“…Intensive windblown sand activities in deserts and the related topic of global Aeolian dust provenance have been the topic of much study (e.g., Bagnold, 1941;Sharp, 1964;Zhu et al, 1981;Gillette & Passi, 1988;Marticorena & Bergametti, 1995;Shao, 2003;Yang et al, 2007;Gao & Washington, 2009, 2010a, 2010b. Petrologic and geochemical investigations of Aeolian sediments have conventionally been used to examine their provenance and transport pathways in desert areas (Zhu et al, 1981;Basu & Molinaroli, 1989;Carranza-Edwards et al, 2001;Yang et al, 2002;Yang et al, 2007;Muhs et al, 2003;Muhs, 2004;Kasper-Zubillaga et al, 2006).…”