Dune mobility and aridity at the desert margin of northern China at a time of peak monsoon strength

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 947-950

  Mason, J A ^a   Lu, H ^b   Zhou, Y ^c   Miao, X ^d   Swinehart, J B ^e   Liu, Z ^a   Goble, R J ^f   Yi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE REGION; DIABATIC HEATING; DRY CONDITION; DRY LAND; DUNE MOBILITY; DYNAMIC LINKS; HOLOCENES; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; MONSOON STRENGTH; NORTHERN CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; SUMMER TEMPERATURE;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

LANDFORMS;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERT; DIABATIC PROCESS; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70350418865     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30240A.1     Document Type: Article

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