Desertification is one of the most serious environmental problems in the world,especially in the arid desert regions.Combating desertification,therefore,is an urgent task on a regional or even global scale.The Taklima...Desertification is one of the most serious environmental problems in the world,especially in the arid desert regions.Combating desertification,therefore,is an urgent task on a regional or even global scale.The Taklimakan Desert in China is the second largest mobile desert in the world and has been called the''Dead Sea''due to few organisms can exist in such a harsh environment.The Taklimakan Desert Highway,the longest desert highway(a total length of 446 km)across the mobile desert in the world,was built in the 1990s within the Taklimakan Desert.It has an important strategic significance regarding oil and gas resources exploration and plays a vital role in the socio-economic development of southern Xinjiang,China.However,wind-blow sand seriously damages the smoothness of the desert highway and,in this case,mechanical sand control system(including sand barrier fences and straw checkerboards)was used early in the life of the desert highway to protect the road.Unfortunately,more than 70%of the sand barrier fences and straw checkerboards have lost their functions,and the desert highway has often been buried and frequently blocked since 1999.To solve this problem,a long artificial shelterbelt with the length of 437 km was built along the desert highway since 2000.However,some potential problems still exist for the sustainable development of the desert highway,such as water shortage,strong sandstorms,extreme environmental characteristics and large maintenance costs.The study aims to provide an overview of the damages caused by wind-blown sand and the effects of sand control measures along the Taklimakan Desert Highway.Ultimately,we provide some suggestions for the biological sand control system to ensure the sustainable development of the Taklimakan Desert Highway,such as screening drought-resistant species to reduce the irrigation requirement and ensure the sound development of groundwater,screening halophytes to restore vegetation in the case of soil salinization,and planting cash crops,such as Cistanche,Wolfberry,Apocynum and other cash crops to decrease the high cost of maintenance on highways and shelterbelts.展开更多
中国黄土高原的黄土-古土壤风尘堆积序列具有粒度细、沉积速率高和连续性好等特征,是古气候学研究的重要组成部分。黄土沉积物在轨道尺度上与全球气候关系密切,可以记录千年-百年尺度的快速气候事件。中国黄土古气候学取得的核心成果之...中国黄土高原的黄土-古土壤风尘堆积序列具有粒度细、沉积速率高和连续性好等特征,是古气候学研究的重要组成部分。黄土沉积物在轨道尺度上与全球气候关系密切,可以记录千年-百年尺度的快速气候事件。中国黄土古气候学取得的核心成果之一,就是磁化率可以作为东亚夏季风替代性指标,然而,磁化率在古气候研究中存在多解性,导致其在高分辨率研究中应用较少。文中选择黄土高原的赵家川和巴谢剖面磁化率数据,通过与格陵兰冰心和中国石笋等高分辨率古气候记录进行对比,发现赵家川剖面磁化率记录了4次Heinrich事件,巴谢剖面磁化率记录了全新世以来新仙女木、9.2 ka和4.2 ka 3次气候快速恶化事件。通过对比分析巴谢剖面磁化率记录的3次快速气候事件及其可能的驱动因素,认为太阳辐射减弱可能是主要因素。展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971731,41771121)the Xinjiang National Key Research and Development Program(2019B00005)+1 种基金the National Key Research and Development Program(2017YFC0506705)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences(2017476).
文摘Desertification is one of the most serious environmental problems in the world,especially in the arid desert regions.Combating desertification,therefore,is an urgent task on a regional or even global scale.The Taklimakan Desert in China is the second largest mobile desert in the world and has been called the''Dead Sea''due to few organisms can exist in such a harsh environment.The Taklimakan Desert Highway,the longest desert highway(a total length of 446 km)across the mobile desert in the world,was built in the 1990s within the Taklimakan Desert.It has an important strategic significance regarding oil and gas resources exploration and plays a vital role in the socio-economic development of southern Xinjiang,China.However,wind-blow sand seriously damages the smoothness of the desert highway and,in this case,mechanical sand control system(including sand barrier fences and straw checkerboards)was used early in the life of the desert highway to protect the road.Unfortunately,more than 70%of the sand barrier fences and straw checkerboards have lost their functions,and the desert highway has often been buried and frequently blocked since 1999.To solve this problem,a long artificial shelterbelt with the length of 437 km was built along the desert highway since 2000.However,some potential problems still exist for the sustainable development of the desert highway,such as water shortage,strong sandstorms,extreme environmental characteristics and large maintenance costs.The study aims to provide an overview of the damages caused by wind-blown sand and the effects of sand control measures along the Taklimakan Desert Highway.Ultimately,we provide some suggestions for the biological sand control system to ensure the sustainable development of the Taklimakan Desert Highway,such as screening drought-resistant species to reduce the irrigation requirement and ensure the sound development of groundwater,screening halophytes to restore vegetation in the case of soil salinization,and planting cash crops,such as Cistanche,Wolfberry,Apocynum and other cash crops to decrease the high cost of maintenance on highways and shelterbelts.
文摘中国黄土高原的黄土-古土壤风尘堆积序列具有粒度细、沉积速率高和连续性好等特征,是古气候学研究的重要组成部分。黄土沉积物在轨道尺度上与全球气候关系密切,可以记录千年-百年尺度的快速气候事件。中国黄土古气候学取得的核心成果之一,就是磁化率可以作为东亚夏季风替代性指标,然而,磁化率在古气候研究中存在多解性,导致其在高分辨率研究中应用较少。文中选择黄土高原的赵家川和巴谢剖面磁化率数据,通过与格陵兰冰心和中国石笋等高分辨率古气候记录进行对比,发现赵家川剖面磁化率记录了4次Heinrich事件,巴谢剖面磁化率记录了全新世以来新仙女木、9.2 ka和4.2 ka 3次气候快速恶化事件。通过对比分析巴谢剖面磁化率记录的3次快速气候事件及其可能的驱动因素,认为太阳辐射减弱可能是主要因素。
