A dry lake bed, also known as a playa (/ ˈ p l aɪ-ə /), is a basin or depression that formerly contained a standing surface water body, which disappears when evaporation processes …

Playa, flat-bottom depression found in interior desert basins and adjacent to coasts within arid and semiarid regions, periodically covered by water that slowly filtrates into the ground water …

A playa is a dry, vegetation-free, flat area at the lowest part of an undrained desert basin. It is a location where ephemeral lakes form during wet periods, and is underlain by stratified clay, …

Playa—originally a Spanish word meaning “shore” or “beach,” now denoting in English the flat-floored bottom of an interior desert basin on which smooth, barren, sun-baked microrelief …

These dry lake basins, often found in arid regions, are vital geological features with significant implications for the oil and gas industry. What is a Playa? A playa, also known as a playas …

2000年5月1日 · 1) Playa: a discharging intracontinental basin with a negative water balance, remaining dry 75% of the year, and often associated with evaporites. 2) Playa lake: a …

Playa basins contain saline lakes and the evaporitic mudflats around them. However, playa basins can be different if they are fed by marine incursions, dominated by perennial lakes of brackish …

1994年1月1日 · In this paper a playa is defined as an intracontinental basin where the water balance of the lake (all sources of precipitation, surface-water flow, and groundwater flow …

2016年10月10日 · In two experiments, outerbasin and annulus infiltration were evaluated in addition to playa basin infiltration. For these experiments, playa basin infiltration rates …

2013年7月2日 · Playa, also called pan, flat, or dry lake, flat-bottom depression found in interior desert basins and adjacent to coasts within arid and semiarid regions, periodically covered by …