The developmental trend and influencing factors of aeolian desertification in the Zoige Basin, eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (SCI) | |
Hu G. Y.; Dong Z. B.; Lu J. F.; Yan C. Z. | |
刊名 | Aeolian Research
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2015 | |
卷号 | 19页码:275-281 |
英文摘要 | The Zoige Basin is located in the northeastern region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and covers an area of 19,400 km(2). At a mean altitude of 3500 m, the basin is highly sensitive to global environmental change and human disturbance due to its high elevation and fragile cold environment. The process of aeolian desertification in the basin can be clearly recognized in Landsat images that show the development of sand sheets and dunes over time. To monitor the spatial and temporal changes of aeolian desertification in the Zoige Basin, we analyzed Landsat images recorded in 1975, 1990, 2000, 2005, and 2010. Results showed that aeolian desertification increased rapidly from 1975 to 1990, was stable from 1990 to 2000, decreased slightly from 2000 to 2005, and decreased sharply from 2005 to 2010. Increasing temperature, overgrazing, rodent damage, and drainage of wetlands were considered the key driving factors of the expansion of aeolian desertification. A number of political measures were initiated in the 1990s to slow desertification, but the countermeasures of grazing prohibition, enclosures, and paving straw checkerboard barriers were not implemented until around 2005. These measures resulted in a dramatic recovery of aeolian desertified land between 2005 and 2010. Based on the cause analysis, anthropogenic factors were identified as the dominant driving force for both development and recovery of aeolian desertified land. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.casnw.net/handle/362004/27440] ![]() |
专题 | 寒区旱区环境与工程研究所_中科院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所(未分类)_期刊论文 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hu G. Y.,Dong Z. B.,Lu J. F.,et al. The developmental trend and influencing factors of aeolian desertification in the Zoige Basin, eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (SCI)[J]. Aeolian Research,2015,19:275-281. |
APA | Hu G. Y.,Dong Z. B.,Lu J. F.,&Yan C. Z..(2015).The developmental trend and influencing factors of aeolian desertification in the Zoige Basin, eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (SCI).Aeolian Research,19,275-281. |
MLA | Hu G. Y.,et al."The developmental trend and influencing factors of aeolian desertification in the Zoige Basin, eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (SCI)".Aeolian Research 19(2015):275-281. |
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