The QTE EDP was funded by the Western Project Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-XB2-10);Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.40730736);National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (Grant No. 40625004)
As one part of the National Highway Network Planning in China, the Qinghai-Tibet Expressway (QTE) from Golmud to Lhasa will be built in the interior of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) across about 630 km of permaf...