Loess Landform Inheritance: Modeling and Discovery

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...

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Bibliographic Details
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,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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.