About the book LOP NOR, CHINA compiled by a famous scholar, professor Xia Xuncheng is a summary of scientific research in Lop Nur Region over a long period, projects the collective wisdom of many scientific workers engaged in the Lop Nur research. The book in fourteen chapters, discusses and analyses comprehensively and systematically the scientific investigation history, the areal geological evolution, the desert landform, the arid climate, the soil, the plant, the animal, the water resources, the environmental evolution, the salt crust, the potash deposit, the ecological conservation and rehabilitation and so on thereby opening the mysteries of Lop Nur region. At the same time, the review of investigation and exploration in Lop Nur region has for the first time revealed and rescued Peng Jiamu’s, a famous scientist’s, missing remains found in recent years. |