Environmental significance of RSL in ancient city wall: historical desertification of Ordos Plateau, Northern China

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	Environmental significance of RSL in ancient city wall: historical desertification of Ordos Plateau, Northern China
	Huang, Yinzhou 1; Wang, Nai-ang 1; He, Tonghui 1,2; Chen, Hongyi 1; Feng, Wenyong 1,3; Long, Hao 1,4
	2009-03-01
发表期刊	CLIMATIC CHANGE
卷号	93 期号:1-2 页码:55-67
摘要	Scholars in China have long debated whether the desertification during the past two millennia of the Ordos Plateau was caused primarily by climatic or anthropogenic factors. Focusing on the ancient cities of the Ordos Plateau, and especially on the discovery of Rammed Sand Layer (RSL) in the city wall which proved to be from sand dunes by grain size and scan electron microscope analysis, this study combined the use of historical records and methods of environmental archaeology to clarify the history of the deserts on the Ordos Plateau. The results indicated that some of the ancient cities were built originally in the desert, thus failing to represent a good condition of landscape. Therefore, abandonment of these cities cannot be simply attributed to anthropogenic desertification.
语种	英语
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.isl.ac.cn/handle/363002/5887
专题	青海盐湖研究所知识仓储中国科学院青海盐湖研究所
作者单位	1.Lanzhou Univ, Coll Earth & Environm Sci, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China 2.Ningxia Univ, Coll Resource & Environm, Yinchuan 750021, Peoples R China 3.Xinzhou Teachers Univ, Dept Geog, Xinzhou 034000, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Qinghai Inst Salt Lakes, Xining 810000, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huang, Yinzhou,Wang, Nai-ang,He, Tonghui,et al. Environmental significance of RSL in ancient city wall: historical desertification of Ordos Plateau, Northern China[J]. CLIMATIC CHANGE,2009,93(1-2):55-67.
APA	Huang, Yinzhou,Wang, Nai-ang,He, Tonghui,Chen, Hongyi,Feng, Wenyong,&Long, Hao.(2009).Environmental significance of RSL in ancient city wall: historical desertification of Ordos Plateau, Northern China.CLIMATIC CHANGE,93(1-2),55-67.
MLA	Huang, Yinzhou,et al."Environmental significance of RSL in ancient city wall: historical desertification of Ordos Plateau, Northern China".CLIMATIC CHANGE 93.1-2(2009):55-67.