We examine the issue concerning the determination of the line of demarcation between geomorphology and the related Earth sciences which is associated with elementarization of continual topographic surface of the planet’s relief. We present our view of the progression along this direction that relies on the theory of the system-morphological foundation of Earth sciences. We established the existence of the synenergy effect in the use of the system-morphological approach in all particular geographical sciences: in microclimatology, it provides a means of referencing microclimates and “local climates” to topographic features; in soil science, it revitalizes the notion of an elementary soil area thus simplifying the process of soil mapping. In geobotany and biogeocenology, this approach helps to make results from studying phytocenose productivity and from dendroindication investigations more representative. We determined a direct practical importance of landscape geophysics and assessments of the significance of
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30-37
Number of pages8
JournalGeography and Natural Resources
Volume38
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

    Research areas

  • elementarization of land surface, geotopes, locations, morphology of the relief, synthetic geomorphology, system-morphological approach

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