Sand and Dune Systems, DRECP

May 30, 2013 (Last modified Jun 5, 2013)
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Based on a composite of a selection set from the DRECP land cover map (based on CDFG 2012) that included “North American warm desert dunes and sand flats”, a selection set from the surficial geology dataset that included “Sand Dunes” (California Department of Conservation 2000), and California Desert Sand Dunes mapping (Dean 1978).

CDFG (California Department of Fish and Game). 2012. 
2012 Vegetation Map in Support of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. Interim Report (1.1). Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program for the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan and California Energy Commission. June 2012. 

Dean, Leslie E. 1978. “The California Desert Sand Dunes.” Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside. Jointly Supported by National Aeronautice and Space Administration, Grant No. NSG-7220, and Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. June 1978.
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Aerial Information Systems; California Dept. of Fish and Game;  Dudek

Dean, Leslie E. 1978. “The California Desert Sand Dunes.” Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside. Jointly Supported by National Aeronautice and Space Administration, Grant No. NSG-7220, and Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. June 1978.
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http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/gis/veg.asp

Dean, Leslie E. 1978. “The California Desert Sand Dunes.” Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside. 

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sand, vegetation classification, dunes, mojave desert, vegetation, desert renewable energy conservation plan
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