activity by testing them in the laboratory and on the field.

We also would like to create a new database for co-operatives and landscape planners and for those, who deals with country developments. The data base will consist of the factors influencing wind erosion and our new results.

  1. To determinate the circumstances of the evolution of sand sheets in the Nyírség and Danube-Tisza Interfluve by using different methods (archeology, history, palynology, radio-carbon).
  2. To determinate the sensitivity of different genetic soil types against wind-erosion making measurements in laboratory and on field. Based on these results we will create a detailed map of pothential wind erosivity.
  3. To improve the environmentally safe ways of protection against aeolian activity by testing the soils in the laboratory and on the field.
  4. To create a new database consisting of the factors influencing wind erosion and our new results.