As China’s first desert natural heritage site,Badain Jaran Desert captivates the human imagination not only with its sand,but water,life and culture,says archeologist Ge Zhiyong.On July 26,2024,China’s Badain Jaran ...
When American journalist Donovan Webster explored the Badain Jaran Desert,the fourth largest desert in the world lying in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China,he was struck by its history dating back to ...
On June 10,2009,just before 9:30 a.m.,Hu Hongwei was standing beneath a power tower,preparing for his work.His colleagues had arrived early but were careful not to engage in too much conversation with him,not wanting ...
Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42177179)is gratefully acknowledged.
Machine learning methods have advantages in predicting excavation-induced lateral wall displacements.Due to lack of sufficient field data,training data for prediction models were often derived from the results of nume...
This study aims to investigate the efficiency of the Bailey method when natural sand is included in the mix at two coarseness levels of aggregate gradations:fine-graded(FG)and coarse-graided(CG),and three mixes with v...
It took seven years to win recognition for the Badain Jaran Desert as a UNESCO World Heritage Site,reflecting China's dedication to natural heritage protection and the international community's recognition of its valu...
The depositional environment of the sands of the cover formation is discussed. This study aims to determine the paleoenvironments of deposition of the sands of the cover formation in the Batéké Plateaus by studying ...
Desertification poses a serious environmental challenge and the need for effective solutions is becoming increasingly pressing.China-Mongolia cooperation in combating desertification has emerged as an example of how n...
How to Clearly Describe Directions Imagine you arrive in an unfamiliar city and want to go to the local theme park,but you don’t know where the park is,so you pick up the"old-fashioned"mobile phone that can only make...
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología of Mexico(CONACyT)under Grant No.1000473。
The horizontal to vertical spectral ratio(HVSR)methodology is used here to characterize pumice soils and to image the three-dimensional surface geometry of Guadalajara,Mexico.Similar to other Latin American cities,Gua...