supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41101003,41230743,41328001,and 41371082);National Natural Science Awards of China(2009) to Yafeng Shi,Zhijiu Cui,Jijun Li,Benxing Zheng,and Shangzhe Zhou(Z104-2-05)
The onset of Quaternary glaciations is a critical event in the climate and tectonic history of the Tibetan Plateau.The Shishapangma Glaciation,defined based on the till deposit from the northern slopes of Mt.Shishapan...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40532012 and 40373011);the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX3-SW-141)
The Kaigas, Sturtian, Marinoan, and Gaskiers glaciations are widely recognized in Neoproterozoic. However, in the South China Block only the Jiangkou (Sturtian) and Nantuo (Marinoan) are symbolized by sedimentary reco...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40371013 and 40601012);NSF/EAR-0345277
Guxiang and Baiyu Glaciations are two previously recognized local glaciations of the Tibetan Plateau. They have been widely used as the reference standard for classifying Late Quaternary glaciations on the Tibetan Pla...
In the Schoningen open-pit lignite mine (Northeastern Lower Saxony, Germany),Tertiary strata are unconformably overlain by Quaternary sediments and soils of Middle and LatePleistocene and Holocene age. The complex Ple...