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DOI	10.1017/qua.2020.46
	Fluvial incision caused irreversible environmental degradation of an ancient city in the Mu Us Desert, China
	Wen, Penghui; Wang, Nai'ang; Wang, Yixin; Huang, Yinzhou; Cheng, Hongyi; He, Tonghui
通讯作者	Wang, NA (corresponding author), Lanzhou Univ, Ctr Glacier & Desert Res, Coll Earth & Environm Sci, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China.
来源期刊	QUATERNARY RESEARCH
ISSN	0033-5894
EISSN	1096-0287
出版年	2021
卷号	99 页码:1-13
英文摘要	Ancient cities are excellent spatiotemporal indicators for the study of historical human activities and environmental change. The ancient city of Sanchahe is located at the southern margin of the Mu Us Desert, China. It is an ideal location for studying the complex relationships between historical desertification and human activities. Field observations of the ancient city walls, a well, and a spring, as well as C-14 dating, grain size, spatial analysis of archaeological sites, and analyses of historical seismicity, indicated that neotectonics may have contributed to crustal uplift and accelerated fluvial incision of the Wuding River. This rapid incision caused a decline in groundwater levels, which is an important reason for the irreversible environmental degradation around Sanchahe city over the past 800 yr. This study provides new evidence for such environmental degradation and may contribute to a better understanding of historical desertification in the Mu Us Desert.
英文关键词	Environmental degradation Fluvial incision Groundwater decline Mu Us Desert Sanchahe
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000610966600001
WOS关键词	CENTRAL INNER-MONGOLIA ; NORTHERN CHINA ; SANDY LANDS ; HISTORICAL DESERTIFICATION ; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES ; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ; NORTHEASTERN CHINA ; AEOLIAN ACTIVITIES ; DUNE ACTIVITY ; RIVER
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
来源机构	兰州大学
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/348114
作者单位	[Wen, Penghui; Wang, Nai'ang; Wang, Yixin; Huang, Yinzhou; Cheng, Hongyi] Lanzhou Univ, Ctr Glacier & Desert Res, Coll Earth & Environm Sci, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China; [He, Tonghui] Ningxia Univ, Breeding Base State Key Lab Preventing Land Degra, Minist Educ, Key Lab Restorat & Reconstruct Degraded Ecosyst, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wen, Penghui,Wang, Nai'ang,Wang, Yixin,et al. Fluvial incision caused irreversible environmental degradation of an ancient city in the Mu Us Desert, China[J]. 兰州大学,2021,99:1-13.
APA	Wen, Penghui,Wang, Nai'ang,Wang, Yixin,Huang, Yinzhou,Cheng, Hongyi,&He, Tonghui.(2021).Fluvial incision caused irreversible environmental degradation of an ancient city in the Mu Us Desert, China.QUATERNARY RESEARCH,99,1-13.
MLA	Wen, Penghui,et al."Fluvial incision caused irreversible environmental degradation of an ancient city in the Mu Us Desert, China".QUATERNARY RESEARCH 99(2021):1-13.