Dunes of China

This book provides a comprehensive overview and the continental dunes in China, including eight Deserts and four dune fields of China. The volume covers the geographical background of the dunes, the formation and evolutionary process of specific dunes and landforms in these deserts and dune fields. Coastal dunes and gravel pavements will also be discussed.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Geographical background of dunes.- Chapter 3. Dune mobility.- Chapter 4. Taklimakan Desert.- Chapter 5. Gurbantunggut Desert.-Chapter 6. Kumtagh Desert.- Chapter 7. Badain Jaran Desert.- Chapter 8. Tengger Desert.- Chapter 9. Ulan Buh Desert.- Chapter 10. Mu us dune field.- Chapter 11. Otindang dune field.- Chapter 12. Horqin dune field.- Chapter 13. Hulun Buir dune field.- Chapter 14. Qaidam Basin.- Chapter 15. Honghe Basin.- Chapter 16. Dunes on the Zoige Plateau.- chapter 17. Dunes in the Valley of Yarlung Zungbu River.- Chapter 18. Coastal dunes.- Chapter 19. Gravel pavements.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ping (Editor), Lu Ping (Editor), Dong Zhibao (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.06.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9783031785115
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3178511-5
• No. of pages: 150
• Illustrations: X, 150 p. 180 illus., 80 illus. in color.
• Series: Dunes of the World
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Umwelt, Geographie, Geography, Geologie und die Lithosphäre, Physische Geographie und Topographie, geology, Dunes, Physical geography, Environmental Sciences, Geomorphology, Dune Formation processes, Dune Evolutionary Processes, Aeolian Landforms, Aeolian Geomorpholgy