Grain size characteristics of dune sands in the central Taklimakan Sand Sea

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Wang, Xunming ^a   Dong, Zhibao ^a   Zhang, Jiawu ^b   Qu, Jianjun ^a   Zhao, Aiguo ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Dune sands; Grain size; Taklimakan Sand Sea

Indexed keywords

DUNE FIELD; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; SAND; SORTING;

CHINA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 0041324853     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00380-9     Document Type: Article

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