<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nastos, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evelpidou, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vassilopoulos, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The role of climate variability and human activities in the dune fields evolution in Naxos Island, Greece.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33rd IGC, International Geological Congress</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6-14 August</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oslo</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;This study focuses on the phenomenon of erosion regarding the coastal dune system in&lt;br&gt;Naxos island (Cyclades), Greece. In the western coastal zone of Naxos, several dune&lt;br&gt;fields are observed. Despite the fact that erosion on the inland has become more intense&lt;br&gt;during the last years, providing thus sufficient material for the development of new dune&lt;br&gt;fields, the current dunes are retreating.&lt;br&gt;Climate variability and prolonged human activities are the major components that lead to&lt;br&gt;the dunes’ modification, which is a sign of desertification that comes in accordance with&lt;br&gt;the recent climate change. The climatic factors that are probably involved in the dunes’&lt;br&gt;erosion are the aeolian blow and the precipitation, which may act in counterbalance to the&lt;br&gt;dunes formation. The climatic data that were used in the analysis include daily values of&lt;br&gt;precipitation and wind speed, acquired from the Hellenic National Meteorological Service,&lt;br&gt;for the period from 1955 to 2003.&lt;br&gt;This study results in the main reasons for the retreat of the dune fields, namely&lt;br&gt;anthropogenic constructions, whose intensity increases because of the touristic&lt;br&gt;development on the western coastal zone, climatic conditions and wave processes.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>