Overview
- Analyzes the current status of dust and sand storms in Central Asia and Kazakhstan
- Highlights the relationship between dust/sand storms and land degradation/desertification, as well as regional environmental changes
- Examines the sources of dust storms, their frequency and duration, as well as favorable conditions for the formation of storms
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book highlights the aeolian processes in the desert zone of Kazakhstan and Central Asian Deserts, and analyzes the current status of dust and sand storms in Central Asia and Kazakhstan.
It also highlights the analyses, dynamics and long-term observations of storms on the basis of numerous cartographic materials and satellite images.
Dust/sand storms are a common and important phenomenon in the arid and semi-arid regions of Kazakhstan and Central Asia as well,especially in its southern parts, where areas are covered by a great variety of deserts and offer a significant source of mineral and salt aerosols.
The deserts of Kazakhstan mostly cover lowlands and extend from the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea to the piedmonts of the Tien-Shan Mountain.
In Kazakhstan and Central Asia desertification processes due to wind erosion in the form of dust/sand storms were observed in semi-desert and desert landscapes.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Jilili Abuduwaili is a professor at Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is an Associate Editor of the “Journal of Arid Land”; Editor in chief of the “Arid Land Geography” and “Arid Land Research” journals (both in Uyghur language); Editorial Board Member of the journal “Arid ecosystems” and “Soil Science and Agrochemistry. His research interests are in the area of resource environment in arid region, eco-security and change in landscape as well as cooperative research between Russia and countries in Central Asia.iv&
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aeolian Processes as Dust Storms in the Deserts of Central Asia and Kazakhstan
Authors: Gulnura Issanova, Jilili Abuduwaili
Series Title: Environmental Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3190-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-3189-2Published: 17 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9812-3Published: 14 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-3190-8Published: 09 January 2017
Series ISSN: 1863-5520
Series E-ISSN: 1863-5539
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 133
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Geography, Meteorology, Natural Hazards, Mineral Resources, Structural Geology