Publication Date:
2017-03-08
Description:
As a member of UNESCO Global Geoparks, Dunhuang Global Geopark has developed a great quantity of landforms formed under special geological background and extremely droughty climate, which integrate together with specific geographic location and cultural relics on the “Silk Road Economic Belt”. The main geoheritage in Dunhuang Global Geopark is Yardang landform, which is formed by loose Quaternary sediments. According to different shapes, the Yardang landform were divided into five types, namely, ridge-shaped Yardang, wall-shaped Yardang, tower-shape Yardang, column Yardang and Yardang monadnock. In order to monitor and protect the unique morphological features of Yardang landforms, a spatial information management platform is established, using SPOT 6 remote sensing image, with object oriented approach and manual interactive interpretation. Study shows that the maximum area, perimeter, length and width of Yardang were 324843.1 m2, 3447.52 m, 1508.41m, and 285.81 m, respectively....
Print ISSN:
1755-1307
Electronic ISSN:
1755-1315
Topics:
Geography
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Geosciences
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Physics
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