Sand harm in Taklimakan Desert highway and sand control  

作　　者：HAN Zhiwen,WANG Tao,SUN Qingwei,DONG Zhibao,WANG Xunming(Laboratory of Blo wn Sand Physics and Desert Environment, Cold and Arid Regions Environm ental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS, Lanzhou 730000, China) 

出　　处：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》2003年第1期45-53,共9页地理学报（英文版）

基　　金：The National Key Project for Basic Research, No.G2000048705; Knowledge Innovation Project of the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS, No.CACX210093

摘　　要：Re puted as a wonderful achievement of the world's highway construction h istory, the Taklimakan Desert highway is now facing serious sand drift encroachment problems due to its 447-km-long passage of sand sea consist ing of crescent dunes, barchan chains, compound transverse dune ridges and co mplex megadunes. To solve some technical problems in the protection of the highway from sand drift encroachment, desert experts have been conductin g the theoretical and applied studies on sand movement laws; causes, severities and time-space differentiation of sand drift damages; and control ways in cluding mechanical, chemical and biological measures. In this paper the authors give an overall summary on the research contents and recent progress i n the control of sand drift damages in China and hold that the theoretica l research results and practices in the prevention of sand drift encr oachment on the cross-desert highway represent a breakthrough and has an epoch-making significance. Since the construction of protective forest along the cross-desert highway requires large amount of ground water, what will be its environmental consequence and whether it can effectiv ely halt sand drift encroachment on the highway forever are the questions to be studied urgently.Re puted as a wonderful achievement of the world's highway construction h istory, the Taklimakan Desert highway is now facing serious sand drift encroachment problems due to its 447-km-long passage of sand sea consist ing of crescent dunes, barchan chains, compound transverse dune ridges and co mplex megadunes. To solve some technical problems in the protection of the highway from sand drift encroachment, desert experts have been conductin g the theoretical and applied studies on sand movement laws; causes, severities and time-space differentiation of sand drift damages; and control ways in cluding mechanical, chemical and biological measures. In this paper the authors give an overall summary on the research contents and recent progress i n the control of sand drift damages in China and hold that the theoretica l research results and practices in the prevention of sand drift encr oachment on the cross-desert highway represent a breakthrough and has an epoch-making significance. Since the construction of protective forest along the cross-desert highway requires large amount of ground water, what will be its environmental consequence and whether it can effectiv ely halt sand drift encroachment on the highway forever are the questions to be studied urgently.

关 键 词：Taklimakan Desert cross-desert highway blown sand hazards control technique 

分 类 号：U417[交通运输工程—道路与铁道工程]