Wind Erosion in the Qaidam Basin, Central Asia: Implications for Tectonics, Paleoclimate, and the Source of the Loess Plateau
2011 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition Call for Papers, p. 15 VOL. 21, NO. 4/5 A PUBLICATION OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA APRIL/MAY 2011 Wind erosion in the Qaidam basin, central Asia: Implications for tectonics, paleoclimate, and the source of the Loess Plateau Inside: L Call for Committee Service, p. 50 L Special GSA Foundation Update, p. 54 L Position Statement Draft: Geoheritage, p. 56 VOLUME 21, NUMBER 4/5 ▲ APRIL/MAY 2011 SCIENCE ARTICLE GSA TODAY (ISSN 1052-5173 USPS 0456-530) prints news 4 Wind erosion in the Qaidam basin, and information for more than 23,000 GSA member read- ers and subscribing libraries, with 11 monthly issues (April/ central Asia: Implications for tectonics, May is a combined issue). GSA TODAY is published by The paleoclimate, and the source of the Geological Society of America® Inc. (GSA) with offices at 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, Colorado, USA, and a mail- Loess Plateau ing address of P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USA. Paul Kapp, Jon D. Pelletier, Alexander GSA provides this and other forums for the presentation Rohrmann, Richard Heermance, of diverse opinions and positions by scientists worldwide, regardless of race, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, Joellen Russell, and Lin Ding religion, or political viewpoint. Opinions presented in this publication do not reflect official positions of the Society. Cover: Field of wind-sculpted yardangs in the north- © 2011 The Geological Society of America Inc. All rights western Qaidam basin. Photo by Paul Kapp. See “Wind reserved. Copyright not claimed on content prepared wholly erosion in the Qaidam basin, central Asia: Implications by U.S.
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