干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): SANDSTONE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF SOUTH-WEST JORDAN, MIDDLE EAST

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DOI	10.2478/quageo-2014-0035
	SANDSTONE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF SOUTH-WEST JORDAN, MIDDLE EAST
	Migon, Piotr; Goudie, Andrew
通讯作者	Migon, P
来源期刊	QUAESTIONES GEOGRAPHICAE
ISSN	0137-477X
EISSN	2081-6383
出版年	2014
卷号	33 期号:3 页码:123-130
英文摘要	In the desert environment of south-west Jordan thick sequences of continental sandstones of Cambrian-Ordovician age support spectacular scenery, comparable with that of the Colorado Plateau of south-west USA or the central Sahara and similar in many aspects to the Danxia landform of southern China. Dissection of a sandstone tableland has given rise to numerous inselbergs and large mesas, rising from the sand-covered desert floor. The height of the hills varies from a few tens to 500-700 m in the Wadi Rum area, whereas their slope shapes are controlled by lithological properties of particular sandstone units. Rock walls of the sandstone inselbergs are subject to frequent rock falls and rock slides and host an impressive array of tafoni and honeycombs due to selective weathering, as well as a number of rock arches. Lithological differences within the sandstone sequence are crucial controls on the shape and evolution of rock slopes, exerting the influence via contrasting patterns of weathering and slope failures. The presence of ferruginous layers in the Umm 'Ishrin Sandstone is of major importance and explains the fundamental morphological differences between the otherwise similar Umm 'Ishrin and Disi sandstone units.
英文关键词	sandstone hillslope evolution desert environments Jordan
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000219300200012
WOS关键词	AL-QUWAYRA ; ENVIRONMENT ; LANDSCAPE ; EVOLUTION ; AREA
WOS类目	Geography
WOS研究方向	Geography
来源机构	University of Oxford
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/330823
作者单位	[Migon, Piotr] Univ Wroclaw, Dept Geog & Reg Dev, Pl Uniwersytecki 1, PL-50137 Wroclaw, Poland; [Goudie, Andrew] Univ Oxford, Sch Geog & Environm, Oxford, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Migon, Piotr,Goudie, Andrew. SANDSTONE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF SOUTH-WEST JORDAN, MIDDLE EAST[J]. University of Oxford,2014,33(3):123-130.
APA	Migon, Piotr,&Goudie, Andrew.(2014).SANDSTONE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF SOUTH-WEST JORDAN, MIDDLE EAST.QUAESTIONES GEOGRAPHICAE,33(3),123-130.
MLA	Migon, Piotr,et al."SANDSTONE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF SOUTH-WEST JORDAN, MIDDLE EAST".QUAESTIONES GEOGRAPHICAE 33.3(2014):123-130.