Which is the dominant source for the aeolian sand in the Badain Jaran Sand Sea, Northwest China: Fluvial or gobi sediments?

RETRACTED: Spatial Distribution of Soil Grain Size and its Associated Deposition Environment in the Surrounding Areas of the Badain Jaran Desert

“…The southern border of the desert (i.e., sites 1 and 2) is dominated by aeolian deposits, associated with the Ejina Qi Desert in the northwestern section of the Badain Jaran Desert (Zhang et al, 2021) and the Beida Shan and Yabulai mountains in the south. Liang et al (2023), in their quantitative analysis of sediment sources in the Badain Jaran Desert, reported that Ejina Qi Desert deposits at the southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert are the primary sand material source, while sand material near the Yabulai Mountains is largely in uenced by the Beida Shan-Yabulai Mountain system. Site 3, located in the eastern section of the Badain Jaran Desert, is characterized by predominantly shallow marine environments.…”

Tracing provenance of eolian sands in the northern Ulan Buh Desert, China: Evidence from the REE geochemical characteristics

“…The northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (NTP) represented by the QM and the Central Asian Orogen (CAO) represented by the GAM have been suggested as two ultimate material sources of Asian dust [ 1 ]. The ultimate source of the BJD is also composed of the NTP and CAO, although the detailed proportions have been debated for years [ 19 , 28 , 42 ]. In Fig.…”

“…The fine sand in the BJD has a mixed provenance from the QM and GAM, while the coarse fraction is mainly sourced from fluvial and Gobi sediments derived from the QM [ 19 , 28 , 41 ]. The latest research concluded that the Ejin Gobi sediments to the west were the primary source of sand for the BJD, while HR fluvial sediments were the secondary source [ 42 ].…”

Static and Dynamic Source Identification of Trace Elements in River and Soil Environments Under Anthropogenic Activities in the Haraz Plain, Northern Iran

“…The relative stability of tracers along the river environment from source to sink is a prerequisite (Gellis and Noe, 2013). Recently developed methods such as the conservative index (CI) and consensus ranking (CR), allow users to extract unique information that can be used to select the optimum set of tracers (Liang et al, 2023;Lizaga et al, 2020b). The Conservativeness Index (CI) measures the degree of conservatism of a tracer in a sediment source area.…”