scholarly journals Habitat Effect on Allometry of a Xeric Shrub (Artemisia ordosica Krasch) in the Mu Us Desert of Northern China

Forests ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 4529-4539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiwei She ◽  
Yuqing Zhang ◽  
Shugao Qin ◽  
Bin Wu ◽  
Zhen Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern China ◽  
Artemisia Ordosica ◽  
Mu Us Desert ◽  
Habitat Effect

Fertile islands under Artemisia ordosica in inland dunes of northern China: Effects of habitats and plant developmental stages

2008 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 953-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Xing Li ◽  
Ning Wang ◽  
Wei-Ming He ◽  
Bertil O. Krüsi ◽  
Shu-Qin Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Artemisia Ordosica ◽  
Fertile Islands ◽  
Inland Dunes

scholarly journals Holocene Environmental Changes Inferred From an Aeolian-Palaeosol-Lacustrine Profile in the Mu Us Desert, Northern China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaokang Liu ◽  
Ruijie Lu ◽  
Zhiyong Ding ◽  
Zhiqiang Lyu ◽  
Yijing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Lacustrine Sediments ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Depositional Environments ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Mu Us Desert ◽  
Average Grain Size

An excavated profile of aeolian-palaeosol-lacustrine sediments (the Wapianliang profile), located at the southeastern part of the Mu Us Desert, Northern China, was studied to reconstruct regional Holocene environmental changes. A chronology was established based on three AMS 14C and two OSL dates, and variations in the lithology and grain size, magnetic susceptibility, soil micromorphology, and chemical elements were used to explore the regional depositional environments during the Holocene. The results showed that since around 14 ka BP, this region had experienced seven alternations of wetting and drying. A shallow lake, which was identified by celadon lacustrine sediments with sporadic freshwater gastropod fossils, occurred in this area from around 13.0 ka BP to 9.9 ka BP. There existed two obvious intervals of soil formation, inferred from the environmental proxies of the palaeosol/sandy palaeosol layers, with relatively fine average grain-size, high magnetic susceptibility value, remarkable pedogenesis features, and strong chemical weathering, in particular, a well-developed palaeosol layer dating from the middle Holocene (8.6 ka BP to 4.2 ka BP). A weakly-developed palaeosol layer (from around 1.2 ka BP) at the upper part of the profile is possibly an indication of the Medieval Warm Period. This implies a forest steppe environment at both of these sedimentary stages. After 0.9 ka BP, a desert environment returned, analogous to before around 13.0 ± 1.4 ka BP, between 9.9 ± 1.1 ka BP to 8.6 ka BP, and between 4.2 ka BP to 1.6 ka BP, indicating the aggravation of aeolian activity and the expansion of mobile sand dunes. The variations in sedimentary environments were mainly triggered by changes in the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM).

Grain size and geochemical study of the surface deposits of the sand dunes in the Mu Us desert, northern China

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1009-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Liu ◽  
Heling Jin ◽  
Liangying Sun ◽  
Zhong Sun ◽  
Caixia Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Mu Us Desert ◽  
Geochemical Study

Historical desertification of the Mu Us Desert, Northern China: A multidisciplinary study

Geomorphology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 110 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 108-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinzhou Huang ◽  
Nai-ang Wang ◽  
Tonghui He ◽  
Hongyi Chen ◽  
Liqiang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Northern China ◽  
Mu Us Desert ◽  
Multidisciplinary Study

Quartz OSL dating of sand dunes of Late Pleistocene in the Mu Us Desert in northern China

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 102-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong He ◽  
Jie Zhou ◽  
ZhongPing Lai ◽  
LinHai Yang ◽  
JianMin Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Osl Dating ◽  
Mu Us Desert
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