LATE HOLOCENE GROWTH AND MOBILITY OF A TRANSVERSE DUNE IN THE THAR DESERT

Authors
KAR A FELIX C RAJAGURU SN SINGHVI AK
Citation
A. Kar et al., LATE HOLOCENE GROWTH AND MOBILITY OF A TRANSVERSE DUNE IN THE THAR DESERT, Journal of arid environments, 38(2), 1998, pp. 175-185
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences",Ecology
Journal title
Journal of arid environments → ACNP
ISSN journal
01401963
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
175 - 185
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-1963(1998)38:2<175:LHGAMO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Stratigraphic, granulometric and Infra-Red Stimulated Luminescence dat ing studies on a 7-m high transverse dune in the Thar Desert provide e vidence of high variability in dune accretion and mobility rates durin g the last 2000 years. Human activity during recent years has increase d dune mobility beyond the rates seen under natural situations. (C) 19 98 Academic Press Limited.