Origin of eolian sand mobilization during the past 2300 years in the Mu Us Desert, China

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 78-88

  Sun, Jimin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Historical period; Human impacts; Late Holocene; Mu Us Desert; Northern central China; Sand dunes; Sand sheets

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

CHINA; MU US DESERT; NEI MONGOL;

EID: 0034062081     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2105     Document Type: Article

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