This is a landscape consisting of surface fissures in loess regions. These fissures can be related to diagenesis cracks, tectonic cracks or stress-release cracks. Vertical joints in loess areas tend to develop into diagenetic fissures, which are often the causes of landslides and land collapses (Fig. 32).
Loess vertical fissure landscape – Jingyang, Shaanxi Province
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(2020). Loess Fissure Landscape. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1433
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