System-structural orientation of geomorphological mapping

Abstract

The problem of mapping and geomorphological studies is discussed from the position of system-structural methodology and comprises the following tasks: 1) elementarisation (most expedient subdivision of the Earth surface into its elementary components); 2) «organisation» of the point, linear and areal elements, which means their strict definition (formalisation), systematisation, indexation and unified presentation at morphological map, 3) synthetic studies of -the Earth surface composition and structure together with dynamical interpretation of the morphological pattern and delineation of geosysterns.