Recently, professor LI Yanrong's research team has made important progress in the study of loess geology and surface processes. Their research paper Loess genesis and worldwide distribution was published in Earth-science Reviews, a top international geoscience journal. The paper highlights the genesis and worldwide distribution of loess, the three modes of CR, MR and MRD of loess genesis, a global distribution map with provenance and transport paths of loess, the maps of thickness and continuity of major loess deposits and the sizes of major loess-covered areas. It has a positive role in promoting the scientific research in the field of loess geology.

At the same time, Geomorphology, a leading journal in the field, published a cover article about another important achievement by Li's team - A unified landslide classification system for loess slopes: A critical review. The paper highlights the landslide classification systems by different criteria, a unified loess landslide classification system with eight key criteria, a set of unified nomenclatures for loess landslides and a framework for study of loess landslides. The results provide a unified reference standard for the study of surface geological processes, geological hazards and human-earth coordination in loess area. 

Reference:

[1] Yanrong Li^*, Wenhui Shi, Adnan Aydin, Mary Antonette Beroya-Eitner, Guohong Gao (2019) Loess genesis and worldwide distribution, Earth-Science Reviews.

http://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102947

[2] Yanrong Li^*, Ping Mo (2019). A unified landslide classification system for loess slopes: A critical review. Geomorphology, 340(2019):67-83.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.04.020

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From College of Mining Engineering

Editor: Weiwei Wang