the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for funding the field studies and for the research productivity fellowship (CNPq/PQ) awarded to Pedro Henrique Augusto MEDEIROS and José Carlos de ARAúJO;the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) for the doctoral scholarship awarded to Teresa Raquel Lima FARIAS (2117/13-4);the Foundation for the Support of Scientific and Technological Development in the State of Ceará (FUNCAP) for the master scholarship awarded to Maria Thereza Rocha CHAVES。
Vegetation plays a major role in soil protection against erosion effects,and studies have also highlighted its importance in retaining sediments from roadside slopes.Yet,hydro-sedimentological studies under natural pr...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42230720,32160410,42167069);the Gansu Key Research and Development Program(22YF7FA078,GZTZ20240415);Gansu Province Forestry and Grassland Science and Technology Innovation Project(LCCX202303).
The clay–sand barriers in Minqin desert area,China,represent a pioneering windbreak and sand fixation project with a venerable history of 60 a.However,studies on evaluating the long-term effectiveness of clay–sand b...
supported by the key research and development and transformation project of Qinghai Province,China(2022-SF-173);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program,China(2019QZKK0606);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42101027).
Soil erosion is one of the most serious environmental issues constraining the sustainable development of human society and economies.Soil compound erosion is the result of the alternation or interaction between two or...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation,China(41907047);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFE0202900);the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin,China(18JCZDJC39600).
Investigating the effect of geocells on the erosion and deposition distribution of ephemeral gullies in the black soil area of Northeast China can provide a scientific basis for the allocation of soil and water conser...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2040208,52009104,52079106,42107087);the Shaanxi Province Innovation Talent Promotion Plan Project Technology Innovation Team(2020TD-023)。
Hydraulic erosion associated with seasonal freeze-thaw cycles is one of the most predominant factors,which drives soil stripping and transportation.In this study,indoor simulated meltwater erosion experiments were use...
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC0403605);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(413517033);the State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin,China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research(SKL2018CG04);the Shaanxi Province Innovation Talent Promotion Plan Project Technology Innovation Team(2018TD-037)。
Seasonal freeze–thaw processes have led to severe soil erosion in the middle and high latitudes.The area affected by freeze–thaw erosion in China exceeds 13%of the national territory.So understanding the effect of f...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41271023)
Aerial photographs and 3-D laser scans of a 90-m high star dune at the Crescent Moon Spring scenic spot in Dunhuang,China,are used to investigate the changes in dune morphology on timescales from months to decades.The...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41271286);the Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation (41621061)
Complex erosion by wind and water causes serious harm in arid and semi-arid regions. The interaction mechanisms between water erosion and wind erosion is the key to further our understanding of the complex erosion. Th...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41271020, 41330746);CERS-China Equipment and Education Resources System (CERS-1-109)
Although scientists have performed many studies in the Taklimakan Desert, few of them have reported the blown sand motion along the southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert Highway, which differs significantly from the ...
study was based on the international project "Development of a Hillslope-scale Sediment Transport Model" bilaterally supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2007-614-D00036, NRF-2008-614-D00018, NRF-2011013-D00124 and NRF-2013R1A1A4A01007676) and TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey; 108Y250);supported in part by a grant (13CRTI-B052117-01) from the Regional Technology Innovation Program and another grant from the Advanced Water Management Research Program funded by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Korean Government, a 2011–2012 grant from Geum-River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, Korea, and a Korea University Grant
Climate change can escalate rainfall intensity and cause further increase in sediment transport in arid lands which in turn can adversely affect water quality. Hence, there is a strong need to predict the fate of sedi...