Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference (한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집)

Korean Geotechnical Society (한국지반공학회)
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Characteristics of Loess and Loessial Slopes in Gansu Province, China

중국 감숙성의 황토특성과 황토사면특성

  • 홍성완 (한국건설기술연구원 토목연구부 지하구조물 그룹)
  • Published : 1999.03.01
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Abstract

About 440,000 $\textrm{km}^2$, about twice the size of the Korean Peninsula is covered by loess deposits in China. Along the middle reaches of the Huanghe River, mainly in Shaanxi and in Gansu province loess plateau covers vast area amounting to 273,000 $\textrm{km}^2$ Chinese studies on loess and loessial slopes are summarized. And some of the U. S. study and others are also presented for comparison.

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