其他摘要 | Desertification and dune migration are two serious forms of land degradation, resulting in the destruction of
grassland and farmland ecosystems. Sandstorm activities occur more frequently in the Tibetan Plateau of western China in
recent years, particularly with the expansion of desertification. The Qaidam Basin is the largest intermountain basin located in
the northwestern portion of the Tibetan Plateau. This basin is usually considered to be 'the region of Earth most similar to
Mars', providing for a sound reference for the study of Mars aeolian geomorphology. However, it is still lacking the
understanding of dune migration in the Qaidam Basin. Taking the transverse dunes (such as barchan dune) as the research
objects, this study aims to clarify the spatial regionalization and response to morphological parameters of dune migration in the
Qaidam Basin. Geo Eye, Quick bird and World View satellite images were utilized to measure morphological parameters and
migration using the Google Earth software. The main results were listed as follows: 1) The average migration rate of dunes
was between 0 and 23.53 m/a in the study area, with an average of 4.66 m/a, more than half of which was the medium speed
(53.73%). The migration direction of the dune was between 53.52° and 150.06°, with an average of 104.13°, indicating a better
agreement with the main wind direction. The average speed of dune migration slowed down spatially from northwest to
southeast, but there was no obvious trend. Specifically, the fastest migration was found in the middle (5.22 m/a), followed by
the northwest (4.84 m/a), the north (3.49 m/a), the southwest (3.35 m/a), and the southeast (3.27 m/a). The migration direction
changed with the direction of the mountain range. 2)The migration of the dune was much slower as the volume of dune
increased in the same environment. There was a very significant (P<0.01) exponential negative correlation between the
migration speeds and morphological parameters of dune, such as the length of windward slope (R 2 =0.716), length of lee slope
(R 2 =0.705), height (R 2 =0.705), width (R 2 =0.988), perimeter (R 2 =0.986), basal area (R 2 =0.955), whereas, a very significant
(P<0.01) linear negative correlation with the coefficient of dune shape (R 2 =0.438), and a significant (P<0.05) positive linear
correlation with the length-width ratio (R 2 =0.130). Therefore, more attention can be paid to the dune width in future studies
using remote sensing images. 3)The dune migration was much slower as the wind velocity decreased and the precipitation
increased in the whole basin. Furthermore, the dune moved slowly under the great vegetation coverage in the southeastern
basin. 4)Dense rivers blocked the dune migration and protected Golmud City, but the dune migration still posed great threats to
the whole ecosystem. This finding can make a great contribution to the accurate understanding of sandstorm activities for
regional town planning and protection in the national ecological security shelter zone on the Tibetan Plateau of western China. |
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