Loess and Loess Geohazards in China

by Yanrong Li, Jingui Zhao, Bin Li

Loess is a product of aeolian deposition during the Quaternary glaciation cycles and covers approximately 6% of the Earth's land. The Loess Plateau of China, which is home to a population of nearly three hundred million, has the thickest and most complete loess strata, where loess geohazards occur most frequently due to the weak geoenvironment and dense human activities. In recent years, the engineering geological characteristics of loess and geohazards...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367889153
• ISBN13: 9780367889159
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 160 Pages