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Nature Research, Scientific Reports, 1(7), 2017

DOI: 10.1038/srep40238

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Local Circulation Maintains the Coexistence of Lake-dune Pattern in the Badain Jaran Desert

Journal article published in 2017 by Kecun Zhang, Diwen Cai ORCID, Yinhuan Ao, Zhishan An, Zichen Guo
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AbstractPrevious studies proposed various hypotheses to the formation of the mega-dunes and water recharge of the lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert but left the coexistence of lake-dune pattern unsolved. This research found that the local circulation, generated from the differences of thermodynamic properties and the unique landscape settings between lakes and mega-dunes, can be applied to interpret the pattern.