Bright patches in Chernozems areas and their relationship to the relief

Year, pages: 2009, 215 - 227

Bright patches are characteristic of loessic hill lands in the Danube Lowland. They represent areas with a shallow and bright humus horizon. Hitherto, mainly spatial distribution and possibilities of their mapping have been studied. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the knowledge of their geomorphic features, relationship to the relief and morphogenesis of arable areas. Using the tools of the GIS, bright patches were identified on the basis of aerial photographs and orthophotomaps. The DEM and the related DTMs were created. Relief characteristics were computed by means of raster statistics and a database was built. On the basis of these sources, features of the bright patches were described and the relationship to relief was analysed.

Smetanová, A. 2009. Bright patches in Chernozems areas and their relationship to the relief. In Geografický časopis, vol. 61, no.3, pp. 215-227. 0016-7193.

Smetanová, A. (2009). Bright patches in Chernozems areas and their relationship to the relief. Geografický časopis, 61(3), 215-227. 0016-7193.