Controlling blown sand along the highway crossing the Taklimakan Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-344

  Dong, Zhibao ^a   Chen, Guangting ^a   He, Xingdong ^a   Han, Zhiwen ^a   Wang, Xunming ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Blown sand damage; Control measures; Highway; Shelter system; The Taklimakan Desert

Indexed keywords

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); DESERT; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 1642405971     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2002.02.001     Document Type: Article

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