The Badain Jaran desert: remote sensing investigations.

A. S. Walker; J. W. Olsen; Bagen

doi:10.2307/634872

The Badain Jaran desert: remote sensing investigations.

A. S. Walker, J. W. Olsen, Bagen

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Approximately half the Badain Jaran desert in the north-western Alashan Plain of northern China is a sand sea. The remainder is gravel or bedrock. The north-western border of the desert is a playa. The desert has been imaged by both Landsat and the Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-A). -from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	205-210
Number of pages	6
Journal	Geographical Journal
Volume	153
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/634872
State	Published - 1987

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