Spatial variations of grain size parameters of dune sands in the Mu Us Sandy Land and Hobq Sand Sea， northern China and its potential causes

doi:10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2020.00088

Journal of Desert Research ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 158-168.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2020.00088

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Spatial variations of grain size parameters of dune sands in the Mu Us Sandy Land and Hobq Sand Sea， northern China and its potential causes

Qianqian Liu¹(), Xiaoping Yang²()

^1.Institute of Chinese Historical Geography，Fudan University，Shanghai 200433，China
^2.School of Earth Sciences，Zhejiang University，Hangzhou 310027，China

Received:2020-07-16 Revised:2020-08-21 Online:2020-09-28 Published:2020-09-28
Contact: Xiaoping Yang

Abstract

Abstract:

We collected and measured aeolian sand samples from the Mu Us Sandy Land and the Hobq Sand Sea of northern China. The data of grain sizes show that aeolian sands in the eastern and western Mu Us Sandy Land are quite different. The aeolian sands in the western Mu Us Sandy Land are much finer and better sorted compared with those in the eastern Mu Us Sandy Land. Aeolian sands in the Hobq Sand Sea show similar grain size characteristics to those of the western Mu Us Sandy Land. We conclude that the initial grain sizes of source materials could be the main factors for the regional variations across these aeolian environments. Local detritus act as an important provenance for aoelian sands of Mu Us Sandy Land and Hobq Sand Sea， and its contribution varies regionally. Influenced by complicated provenances and mixed transportation by winds and rivers， the values of mean grain size （M_z） and sorting coefficient （σ） do not show obviously spatial variations which would be associated with the prevailing wind directions in the study areas.

Key words: geomorphology, dune, grain size parameter, spatial analysis

CLC Number:

P931.3

Qianqian Liu, Xiaoping Yang. Spatial variations of grain size parameters of dune sands in the Mu Us Sandy Land and Hobq Sand Sea， northern China and its potential causes[J]. Journal of Desert Research, 2020, 40(5): 158-168.

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采样区域	沙丘类型	样品数量		各粒级沙百分含量/%
采样区域	沙丘类型	样品数量		极粗沙 (-1~0 Φ)	粗沙 (0~1 Φ)	中沙 (1~2 Φ)	细沙 (2~3 Φ)	极细沙 (3~4 Φ)	粉沙及黏土（4~5 Φ）
毛乌素沙地东部	固定-半固定沙丘	6	最大值	0.33	12.73	69.55	50.96	4.83	0.19
			最小值	0.00	0.15	47.06	26.23	0.73	0.03
			平均值	0.05	2.65	57.72	36.52	2.93	0.12
	流动沙丘	5	最大值	0.00	5.89	64.36	72.98	25.72	0.91
			最小值	0.00	0.01	15.35	26.86	2.79	0.05
			平均值	0.00	1.54	42.78	45.69	9.56	0.42
毛乌素沙地西部	固定-半固定沙丘	3	最大值	0.23	2.56	12.00	86.03	25.19	6.40
			最小值	0.00	0.00	0.40	53.62	8.48	0.39
			平均值	0.08	0.89	6.99	74.03	15.22	2.79
	流动沙丘	10	最大值	0.06	0.07	38.00	95.85	8.98	0.25
			最小值	0.00	0.00	0.17	54.90	2.33	0.00
			平均值	0.01	0.01	10.34	84.85	4.71	0.08
库布齐沙漠	流动沙丘	13	最大值	0.00	1.46	27.73	93.51	42.34	3.55
			最小值	0.00	0.00	0.20	50.85	3.63	0.02
			平均值	0.00	0.12	5.09	76.83	17.50	0.46
	河漫滩	1		0.00	0.00	0.65	38.11	54.64	6.60

采样区域	沙丘类型	样品数量		各粒级沙百分含量/%
采样区域	沙丘类型	样品数量		极粗沙 (-1~0 Φ)	粗沙 (0~1 Φ)	中沙 (1~2 Φ)	细沙 (2~3 Φ)	极细沙 (3~4 Φ)	粉沙及黏土（4~5 Φ）
毛乌素沙地东部	固定-半固定沙丘	6	最大值	0.33	12.73	69.55	50.96	4.83	0.19
			最小值	0.00	0.15	47.06	26.23	0.73	0.03
			平均值	0.05	2.65	57.72	36.52	2.93	0.12
	流动沙丘	5	最大值	0.00	5.89	64.36	72.98	25.72	0.91
			最小值	0.00	0.01	15.35	26.86	2.79	0.05
			平均值	0.00	1.54	42.78	45.69	9.56	0.42
毛乌素沙地西部	固定-半固定沙丘	3	最大值	0.23	2.56	12.00	86.03	25.19	6.40
			最小值	0.00	0.00	0.40	53.62	8.48	0.39
			平均值	0.08	0.89	6.99	74.03	15.22	2.79
	流动沙丘	10	最大值	0.06	0.07	38.00	95.85	8.98	0.25
			最小值	0.00	0.00	0.17	54.90	2.33	0.00
			平均值	0.01	0.01	10.34	84.85	4.71	0.08
库布齐沙漠	流动沙丘	13	最大值	0.00	1.46	27.73	93.51	42.34	3.55
			最小值	0.00	0.00	0.20	50.85	3.63	0.02
			平均值	0.00	0.12	5.09	76.83	17.50	0.46
	河漫滩	1		0.00	0.00	0.65	38.11	54.64	6.60

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