Recent advances in research on the aeolian geomorphology of China's Kumtagh Sand Sea

Dong, Z.; Lv, P.

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18 Feb 2014

| 18 Feb 2014

Recent advances in research on the aeolian geomorphology of China's Kumtagh Sand Sea

Z. Dong and P. Lv

Z. Dong

Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 320, West Donggang Road, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730000, China

P. Lv

Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 320, West Donggang Road, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730000, China

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