Desert ecosystems in China: Past, present, and future

X Wang, X Geng, B Liu, D Cai, D Li, F **ao, B Zhu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Coastal dune mobility over the past century: A global review

J Gao, DM Kennedy… - Progress in Physical …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The mobility of coastal dunes is characterised by bio-geomorphological responses related to
change in boundary conditions, particularly sediment supply, wind and vegetation cover, as …

[BUKU][B] Geomorphology of desert dunes

N Lancaster - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Untitled Page 1 Page 2 GEOMORPHOLOGY OF DESERT DUNES Sand dunes cover up to a
quarter of many desert regions. Determining the factors that determine their shape, size and …

Remote sensing and spatial analysis of aeolian sand dunes: A review and outlook

CH Hugenholtz, N Levin, TE Barchyn, MC Baddock - Earth-science reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
For more than four decades remote sensing images have been used to document and
understand the evolution of aeolian sand dunes. Early studies focused on map** and …

Formation of parabolic dunes from barchan and transverse dunes along Israel's Mediterranean coast

H Tsoar, DG Blumberg - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean coastal dunes of Israel underwent a land‐use change during the second
half of the 20th century. Due to intense agricultural and pastoral activity, the coastal dunes …

Vegetation against dune mobility

O Durán, HJ Herrmann - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
Vegetation is the most common and most reliable stabilizer of loose soil or sand. This
ancient technique is for the first time cast into a set of equations of motion describing the …

Frequency and magnitude biases in the 'Fryberger'model, with implications for characterizing geomorphically effective winds

KI Pearce, IJ Walker - Geomorphology, 2005 - Elsevier
The 'Fryberger model'uses standardized wind data to estimate regional aeolian sediment
drift potential (DP), which allows for interpretation and classification of aeolian dune …

Investigating parabolic and nebkha dune formation using a cellular automaton modelling approach

JM Nield, ACW Baas - Earth surface processes and landforms, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation plays an important role in sha** the morphology of aeolian dune landscapes
in coastal and semi‐arid environments, where ecogeomorphic interactions are complex and …

The evolution of Holocene coastal dunefields, Jutland, Denmark: A record of climate change over the past 5000 years

LB Clemmensen, A Murray, J Heinemeier, R de Jong - Geomorphology, 2009 - Elsevier
Coastal dunefields have developed on the west coast of Jutland in Denmark over the past
5000 years. The dunefields are situated in a temperate climate zone with frequent high …

[HTML][HTML] AeoLiS: Numerical modelling of coastal dunes and aeolian landform development for real-world applications

B van Westen, S de Vries, N Cohn… - … Modelling & Software, 2024 - Elsevier
The formation and evolution of coastal dunes result from a complex interplay of eco-
morphodynamic processes. State-of-the-art models can simulate aeolian transports and …