Investigation of the sand sea with the tallest dunes on Earth: China's Badain Jaran Sand Sea

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-39

  Dong, Zhibao ^a   Qian, Guangqiang ^a   Lv, Ping ^a   Hu, Guangyin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian processes; Arid region hydrogeology; Desert lakes; Dune geomorphology; Sand sea

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKE WATER; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

CHINA;

EID: 84875276504     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.02.003     Document Type: Review

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