China ; Geomorphology ; Glacial features ; Glaciation ; Land use ; Loess ; Moraine ; Palaeosol ; Plateau ; Pleistocene ; Qinghai ; Quaternary ; Regional geology ; Sichuan ; Tibet
) and the marginal ranges of the NE Tibetan Plateau. Aspects of geomorphology, geology, vegetation and land use are described based on field observations and Chinese literature. Second the geomorphology, especially the (Pleistocene) glacial landforms mainly in he