Table 2 Summary of desert sediment and source rock major element data from the literature.
Desert/Mountain | Number of samples | References | |
|---|---|---|---|
Dune sands | Algodones Dunes | 10 | Muhs18 |
Parker dunes | 8 | Muhs18 | |
Monahans dune field | 10 | Muhs18 | |
Nebraska Sand Hills | 15 | Muhs18 | |
Casper dune field | 14 | Muhs18 | |
Negev dune field | 67 | Muhs et al.14 | |
Sinai dune field | 23 | Muhs et al.14 | |
Grand Erg Oriental | 9 | Muhs18 | |
Great Sandy Desert | 8 | Muhs18 | |
Zallaf Sand Sea | 5 | Muhs18 | |
Namib Sand Sea | 10 | Muhs18 | |
Total | 179 | ||
Fluvial sands | Taklamakan Desert | 10 | Hattori et al.39; Zhu and Yang28; Jiang and Yang19; Zhou et al.40 |
Gurbantunggut Desert | 10 | Tursun et al.21 | |
Qaidam Desert | 13 | Zeng and Xue41 | |
Badain Jaran Desert | 16 | Liang et al.42 | |
Ulan Buh Desert/ Kubuqi Desert/ Mu Us Sandy land | 73 | Pang et al.43 | |
Horqin Sandy Land | 7 | ||
Total | 129 | ||
Source rocks | The southern margin of the Chinese Altai | 26 | Yuan et al.46 |
Eastern Tianshan | 9 | Ding et al.47 | |
East Kunlun | 30 | Huang et al.48 | |
North Qilian Shan | 29 | Yan et al.49 | |
Langshan area | 22 | Wang et al.50 | |
Greater Khingan Range | 18 | ||
Total | 134 |
