Developmental characteristics of aeolian dunes and environmental changes in the adjoining region of Puruogangri ice sheet, North Tibetan Plateau

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-24

  Zhang, Weimin ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Qu, Jianjun ^a   Li, Xiaozhe ^a   Zou, Rupin ^a   Yang, Bao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

14C dating of humus layers; North Tibetan Plateau; Puruoganri ice sheet; Sand dune evolution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FREEZING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; STABILIZATION; WEATHERING;

AEOLIN; DUNES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ICE SHEET;

GLACIERS;

DUNE; EOLIAN FEATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 21744443076     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1242-1     Document Type: Article

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