Caption: This map shows Central Asia's Qaidam Basin, Gobi Desert and Loess Plateau. A research team led by University of Arizona geoscientist Paul Kapp suggests that during glacial times, winds blew dust from the Qaidam Basin to the Loess Plateau and deposited more than half of the dust currently in the Loess Plateau. During interglacial times such as the present, the westerly winds shift north and blow dust from the Gobi Desert to the Loess Plateau.
Credit: Paul Kapp, University of Arizona.
Usage Restrictions: This photo may be used only to illustrate a story about the research described in the accompanying release, Wind Can Keep Mountains from Growing. The photo credit must be included with the image.
1 posted on
03/28/2011 7:40:44 PM PDT by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
03/28/2011 7:41:23 PM PDT by
decimon
To: decimon
Major location of loess hills in America are in Northwest Iowa.
To: decimon
PFFFFFFT it was climate change caused by the smoke from mongol campfires......
4 posted on
03/28/2011 7:46:37 PM PDT by
flat
To: decimon
Really interesting. I went on Google Earth and will go back but the article does seem to relate to some of what you see.
8 posted on
03/28/2011 8:01:33 PM PDT by
JimSEA
To: decimon
"No one had ever thought that wind could be this effective," said Kapp, a UA associate professor of geosciences. "You won't read in a textbook that wind is a major process in terms of breaking down rock material."
That's odd. I learned as a child that wind erosion was a major factor in shaping rocks and land topography.
12 posted on
03/28/2011 8:28:16 PM PDT by
BBell
To: decimon
I believe it. Came off a ski lift on the top of the mountain at Tahoe a few weeks ago and felt like my face was being sandblasted. Got down the hill fast as I could. I can only imagine what a million years of that could do to solid rock.
13 posted on
03/28/2011 8:54:34 PM PDT by
RatRipper
(I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
To: decimon
so answer this smart guy:
how come my butt isnt smaller?
To: decimon
No kidding.
Guess the direction of the ocean currents here...
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22 posted on
03/29/2011 10:09:59 PM PDT by
null and void
(We are now in day 796 of our national holiday from reality. - It's 3 AM, where is the 'president'?)
To: decimon
The Himalayans are losing thousands of tons of rock and debris every year, slowly wearing it down, due to wind and erosion. But the same goes with other mountain ranges and the Grand Canyon, as well. (I watch every episode of "How The Earth Was Made" on History Channel.)
23 posted on
03/30/2011 1:08:55 PM PDT by
submarinerswife
(Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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