Damage by wind-blown sand and its control along Qinghai-Tibet Railway in China

Aeolian Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 143-146

  Zhang, Ke cun ^a   Qu, Jian jun ^a   Liao, Kong tai ^b   Niu, Qing he ^a   Han, Qing jie ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Gansu Minqin National Studies Station for Desert Steppe Ecosystem and Gansu Desert Control Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Damage by wind blown sand; Qinghai Tibet Railway; Sand control methods

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DAMAGE; RAILWAY; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 71849101420     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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