Loess Landform Inheritance: Modeling and Discovery

• Main Authors: Xiong, Li-Yang (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Tang, Guo-An (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Geography,
• Subjects: Geomorphology.; Geographical information systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.

In geomorphology, landform inheritance refers to the inherited relationship of different landform morphologies in a certain area during the evolutionary process. This book studies loess landform inheritance based on national basic geographic data and GIS spatial analysis method. It reveals the Loess...

Table of Contents:

• Significance of loess landform inheritance
• General background of the study area and materials
• Conceptual model of loess landform inheritance
• Reconstruction of the loess underlying paleotopography for loess landform inheritance
• Investigation of loess landform inheritance by using quantitative indexes
• Spatial variations in loess landform inheritance
• Conclusions and perspectives.