supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40806021,40830107,and 91128208);the National Basic Research Program of China(2007CB815906)
High resolution elemental records in core MD05-2903 from the northern South China Sea were obtained from XRF scanning and grain size and mineral component analyses.The K/Ti curve reveals climate changes since MIS 3 on...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB815906)
In order to study vegetation evolution and environmental change during 3.15-0.67 Ma,a total of 608 pollen samples with an average time resolution of 4 ka has been analyzed from ODP Site 1145(water depth 3175 m),northe...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40925008 and 91128206);the National Basic Research Program of China(2007CB815906)
Variability of clay mineral assemblages in the Western Pacific Warm Pool(WPWP) over the past 370 ka shows the prominent glacial-interglacial cyclicity.Smectite(62%-91%) is the dominant clay mineral,with decreased cont...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40925008, 40876024 and 40776027);the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB815906);the Program of Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist (10XD1406300)
High-resolution grain size and major element geochemical measurements were performed on the marine sediments of Core MD05-2895 to help understand the formation of turbidite sequences. Grain-size results show that thes...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40925008,40876024,and 40776027);National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815906);Shanghai Shuguang Program (Grant No. 07SG23);Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist Program (Grant No. 10XD1406300)
Weathering products of silicate rocks are particularly useful for evaluating the continental chemical weathering on the Earth's surface and its mechanism.Clay mineralogy and major-element geochemistry of surface sedim...