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Aeolian activity in the southern Gurbantunggut Desert of China during the last 900 years
The mineral dust emitted from Central Asia has a significant influence on the global climate system. However, the history and mechanisms of aeolian...
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Aeolian Anthropocene
This chapter is primarily concerned withAnthropocene the ways in which humans have altered dust storm activity and the mobility of dunes. One major...
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Utilizing sediment grain size characteristics to assess the effectiveness of clay–sand barriers in reducing aeolian erosion in Minqin desert area, China
The clay–sand barriers in Minqin desert area, China, represent a pioneering windbreak and sand fixation project with a venerable history of 60 a....
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Effects of mixed-based biochar on water infiltration and evaporation in aeolian sand soil
Aeolian sandy soil in mining areas exhibits intense evaporation and poor water retention capacity. This study was designed to find a suitable biochar...
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Spatiotemporal distribution of sea-island prehistoric dune sites, Holocene sea levels, and aeolian sand activities in Fujian Province, China
The lower reaches of the Minjiang River and its adjacent areas were among the most active prehistoric archaeological areas in Fujian Province. The...
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Distinct Aeolian-fluvial Interbedded Landscapes in Three Watersheds of the Northern China
Due to the complex dynamic of aeolian and fluvial interacted processes behind the landform development, most of previous works started from...
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Aeolian Processes in Forest-Steppe Landscapes in the Upper Angara Region in the Holocene
AbstractPresented are the results from investigating the aeolian sand massifs in the Belaya river valley. The Belaya, Kholmushino and Usolye massifs...
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Fetch effect on the developmental process of aeolian sand transport in a wind tunnel
As the sand mass flux increases from zero at the leading edge of a saltating surface to the equilibrium mass flux at the critical fetch length, the...
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Impact of utility-scale solar photovoltaic array on the aeolian sediment transport in Hobq Desert, China
Deserts are ideal places to develop ground-mounted large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power station. Unfortunately, solar energy production,...
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Aeolian Landforms
In IranIran, we can almost find many factors affecting the development of aeolianAeolian landformsLandforms such as sediment supply, smooth and flat...
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Aeolian Activities and Protective Effects of Artificial Plants in Re-vegetated Sandy Land of Qinghai Lake, China
Land desertification and aeolian activity are currently the greatest threats to alpine ecological environments and are also the primary challenges of...
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Grain size and surface micro-texture characteristics and their paleoenvironmental significance of Holocene sediment in southern margin of the Gurbantunggut Desert, China
The southern margin of the Gurbantunggut Desert, China, is characterized by alternating layers of aeolian and alluvial deposits. Investigating the...
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Enhancement of Natural and Technogenic Soils Through Sustainable Soil Amelioration Products for a Reduction of Aeolian and Fluvial Translocation Processes
The economy of some countries is dominated mostly by mining and agriculture. Enormous amounts of excavated waste material are deposited in huge dams....
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Near-surface wind field characteristics of the desert-oasis transition zone in Dunhuang, China
The desert-oasis transition zone (DOTZ) serves as a buffer area between the desert and oasis. Understanding its wind field characteristics is of...
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Geochemical features and their implication of provenances of riparian dunes in the northern China deserts
Rivers in deserts present unique geographical features owing to aeolian-fluvial interactions. In this study, 510 surface sediment samples were...
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Separating emitted dust from the total suspension in airflow based on the characteristics of PM10 vertical concentration profiles on a Gobi surface in northwestern China
During aeolian processes, the two most critical factors related to dust emissions are soil particle and aggregate saltation, which greatly affect the...
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Sandy Land-lake-vegetation Landscape of Songnen Sandy Land of China: Pattern, Process and Mechanism
In order to investigate the dynamic evolution of the sandy land-lake-vegetation landscape in Songnen Sandy Land (SSL) and its response to climate...
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Morphological change and migration of revegetated dunes in the Ketu Sandy Land of the Qinghai Lake, China
Alpine revegetated dunes have been barely researched in terms of morphological change and migration within its regional aeolian environments. To...
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Wind regime features and their impacts on the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River on the Tibetan Plateau, China
The wide valley of the Yarlung Zangbo River is one of the most intense areas in terms of aeolian activity on the Tibetan Plateau, China. In the past,...
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Environmental Risk in the Fluvio-Aeolian Plain of the Region Center of the General San Martín Department, Córdoba, Argentina
The natural environment affects and shapes the human activities, leading the environmental and socioeconomic evolution of a region. The advance of...