(4.8.5)--黄土高原沟谷地貌发育演化研究进展与展望.pdfVIP

黄土高原沟谷地貌发育演化研究进展与展望 Research Progresses and Prospects of Gully Landform Formation and Evolution in the Loess Plateau of China XIONG Liyang1,2,3, TANG Guoan1,2,3* 1. Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment, Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; 2. School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; 3. Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing 210023, China Abstract: Loess gully should be the most dynamic and changeable landform unit among the loess landforms in the Loess Plateau of China. In this plateau, the surface morphology presents thousands of gullies with a severe soil erosion pattern. This specific environment makes the area to a research focus both in the studies of geomorphology and soil erosion, especially the frontier questions of the formation and evolution of the gully landform. In the recent years, methods of geochronological dating, geomorphological feature expression, and monitoring simulation have been used by many scholars for better understanding of loess gully formation from the perspective of past, now, and future. These advances have enriched our knowledge of loess gully formation and evolutionary processes. In this research, we systematically analyzed the research status quo and progresses of related studies on loess gully evolution in the Loess Plateau. These related studies include the landform evolution in the Loess Plateau, the loess gully formation, and the gully information extraction and expression using the DEM data. We argued that existing studies of loess gully formation and evolution should be further improved, with especially the help of theories and methods of the modern geographical information science. To this end, we proposed the concept of loess gully profile com