The development of coastal dunes and their
vegetation in Finland
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Background
and purpose
Coastal
dune chronology in relation to climate and sea level
Coastal
morphodynamics
Successional
zonation
Review
of the literature
Terminology
and definitions
Methods
The coastal dune
fields studied
Coasts of
the Gulf of Finland
1. Hyypiä,
Virolahti
Coasts of the
Hanko Peninsula
2. Lappohja
3. Syndalen
4.
Henriksberg
5.
Vedagrundet
6. Kolaviken,
Hanko
7.
Tulliniemi, Hanko
Coasts of the
southwestern archipelago
8. Padva,
Tenhola
Coasts of
the Bothnian Sea
9.
Yyterinsannat, Pori
10. The
Herrainpäivät area, Yyteri, Pori
11. The
Karhuluoto area, Yyteri, Pori
Coasts of the
Quark
12.
Storsanden, Monäs
13. Tisskärssanden,
Vexala
14.
Storsand and Lillsand, Pietarsaari
Coasts of the
Vattaja Cape, Lohtaja
15. The Karhi
dune field
16. The
Vattaja dune field
17. The
bathing beach of Vattaja
Coasts of the
Bothnian Bay
18. Hietasärkät,
Kalajoki
19. Letto,
Kalajoki
20. Yrjänä,
Tauvo
21.
Haikaranhietikko, Tauvo
22.
Ulkonokanhietikko, Tauvo
23. Koppana,
Oulunsalo
24. Pajuperä,
Hailuoto
25.
Marjaniemi, Hailuoto
26.
Virpiniemi, Haukipudas
27. Röyttänhieta,
Simo
28.
Tiironhiekka, Simo
Factors affecting
the development of coastal dune fields
Climate
The sea
Sand
Availability
of sand
Grain-size
parameters and topography
Chemical
characteristics of the material
Water
repellency of the sand surface
Vegetation
cover
Dune plants
Effect of
plant species on the dune topography
Statistical
analysis of the vegetation cover
Changes
caused by man and animals
The
geomorphological and ecological succession
The beach
zone
Cut-and-built
terraces
Beaches
Berms
veneered with aeolian sand
Foredunes
Dune
slacks
Intermediate
dunes
Deflation
surfaces and hummock dunes
Dry deflation
surfaces
Damp
deflation surfaces
Hummock
dunes
Forest
edge ecotones
Old dunes
Successional
sequence
Differences
between areas
Need for
conservation
Conclusions
and summary
Epilogue,
geoecological interrelationships
Acknowledgements
References