Geochemical compositions of soluble salts in aeolian sands from the Taklamakan and Badanjilin deserts in northern China, and their influencing factors and environmental implications

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 337-353

  Zhu, Bingqi ^a,b   Yang, Xiaoping ^b   Liu, Ziting ^b   Rioual, Patrick ^b   Li, Chaozhu ^c   Xiong, Heigang ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon fixation; Northern China; Sandy desert; Soil property; Soluble salt geochemistry; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; NORTHERN CHINA; SANDY DESERTS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOLUBLE SALTS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALKALINITY; ARID REGIONS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL POLLUTION;

SAND;

ALKALINITY; BICARBONATE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALT; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOLUBILITY;

BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84859729201     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1243-1     Document Type: Article

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