Proterozoic (pre-Ediacaran) glaciations occurred under strongly seasonal climates near sea level in low palaeolatitudes. Metre-scale primary sand wedges in Cryogenian periglacial deposits are identical to those acti...
the NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China);National Innovation Research Team Project (Grant No. 40421101);the NSFC Research Projects (Grant Nos. 40301050 and 40301051)
Detailed examination of sedimentary cores retrieved from Sugan Lake in the northern Qaidam Basin of northwest China’s Tibetan Plateau reveal that fine laminated beddings form in the sediments where water depth exceed...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.40472092,40352001);the Scientific Expedition Association;and the Yilite-Mulin Group,China.
On the basis of observation of thin sections and ^137Cs data, laminations in sediment are interpreted to be varves in Bolterskardet Lake (78°06′ N, 16°01′ E), Svalbard, the Arctic. Varves appear under a petrolog...