Characteristics of wind-blown sand in the region of the Crescent Moon Spring of Dunhuang, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3107-3113

  Zhang, Kecun ^a   Qu, Jianjun ^a   Niu, Qinghe ^a   Jing, Zhefan ^a   An, Zhishan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Crescent Moon Spring; Drift potential; Sand laden wind; Wind rose

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DOMINANT FACTOR; DRIFT POTENTIAL; LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; SAND TRANSPORT; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND ENVIRONMENT; WIND-BLOWN SANDS;

MOON;

SAND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DUNE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

CHINA; CRESCENT MOON SPRING; DUNHUANG; GANSU;

EID: 84888034550     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2372-5     Document Type: Article

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