Delineation of groundwater flow and estimation of lake water flushing time using radium isotopes and geochemistry in an arid desert: The case of Badain Jaran Desert in western inner Mongolia (CHN)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104740
Abstract: Abstract The Badain Jaran Desert, located in western Inner Mongolia in northwestern China, is characterized by the coexistence of high megadunes and numerous lakes. The spatial distribution of groundwater systems and supply sources of lakes… read more here.
Keywords: groundwater; badain jaran; water; jaran desert ... See more keywords
Applicability of rare earth elements in eolian sands from desert as proxies for provenance: A case study in the Badain Jaran Desert, Northwestern China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105647
Abstract: Abstract Rare earth elements (REEs) have been widely used to infer the provenance of sediments. However, sedimentary sorting and chemical weathering may produce REE compositions within sediments that vary with grain size, leading to complications… read more here.
Keywords: eolian sands; earth elements; badain jaran; provenance ... See more keywords
Luminescence chronology and palaeoenvironmental significance of limnic relics from the Badain Jaran Desert, northern China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2019.03.024
Abstract: Abstract The Badain Jaran Desert in northern China is well known for the highest mega-dunes on Earth and unique alternating megadune–lake landform, and various formation mechanisms have been proposed. Although the relics of interdune lakes… read more here.
Keywords: limnic relics; jaran desert; northern china; badain jaran ... See more keywords
Aminopeptidase Activity of Haloalkalophilic Bacteria of the Genus Halomonas Isolated from the Soda-Saline Lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert
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DOI: 10.1134/s0026261718040069
Abstract: Three strains of haloalkaliphilic bacteria were isolated from microbial mats of soda-saline lakes of the Badain Jaran Desert, Inner Mongolia (China). Based on the data on ribosomal phylogeny, they were identified as members of the… read more here.
Keywords: badain jaran; soda saline; jaran desert; lakes badain ... See more keywords
Water resources in the Badain Jaran Desert, China: New insight from isotopes
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DOI: 10.5194/hess-2016-692
Abstract: To better understand the origin of water in the Badain Jaran Desert, China, water samples were collected from lakes, a spring and local unconfined aquifer for analyses of radiocarbon ( 14 C) and tritium (… read more here.
Keywords: badain jaran; water; jaran desert; desert china ... See more keywords