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ABSTRACT
Google Earth Engine is used to trace the spatial distribution of the lacustrine coastal megaclast deposits (LCMDs) of the Lake Malawi. Wide distribution of LCMDs is established, and they are especially common on the northeastern and southern coasts. The studied deposits can be subdivided provisionally into lenticular, patchy, and point-scale categories. Apparently, the spatial distribution of these deposits around the Lake Malawi is controlled by the regional geology and topography. This case study proves the efficacy of the virtual journeys for quick finding and mapping LCMDs along lake coasts, although not for their quantitative analysis and in-depth descriptions.
Acknowledgments
The author gratefully thanks the editor and the both, anonymous reviewers for their thorough consideration of this paper and very helpful recommendations, as well as to M.E. Johnson (USA) for various megaclast-related discussions and literature support.
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Dmitry A. Ruban
Dmitry A. Ruban holds PhD degree from the University of Pretoria (South Africa), and he works as Researcher at the K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (the First Cossack University) (Moscow, Russia). His research interests are linked, but not limited to megaclast nomenclature, geoheritage studies, and theoretical geology. He has published >150 articles in international journals and dozens of papers in national scientific media. He has been a reviewer and member of the editorial board of several international journals.