A test of granulometric control of desert dune geometry   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

R. J. Wasson  R. Hyde 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1983,8(4):301-312

I. G. Wilson's hypothesis of coarse-tail grain-size control of dune spacing was derived from three dunefields in the Sahara and, although it was supplemented by measurements of spacing from other parts of the world, the grain-size data come only from North Africa. In this paper the hypothesis is tested in the Australian dunefields. Australian dunes do not form separate categories on a P₂₀/s (twentieth percentile/spacing) plot and, when placed on Wilson's diagram, the Australian data form a continuum between dunes and draas. Ripples maintain their identity, suggesting that the average saltation length of sand controls ripple wavelength while dunes and Wilson's draas are formed by secondary flow of some kind. In Australia the spread of data on the P₂₀/s diagram indicates that grain-size is not the prime control on s. Data from Australia and the Sahara indicate that direct linear relationships between s and h (dune spacing and height means respectively for blocks of dunes) occur but they have different slopes in different areas. These differences possibly reflect variations in vegetation and substrate as well as differences in wind regime. The separation of dunes from draas in the Sahara reflects the greater role of grain-size in an area where coarse grains frequently occur in dune crests. The relative paucity of coarse grains in Australian dune crests may reflect the fine-grained alluvium from which the dunes are derived. These differences may be ascribed to differing topography in Australia and the Sahara.  相似文献   

Dune formation on the humid tropical sector of the North Queensland Coast,Australia     

K. Pye 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1983,8(4):371-381

Several previous attempts have been made to explain the apparent poor development of coastal dunes in the humid tropics in terms of lack of wind energy, failure of sand supply to the shoreline, excessive climatic wetness, salt crust formation on beaches, and the character of tropical back-beach vegetation. However, recent published reports indicate that coastal dune occurrences are more common in the humid tropics than was formerly thought, throwing suspicion on the idea that environmental conditions militate against dune formation in these areas as a whole. Evidence from the humid tropical sector of the North Queensland coast suggests that the poor development of dunes in this area primarily reflects poor sediment sorting in the beach and nearshore zone and low wind energy at the shoreline due to the nature of the coastal orientation and physiography in relation to the prevailing southeasterly winds. These limiting factors are not unique to humid tropical climates.  相似文献   

绿洲荒漠交界处波文比能量平衡法适用性的气候学分析   总被引：13，自引：0，他引：13  

黄妙芬 《干旱区地理》2001,24(3):259-264

对广泛使用的计算蒸散和显热通量的气候学方法－波文比能量平衡法在绿洲荒漠交界处的适用性从气候学角度进行分析。结果表明,波文化－能量平衡法在干旱区绿洲的平衡层内是适用的,在平衡层外及荒漠上空却失效。因而,应用波文比能量平衡法估算绿洲上的蒸发与显热时,测点的位置是至关重要的。  相似文献   

东天山戈壁荒漠景观区地球化学勘查中某些工作方法的研究     

周斌  刘广武  郑天佑 《矿产与地质》2005,19(6):643-646

通过东天山地区地球化学勘查中某些方法的试验,研究了一套适宜于戈壁荒漠景观中地球化学勘查的工作方法.（1）查明了盛行风对岩屑异常特征的影响程度;（2）推荐消除风成沙影响的合理采样粒级;（3）利用水溶态铜、金异常指示被运积物掩盖的铜、金矿体;（4）明确了荒漠区盐磐层不会阻碍在残积物覆盖区发现矿致岩屑异常和在运积物覆盖区发现后生晕.  相似文献   

Effects of surface characteristics on infiltration patterns in an arid shrub desert   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Xin‐Ping Wang  Xin‐Rong Li  Hong‐Lang Xiao  Ronny Berndtsson  Yan‐Xia Pan 《水文研究》2007,21(1):72-79

Precipitation is often the sole source of water replenishment in arid and semi‐arid areas and, thus, plays a pertinent role in sustaining desert ecosystems. Revegetation over 40 years using mainly Artemisia ordosica and Caragana korshinskii at Shapotou Desert Experimental Research Station near Lanzhou, China, has established a dwarf‐shrub and microbiotic soil crust cover on the stabilized sand dunes. The redistribution of infiltrated moisture through percolation, root extraction, and evapotranspiration pathways was investigated. Three sets of time‐domain reflectometry (TDR) probes were inserted horizontally at 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 cm depths below the ground surface in a soil pit. The three sets of TDR probes were installed in dwarf‐shrub sites of A. ordosica and C. korshinskii community with and without a microbiotic soil crust cover, and an additional set was placed in a bare sand dune area that had neither vegetation nor a microbiotic soil crust present. Volumetric soil moisture content was recorded at hourly intervals and used in the assessment of infiltration for the different surface covers. Infiltration varied greatly, from 7·5 cm to more than 45 cm, depending upon rainfall quantity and soil surface conditions. In the shrub community area without microbiotic soil crust cover, infiltration increased due to preferential flow associated with root tunnels. The microbiotic soil crust cover had a significant negative influence on the infiltration for small rainfall events (～10 mm), restricting the infiltration depth to less than 20 cm and increasing soil moisture content just beneath the soil profile of 10 cm, whereas it was not as strong or clear for larger rainfall events (～60 mm). For small rainfall events, the wetting front depth for the three kinds of surface cover was as follows: shrub community without microbiotic soil crust > bare area > shrub community with microbiotic soil crust. In contrast, for large rainfall events, infiltration was similar in shrub communities with and without microbiotic soil crust cover, but significantly higher than measured in the bare area. Soil water extraction by roots associated with evapotranspiration restricted the wetting front penetration after 1 to 3 h of rainfall. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

乌兰布和沙漠北部地下水资源的环境同位素探讨   总被引：8，自引：4，他引：8       下载免费PDF全文

顾慰祖  陆家驹  谢民  张汝智 《水科学进展》2002,13(3):326-332

工作范围在乌兰布和沙漠北部,面积共约4200km2.年平均降水量85～140mm,由西南向东递增,降水同位素组成δD～δ18O恰与Craig线一致,并与阿拉善地区相同.测得地下水中同位素含量范围,δ18O为-74‰～121‰,氚为0～190TU,14C为17～97pMC.由地下水同位素组成区别出与降水线平行或相交的6种类型.从所有地下水水点,以及可能有补给关系的其它水点的各类同位素关系,包括δ18O,T,δ13C和pMC,识别出两类承压水的各3个补给源和潜水的3个补给源,并区别出一组氚含量极低的潜水,对不同位置的承压水和潜水,由其同位素关系估算出了各补给源的组成和变幅.  相似文献   

关于西北开发中的几个水资源问题   总被引：7，自引：1，他引：7       下载免费PDF全文

何惠 《水科学进展》2002,13(4):492-495

分析了西北水资源的特点,就生态环境用水、生态环境治理以及植树造林与沙漠治理等西部开发中的突出问题提出了一些认识。指出:西北开发必须以水为度,充分考虑区域水资源的承载能力;保护和改善西北地区生态环境的基本途径是偿还已被人类逐步夺占而本该属于自然生态系统的那一部分水源。  相似文献   

塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地第四纪地层划分与环境变迁   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

张鸿义  门国发 《新疆地质》2002,20(3):256-261

通过塔中地区KT1孔和KT2孔井下第四纪地质测试研究，首次揭示出：塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地在深度653.80m以上，沉积物可划分42层，基本属于第四系。第四系下限初步定在761.17m深处。第四纪以来的气候演化大体有过3次大的气候波动和13个较大气候波动旋回。沉积环境早更新世为河湖相泛滥平原；中更新世以洼地湖泊相沉积为主，同时明显加入了风沙环境堆积，沙漠开始形成；从中更新世晚期开始，经晚更新世到新世，沙漠大规模形成，并逐步发展成今日的大沙漠景观。  相似文献   

Textural attributes, mineralogy and provenance of sand dune fields in the greater Al Ain area, United Arab Emirates     

Mohamed M. Abu-Zeid  Ashraf R. Baghdady  Hassan A. El-Etr 《Journal of Arid Environments》2001,48(4):475

Sand dunes and interdune sediments around Al Ain city have markedly high carbonate contents which increase towards Jabal Hafit mountain and the Arabian Gulf coast. The dunes are composed predominantly of well-sorted fine sands, consisting of unstrained quartz and carbonate grains together with minor proportions of chert and feldspars. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) examination reveals that quartz grains display various mechanically- and chemically-formed surface textures. The heavy minerals are dominated by opaques and pyroxenes with minor tourmaline, garnet, rutile, epidote, monazite, zircon, hornblende and staurolite.Interdune sediments consist of fine and very fine, poorly- to extremely poorly-sorted sands together with small concentrations of gravel, silt and clay. The light sand fractions compositionally resemble those of dunes but contain, in addition, gypsum, anhydrite, halite and celestite. Percentages of pyroxenes are higher whereas those of zircon, tourmaline and rutile are lower than in dunes. X-ray diffractometry reveals that the clay fractions consist solely of palygorskite. Generally, interdune sediments are much less mature texturally and mineralogically than dune sands; the maturity of both types of sediments decreases toward the NE of the study area.Sand dunes in the various districts of the greater Al Ain area are genetically related. Also, there is a partial genetic relationship between the dunes and interdune sediments; both are mainly multicyclic. Their major parts were brought mainly by the dominant north-west (El Shamal) winds from older dune fields in other localities in U.A.E., Qatar and El-Rub El-Khali. Local contributions to the dune fields from Jabal Hafit mountain, the Oman Mountains and the calcareous coast of the Arabian Gulf were, in cases, significant. Also, authigenesis by groundwater under highly evaporitic conditions played a major role in the formation of interdune sediments through the genesis of the clay and some nonclay minerals.  相似文献   

辽西金岭寺—羊山盆地北部土城子组层序地层特征及盆地演化   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

邢德和  张立东  郭胜哲  张长捷  彭艳东  贾斌  陈树旺  丁秋红  郑月娟 《中国地质》2001,28(12):5-12

辽西金（金岭寺）－羊（羊山）盆地北部陆相红层土城子组非常发育，沉积物具有明显的旋回性。根据岩石组合、组构、沉积相及环境变化等分析，本区土城子组自下而上大体可划分为1个Ⅱ级层序、2个Ⅲ级层 序、26个Ⅳ级层序。在区域构造控制下，金－羊盆地北部在土城子期经历了两次湖扩张－湖萎缩过程，分别对应下部的冲积扇－干化湖、中部的冲积扇－风成沙漠和顶部的干化湖沉积。  相似文献