The role and significance of the Gobi Desert pavement in controlling sand movement on the cliff top near the Dunhuang Magao Grottoes

2001 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qu Jianjun ◽  
Huang Ning ◽  
Dong Guangrong ◽  
Zhang Weimin
Keyword(s):  
Gobi Desert ◽  
Desert Pavement ◽  
Sand Movement

Limits to recharge of groundwater from Tibetan plateau to the Gobi desert, implications for water management in the mountain front

2009 ◽  
Vol 364 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 128-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinzhu Ma ◽  
Zhenyu Ding ◽  
W. Mike Edmunds ◽  
John B. Gates ◽  
Tianming Huang
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Gobi Desert ◽  
Mountain Front

THE MYSTERIES OF THE GOBI DESERT

Asian Affairs ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hare
Keyword(s):  
Gobi Desert

Through Jade Gate and Central Asia: An Account of Journeys in Kansu, Turkestan and the Gobi Desert

1928 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
F. E. Y. ◽  
Mildred Cable ◽  
Francesca French
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Gobi Desert

OSL dating of sediments from the Gobi Desert, Southern Mongolia

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Hülle ◽  
A. Hilgers ◽  
U. Radtke ◽  
C. Stolz ◽  
N. Hempelmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Osl Dating ◽  
Gobi Desert

Leaf demography and decline of Panicum racemosum populations in coastal foredunes of southern Brazil

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 1593-1599 ◽  
Author(s):  
César S. B. Costa ◽  
Ulrich Seeliger ◽  
César V. Cordazzo
Keyword(s):  
Population Biology ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Salt Spray ◽  
Nutrient Status ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Leaf Demography ◽  
Growth Vigour ◽  
Sand Movement ◽  
Mobile Dune ◽  
Sand Deposition

We studied the effect of nutrient status and sand movement on the population biology of Panicum racemosum Spreng. over a 5-year period (1982–1986) on mobile, semifixed and fixed coastal foredune habitats in southern Brazil. The soils were deficient in nitrate, phosphate, and potassium (<0.5, 0.2–1.2, and 3–5 mg/kg, respectively) in all habitats, and a gradient of decreasing availability existed from the mobile to the fixed dunes. Half-lives of leaves were shorter in the fixed dune as compared with the mobile dune. Similarly, half-lives of leaves were shorter in summer than in winter. Experiments using cuttings of P. racemosum tillers showed that as P. racemosum plants grew, so did the deposition of sand on mobile foredunes. The mechanical deposition of sand itself did not stimulate P. racemosum growth. The deposition of saline sand provided a substrate that supported vertical growth of P. racemosum rhizomes and tillers and was a source of adsorbed nutrients. Also, active sand deposition limited the invasion of frontal dunes by other species. Panicum racemosum populations changed from "invader" to "mature" to "regressive" age states over a 5-year period, apparently in response to the spatial patterns of sand deposition and salt spray input. Key words: Panicum, leaf demography, growth vigour, sand dunes, temporal changes.

Riddles of the Gobi Desert

Parnassus ◽  
1936 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
A. Philip McMahon ◽  
Sven Hedin
Keyword(s):  
Gobi Desert

scholarly journals Methods and Results of the American Museum Expeditions in the Gobi Desert, 1922–25

Nature ◽  
1926 ◽  
Vol 118 (2962) ◽  
pp. 198-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN
Keyword(s):  
Gobi Desert ◽  
American Museum
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