supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41290253, 40772116);the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Projects) (Nos.2010CB83340, 2013CB955904)
The north-trending Liupan Shan (六盘山) is an important tectonic boundary between the Tibetan Plateau and the Ordos platform. The Late Cenozoic red earth deposits of the Liupan Shan record its tectonic history and e...
supported by National Basic Research Program of China (Grants Nos. 2010CB833400, 2004CB720200);Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-Q09-04);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 41072142, 40921120406 and 40772116);State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG)
The expansion of inland Asia deserts has considerably influenced the environmental, social and economic activities in Asia. Aridification of inland Asia, especially timing of the initiation of Asian desertification, i...
supported by the State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology(Grant No.SKLLQG0507);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos. 40572124 and 40772116);Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No. 050713);This is contribution No.IS-1157 from GIGCAS
The Lüliang Mountains, located in the North China Craton, is a relatively stable block, but it has experienced uplift and denudation since the late Mesozoic. We hence aim to explore its time and rate of the exhumatio...
supported by Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-301);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40501007, 40772116, 40801031);National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB411500);Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2006FY110200)
The Pochengzi Glaciation is a typical glaciation in Quaternary in the Tianshan Mountains. The glacial landforms comprise several integrated end moraines, like a fan spreading from the north to the south at the mouth o...