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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 50-59.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2021.00202

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Sand blocking effect and grain size characteristics of Jilantai Salt Lake protection system

Xuewei Guan1,2(), Caiyi Yang1, Guangming Liu2(), Ji Wang3, Meng Xiao1, Yanlong Ding4, Jinlin Chen1()   

  1. 1.Co -Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China,Nanjing Forestry University,Nanjing 210037,China
    2.Institute of Soil Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing 210008,China
    3.Desert Science and Engineering College,Inner Mongolia Agricultural University,Hohhot 010019,China
    4.College of Tourism,Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics,Hohhot 010070,China
  • Received:2021-10-11 Revised:2021-11-25 Online:2022-07-20 Published:2022-08-29
  • Contact: Guangming Liu,Jinlin Chen

Abstract:

Wind-blown sand hazard is one of the important factors restricting the exploitation of resources in desert saline-alkali lake region. It is of great significance to study how to prevent and control the wind-blown sand hazard by protective effect in this region to realize the sustainable exploitation of salt lake resources. Therefore, this study takes the protection system of Jilantai Salt Lake as the research object. Through the method of field positioning monitoring and indoor analysis, the monthly sediment flux at different parts of the protection system is observed to explore the sand movement mode of the protection system of Jilantai Salt Lake and the variation law of monthly sediment flux, so as to provide data support for the effect evaluation of the protection system of Jilantai Salt Lake. The results showed that: (1) The wind speed from the mobile sand ridge to the center of the salt lake showed a trend of first decreasing and then increasing. In addition to the white thorn shrub, the wind speed of the plots was basically not affected by the wind direction. (2) Seasonal variation has a great influence on the sediment flux above 50cm height of the protection system except the shelterbelt. (3) During the observation period, the sediment transport flux in the 0-40 cm height range of the protection system accounted for 53.43%-96.63% of the total sediment transport flux, and the sand movement in the region was mainly dominated by jump. (4) From the flowing sand ridge to the center of salt lake, the distribution curve of sand particle size showed a bimodal type, and the sand particle size increased first, and reached the maximum at the saline-alkali beach, and then decreased slightly. In addition to the shelter belt, the sediment transport flux above 50 cm height of Jilantai Salt Lake protection system is greatly affected by the season, but the overall can still intercept 95.79%-99.93% of the sand, so as to effectively avoid the salt lake area.

Key words: sand transport flux, sand blocking effect, protection system, Jilantai Salt Lake

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