Compiling the map of shallow-buried palaeochannels on the North China Plain
Special Issue: Studies of the palaeochannels on the North China Plain
Applied geomorphology ; China ; Geophysics ; Groundwater ; Northern China ; Palaeogeomorphology ; Plain ; Stream ; Thematic mapping ; Water resources
On the North China Plain, the shallow-buried palaeochannels have significance to both practical and theoretical geomorphology: water supply and potential problems related to construction projects. The 4 methods used in compiling the shallow-buried
The late pleistocene and Holocene palaeochannels in the North China Plain were divided into 6 stages on the basis of 7 indicators: basal erosion surface and channel lag deposits, macropaleontology, organic matter content, ground water quality, heavy
activity, and 2 palaeoswamp development stages, or periods of fluvial inactivity, on the North China Plain.