• 责任者：Niu Qinghe (Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification ; Dunhuang Gobi and Desert Research Station ; Gansu Center for Sand Hazard Reduction Engineering and Technology ; Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Lanzhou 730000 ; China) ; Qu Jianjun
• 刊名：Advances in Earth Science
• 出版年：2011
• 卷期：26(5)
• 关键词：风成地貌 ; eolian features
• 页码：p.516-527
• 图表：2 illus., 3 tables, 100 refs.
• 分类号：1400
• issnNo：ISSN1001-8166
• isbnNo：CN62-1091/P

Yardang landforms research is one of the important contents in aeolian erosion landforms research, but it is weaker than Aeolian deposition landforms research at present. Yardang landforms, named by Sweden explorer Seven Hedin in 1903, have been studied over 100 years. Although many scientists made important progress with the technological improvement and methodological update in the history, lots of issues have not been resolved. In this paper, the authors summarize the progress and issues in 8 aspects, including scientific definition, spatial distribution, morphology character, formation and evolution conditions and processes, formation chronology, relationship with environments and classifications. Based on the abovementioned, the authors make research prospects in the future, and give some suggestions.