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GEOMORPHOSYSTEMIC CONDITIONALITIES IN PEDOGENESIS
Fig. 2. Geomorphological map of the Pădurea Craiului (1.Upper erosion level (800-1000m); 2.Medium
erosion level (600-650m); 3.Lower erosion level (400-450m); 4. Dolina; 5. Uvala; 6. Pit-ponor; 7.
Karst depression, 8. Karst plateau; 9.Karst plain, 10. Hum; 11. Gorges, 12. Gully erosion; 13.
Torrents; 14.Alluvial cone; 15. Lower terrace; 16. 7-15 and 20-25m terrace 17. 55-60m terasse; 18.
75-90m terasse; 19. Karst slope; 20. Clay slope; 21. Glacis; 22.Piedmont alluvial plain; 23. Erosion
depression (Roşia), 24. Inselberg; 25. Rivers; 26. Temporary rivers ; 27. Sources.
3. METHODOLOGY
The setting off of the imposed conditions by the morphology of the region to the
development of the pedogenetic processes has been realized through the application of the
GIS methodology. This allowed the following correlations: the geomorphologic and
geological map, correlated with the topographical 3D map in the read-in of the processes
and geomorphic mechanisms that sustain the fragmenting of the relief; the geological map
and the one of the soils, correlated with the topographical 3D map in regioning the
pedogenetic processes and shaping some new types of pedolandscapes; the pedogenetic
maps and the ones for the vegetation (natural or agricultures), through the correlation with
the topographical 3D map (Fig.3) in obtaining some map of the agrarian or forest landscape.
These maps can serve to the agronomists in the interventions with ameliorative
goal and to the arrangers for evaluating the natural potential of the relief, hazards, and risks
associated to geomorphic processes.
The methodological step has predisposed the usage of the programs package
ArcGIS 9.0, Global Mapper 8.0, Erdas Imagine, etc., and the following sources: topographical
maps scale 1: 25,000; geological maps scale 1: 50,000 and 1: 100,000; pedological maps
scale 1: 200,000, as primary analogical sources.
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