As the largest ecosystem of China, the desert ecosystem and the desertification-prone
region (DPR) occupies 44% of China's land area. The past, present, and the future of …

Chronostratigraphic records in the drylands of north China provide essential archives to
reveal the dynamic connections between climate changes and behaviours of aeolian …

Dune systems can have alternative stable states that coexist under certain environmental
conditions: a vegetated, stabilized state and a bare active state. This behavior implies the …

Geochemical studies examining surface aeolian sediments are significant for understanding
Earth's surface processes and determining sediment provenance in arid and semi-arid …

Loess deposits as a unique terrestrial archive of paleo-dust contribute to understanding the
wide-scale and long-term dust transport from source to sink. This study provided diagnostic …

Aeolian landscapes dominate the semiarid dune fields across the Asian summer monsoonal
boundary (ASMB) of northern China, where the widespread palaeosols are usually …

Wherever a loose bed of sand is subject to sufficiently strong winds, aeolian dunes form at
predictable wavelengths and growth rates. As dunes mature and coarsen, however, their …

Dunefield margins are sensitive to aeolian-fluvial processes that record local environmental
conditions and climatic events. A common aeolian-fluvial process along dunefield margins is …

Abstract The Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway (HSR) traverses areas of the Gobi Desert
where extremely strong winds are frequent. These strong winds cause sand/gravel hazards …

Microbial carbonate formation in soil may play a critical role in sequestering atmospheric CO
2, specifically in drylands with sparse vegetation and harsh environments. However, few …