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Record Nr.

UNINA9910159518303321

Autore

Issanova Gulnura

Titolo

Aeolian Processes as Dust Storms in the Deserts of Central Asia and Kazakhstan / / by Gulnura Issanova, Jilili Abuduwaili

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-3190-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 133 p. 64 illus., 50 illus. in color.)

Collana

Environmental Science and Engineering, , 1863-5520

Disciplina

628

Soggetti

Environmental sciences

Environmental geography

Meteorology

Natural disasters

Mineral resources

Structural geology

Environmental Science and Engineering

Environmental Geography

Natural Hazards

Mineral Resources

Structural Geology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Status of storms in central Asia and environmental problems -- Natural conditions of central Asian deserts and land cover changes -- Spatial and temporal distribution of dust and sand storms -- Storms and land degradation relationship -- Dust storms in Kazakhstan -- Aeolian transportation of dust and sand in deserts of Kazakhstan -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book highlights the aeolian processes in the desert zone of Kazakhstan 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, 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, desertification processes due to wind erosion in the form of dust/sand storms were observed in semi-desert and desert landscapes.