National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41371204; No.41171163; No.41401216; National Science and Technology Basic Special Key Project, No.2013FY 11 1900; Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS, No.SKLLQG1206; No.SKLLQG1422; National Basic Science Personnel Training Project, No.J1103408; Foundation of Modern Analysis Center, Nanjing University, No.0422171010; Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, No.PAPD,Acknowledgements We appreciate the laboratory and field assistance of KONG Qingyou, LIU Di, YANG Li, WANG Xiaocui, FU Jingcheng, LIANG Guomin, MAO Xiaodong, FAN Dengfeng, LUO Jiehong, WU Huaan, TAN Ming, DAI Huibao, and XIE Zhangzhen.
The formation of Danxia landscapes is too slow to be observed in our life time and the paleoclimates in which Danxia landscapes developed are significantly different from the present. Thus, this study adopted experime...