Wind as the primary driver of erosion in the Qaidam Basin, China

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  2013

• Venue

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters

• Publication date

  2013-07-15

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.EPSL.2013.03.011
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