LI Xiaoying, YAO Zhengyi, DONG Zhibao. Driving Mechanism of Aeolian Desertification in Gonghe Basin of Qinghai Province[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2018, 38(6): 337-344.
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LI Xiaoying, YAO Zhengyi, DONG Zhibao. Driving Mechanism of Aeolian Desertification in Gonghe Basin of Qinghai Province[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2018, 38(6): 337-344. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2018.06.051.
Driving Mechanism of Aeolian Desertification in Gonghe Basin of Qinghai Province
[Objective] The objective of this paper was to analyze the causes and processes of aeolian desertification in Gonghe basin of Qinghai Province
and to provide scientific basis for controlling the ecological environment.[Methods] Google Earth and ArcGIS were used to analyze the distribution characteristics of aeolian desertification in different regions. The movement velocity of sand dunes and the velocity reactivation of fossil dunes were monitored by comparing the interpreted remote-sensing images in six periods. The temperature
precipitation
wind speed
and livestock number were analyzed by the SPSS. In addition
the formation process of aeolian desertification was studied according to the field investigation
grain-size test
and analysis of stratigraphy.[Results] The mobile dunes and sand sheets are widely distributed in Gonghe basin of Qinghai Province. There have a large number of aeolian Yardang landforms
and the sandy lands are interlaced with patch and strip. Stratigraphic analysis showed that the surface of fixed dunes is covered by sandy silt with different thickness
and the layer under there is relatively loose sand. The main forms of aeolian desertification are the reactivation of fixed sand dunes
the exposure of fine sands from rivers and lakes
and the reactivation of fixed sand belts and fossil dunes.[Conclusion] Cemented silts layer is a protective shell of the loose sand
and trampling of grazing animals is main reason for the damage of this protective layer. Under trampling of grazing animals damage
sand flow
and gravity erosion
the collapse and destruction of the silts layer lead more loose sand exposed. The circulation of this process made the reactivation of fixed sand dunes and formed the blowouts
which is the main process of aeolian desertification formation and development in the Gonghe Basin of Qinghai Province.
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