中国黄土与黄土滑坡.PDF

26 7 Vol.26 No.7 2007 7 Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering July 2007 1 1 2 (1. 710003 2. 710054) 5 2 6.3 10 km NW SE () TU 444 A 1000 6915(2007)07 1297 16 LOESS IN CHINA AND LOESS LANDSLIDES 1 1 2 XU Zhangjian LIN Zaiguan ZHANG Maosheng (1. Northwest Research Institute of Engineering Investigation and Design Xi ′an Shaanxi710003China 2. Xi ′an Institute of Geology and Minerals ResourcesXi ′an Shaanxi710054China) Abstract Loess in China is world-famous for its stratigraphical intactness huge total thickness vast expanse of distribution and noticeably metastable geotechnical properties. In distributionloess spreads outward from the Central Loess Plateau composed of ShanxiShaanxi and Gansu provinces as the main body and blankets a total 5 2 land area of 6.3 10 km . During the Quaternary Periodthe prevalent arid semi-arid climatic environment provided the stage on which material sources came into being grain particles were wind-transported and deposited and loess strata were thus formed with almost coincident erosion. In this manner the spectacular loess geomorphological features and landforms evolved. In the processesthe landslides have been either the end results thereof or active participants. The paper puts emphasis on the granulometry and engineering properties which are peculiar to and characteristic of loessial deposits as w