The germination of domestic school of geologically set geomorphological mapping has rather dramatic history. Rapid progress of geomorphology in this country is connected with the soviet period of economic development. During 1950-s the peculiar approach to geomorphological mapping arose owing exclusively to middle-scale geologic mapping. This approach may be effective in the solving of geological problems properly, but it hasn't won the wide acceptance. Departmental frictions and excessive secrecy of maps were accessory reasons for that posture, while the main reason was human factor. In the result the geomorphological investigations have had their further progress within the frame of geography. Geology was actually abridged of one of efficient methods. Today is the time to redeem this skew and to return geomorphological methods into geology.
The germination of domestic school of geologically set geomorphological mapping has rather dramatic history. Rapid progress of geomorphology in this country is connected with the soviet period of economic development. During 1950-s the peculiar approach to geomorphological mapping arose owing exclusively to middle-scale geologic mapping. This approach may be effective in the solving of geological problems properly, but it hasn't won the wide acceptance. Departmental frictions and excessive secrecy of maps were accessory reasons for that posture, while the main reason was human factor. In the result the geomorphological investigations have had their further progress within the frame of geography. Geology was actually abridged of one of efficient methods. Today is the time to redeem this skew and to return geomorphological methods into geology.
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