Nebkha development and its relationship to environmental change in the Alaxa Plateau, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-365

  Wang, Xunming ^a,b   Xiao, Honglang ^a   Li, Jinchang ^a   Qiang, Mingrui ^b   Su, Zhizu ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alaxa Plateau; Environmental change; Land degradation; Nebkha

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CURING; DEGRADATION; DEWATERING; FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

AEOLIAN PROCESSES; ALAXA PLATEAU; ARABLE LANDS; EARLY STAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; GOBI DESERTS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND DEGRADATIONS; LATE STAGES; NEBKHA; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; RECORD INFORMATIONS; SEDIMENT SUPPLIES; TANG DYNASTIES; WIND REGIMES;

PROCESS CONTROL;

ARABLE LAND; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOLIAN PROCESS; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WIND PROFILE;

ALAXA PLATEAU; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 54949157775     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1171-2     Document Type: Article

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