On the geomorphology subdivision on the basis of direct and inverse causal relations in the topography - geospheres interaction (after XVII Plenum of the Commission on Geomorphology)

Abstract

A current trend in geomorphology which was pronounced also during the session to consider endogenous and exogenous relief-forming factors as «equivalent» cannot solve nor dismiss the problem of causal relation between the forces and of their interaction through the geological time. A high degree of differentiation of the geomorphology (clearly seen in the session's papers) is a necessary and natural phenomenon. As causal relations in the topography_geospheres interaction are divided into direct and inverse ones, the author suggests to use this ontological principle of the division as one of logical bases of geomorphological trends classification. Once the principle is systematically used, it reflects satisfactorily the present state of the geomorphology as well as permits to foretell the process in the future.