Horizontal aeolian sediment flux in the Minqin area, a major source of Chinese dust storms

Geomorphology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 58-66

  Dong, Zhibao ^a,b   Man, Duoqing ^a,c   Luo, Wanyin ^a   Qian, Guangqiang ^a   Wang, Jihe ^c   Zhao, Ming ^c   Liu, Shizeng ^c   Zhu, Guoqinq ^c   Zhu, Shujuan ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Aeolian sediment transport; China; Dust flux; Dust storms; Minqin

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DUST STORM; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; GANSU; MINQIN;

EID: 75749131919     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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