The Loess Plateau (34°–40°N, 103°–114°E) is situated in the northern part of Central China (Fig. 2.1). It borders on North China Plain in the east, adjoins Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west, stands in the north of Qinling Mountains, and neighbors Inner Mongolia Plateau in the north. The Loess Plateau is a part of the dryland region in northwest China, with its altitude in the range of 800–3000 ...

Abstract Since the 1970s, a large number of loess collapses and landslides have occurred in Loess Plateau China due to water diversion irrigation projects. A amount ancient landslide deposits are accumulated at foot tableland, which is likely slide again case rapid increase short-term rainfall or long-term irrigation. The weak characteristics sliding zone soil often become key factor affecting ...

A key part of the strategy to manage the problems of flooding and sedimentation of the lower Yellow River in China is the control of soil erosion on the loess plateau. Land use practices are assumed to be the root cause of the high sediment yield and therefore able to be controlled. An analysis of the geomorphology of the loess plateau region shows that there are natural causes of high sediment...

Seasonal frozen loess tunnel stability is controlled by many factors. To study the effects of water content and freeze-thaw cycles of loess tunnel stability, taking loess in Shanxi Yangqu No. 1 tunnel face as the research object, to do different moisture stability studies on loess tunnel after repeated freeze-thaw cycles. The results show that: (1) by the comprehensive structure potential and s...

Soil thickness (ST) plays an important role in regulating soil processes, vegetation growth and land suitability. Therefore, it has been listed as one of twelve basic properties to be delivered GlobalSoilMap project. However, ST prediction reported with poor performance previous studies. Our case study is located the intensive agriculture Beauce area, central France. In this region, mainly depe...

Rainfall-induced landslides are a major threat in the hilly and gully regions of the Loess Plateau. Landslide mapping via field investigations is challenging and impractical in this complex region because of its numerous gullies. In this paper, an algorithm based on an object-oriented method (OOA) has been developed to recognize loess landslides by combining spectral, textural, and morphometric...