Assessment of ecological state of geomorphosystems

Abstract

Methods are outlined of assessment of geomorphosystems' ecological state based on arbitrary quantification of qualitative ecological characteristics. The formal procedure permits to compare contribution from individual characteristics to the ecological state of geomorphosystems. The approach is illustrated by a case study of geomorphosystems of glacial deposition and glaciofluvial sedimentation in the Lembolovo lake basin, the Karelian Isthmus.