High precision topographic data on Lop Nor basin's Lake "great Ear" and the timing of its becoming a dry salt lake

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 905-914

  Li, Baoguo ^a   Ma, Lichun ^a,b   Jiang, Pingan ^b   Duan, Zengqiang ^a   Sun, Danfeng ^a   Qiu, Honglie ^c   Zhong, Junping ^b   Wu, Hongqi ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"Great Ear"; Lake evolution; Latest drying time; Lop Nor; Topographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149168799     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0003-4     Document Type: Article

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