Deserts: modern studies influence interpretation of origins and demise of ancient deserts

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• desert 100%
• ephemeral lake 31%
• sabkha 27%
• mass wasting 25%
• rainfall 25%
• land 22%
• Phanerozoic 21%
• plate tectonics 21%
• evaporite 21%
• interglacial 20%
• glaciation 19%
• sea level rise 19%
• atmospheric pressure 18%
• water table 18%
• low pressure 18%
• shoreline 17%
• Permian 17%
• coastal area 17%
• continent 16%
• evaporation 15%
• sea level 15%
• moisture 15%
• melt 14%
• surface water 13%
• ice 13%
• carbonate 13%
• sand 12%
• vegetation 12%
• world 11%
• rate 6%
• effect 4%