Loess Landform Inheritance: Modeling and Discovery
Description
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 Plateau formation mechanism and broadens the understanding of spatial variation pattern of loess landform in the Loess Plateau.
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Dr. Guo-An Tang is a professor at the School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University (NNU), China. He is the director of the key laboratory of geographical information science of Jiangsu Province. Dr. Tang is currently responsible for managing NNU's research in Geographical Information Science (GIS). His main researchinterests include loess landform classification, GIS spatial analysis, geomorphometry and GIS education. Dr. Tang obtained his PhD degree in geographical information science at Salzburg University, Austria.
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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.
