The passage of our Solar System through the spiral arms has been implicated as a contributor to global environmental perturbations.The suggestion of a consistent structure within the arms,informed by density wave theo...
funded by the National 973-Program(Project Nos.2012CB416602,2006CB403508);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.40352003,40425006,40373007);Frontier Field Project of the State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry,Institute of Geochemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences
This paper compiles lithostratigraphic and geochronological data obtained for the Palaeoproterozoic glacial diamictite-bearing successions,and thereby provides insights into understanding the geological processes caus...
supported by funds from the Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada
In more than 4 Ga of geological evolution, the Earth has twice gone through extreme climatic perturba- tions, when extensive glaciations occurred, together with alternating warm periods which were accom- panied by atm...