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Loess is widely distributed on the surface of the Earth and is most widespread in the Chinese Loess Plateau. Loess can originate from various causes, such as deserts, glacial braided rivers, volcanic ash. Loess is a typically hazardous material, where it prevails to gravitation-driven geohazards, such as landslide, erosion, and subsidence, due to its unique response to wetting and loading. There has been considerable research into understanding its properties and behaviors, and there have also been many attempts at different geohazards that occurred in the loess areas. Nevertheless, loess geohazards are persistently frequent occurrences due to extreme climate change, mega human engineering, modern intensive farming, and great earthquake. Thus, there is still exist an urgent need for multidisciplinary investigations on loess geohazards for improved geohazard mitigation and georisk management.
The aim of this Research Topic on "Multidisciplinary Loess Geohazard Investigations" is to use a multidisciplinary perspective for understanding the loess geohazards, and focus on the nature, state, and behavior of the loess, and the evolution progress and mechanism of the loess geohazards, and its linkages in the various geohazards. The final goal is to improve readers' understanding of the interconnected multidisciplinary fields of geohazard, geomorphology, geotechnical engineering to loess worldwide.
We invite manuscripts that consider geohazard, geomorphology, geotechnical engineering in the loess area from an integrated perspective. They may focus on any one of the following aspects:
(1) Enhance the understanding of properties and behaviors of loess that exemplify how to explain the evaluation progress and formation mechanism of loess geohazards in a dynamic environment
(2) Discuss the mechanics, dynamics, and causes of different loess geohazards by field and laboratory studies, and highlight the role of extreme climate change driver, mega human engineering activity, modern intensive farming irrigation, great earthquake event
(3) Underline innovative tools, approaches, and technologies in loess geohazard mitigation, loess performance improvement, engineering design
Manuscripts may look beyond geohazard, geomorphology, geotechnical engineering, but must be related with at least loess. Papers with a demonstrated relevance to that the loess geohazards shape the changes in the landscapes, societal impacts, sustainable developments within a changing world.
The aim of this Research Topic on "Multidisciplinary Loess Geohazard Investigations" is to use a multidisciplinary perspective for understanding the loess geohazards, and focus on the nature, state, and behavior of the loess, and the evolution progress and mechanism of the loess geohazards, and its linkages in the various geohazards. The final goal is to improve readers' understanding of the interconnected multidisciplinary fields of geohazard, geomorphology, geotechnical engineering to loess worldwide.
We invite manuscripts that consider geohazard, geomorphology, geotechnical engineering in the loess area from an integrated perspective. They may focus on any one of the following aspects:
(1) Enhance the understanding of properties and behaviors of loess that exemplify how to explain the evaluation progress and formation mechanism of loess geohazards in a dynamic environment
(2) Discuss the mechanics, dynamics, and causes of different loess geohazards by field and laboratory studies, and highlight the role of extreme climate change driver, mega human engineering activity, modern intensive farming irrigation, great earthquake event
(3) Underline innovative tools, approaches, and technologies in loess geohazard mitigation, loess performance improvement, engineering design
Manuscripts may look beyond geohazard, geomorphology, geotechnical engineering, but must be related with at least loess. Papers with a demonstrated relevance to that the loess geohazards shape the changes in the landscapes, societal impacts, sustainable developments within a changing world.
Keywords: Loess, Geohazards, Multidisciplinary Investigations, Mitigations
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