The variation of morphological features and mineralogical components of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert of Northwestern China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1135-1143

  Chen, Rongyi ^a,b   Zhang, Yuanming ^a   Li, Yuan ^d   Wei, Wenshou ^c   Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Wu, Nan ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Gurbantunggut Desert; Mineral erosion; Morphology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST; CLAY CONCENTRATIONS; COMPLEX LIVES; DESERT SOILS; GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS; GURBANTUNGGUT DESERT; LATE STAGES; LIVING ORGANISMS; MEAN PARTICLE SIZES; MINERAL WEATHERINGS; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NORTHWESTERN CHINAS; SEM;

CLAY MINERALS; EROSION; LANDFORMS; MINING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

MINERALS;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LICHEN; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MOSS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EROSION; SUCCESSION;

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

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 67349179132     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1410-1     Document Type: Article

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