supported by the Global Changes Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2010CB950203);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05120704);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40930103 and 41021002);China National Science and Technology Basic Work Program(2006FY110800 and 2012FY111700)
The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, c. 26-16 ka) and the Holocene Optimum (HO, c. 9-5 ka) were characterized by cold-dry and warm-wet climates respectively in the recently geological Earth. How Chinese deserts and sand fie...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB950202);the Key Project of the Chinese Ministry of Education(109151);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40901055and 41171091);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Lanzhou University (lzujbky-2012-k49);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-0468)
The primary factor controlling C 3 /C 4 relative abundance in terrestrial ecosystem since the Last Glacial has been widely debated. Now more and more researchers recognize that climate, rather than atmospheric CO 2 co...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130303);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZCX2-YW-Q1-04);the National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB950203)
The last glacial period was vital for the distribution and evolution of early modern humans in Asia. The Shuidonggou Late Paleolithic site, dated at 30-20 ka BP, accumulated cultural remains during the important late ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40925008, 40876024 and 40776027);the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB815906);the Program of Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist (10XD1406300)
High-resolution grain size and major element geochemical measurements were performed on the marine sediments of Core MD05-2895 to help understand the formation of turbidite sequences. Grain-size results show that thes...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program (Grant No. 2007CB815903);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40776031);Pilot Project of the National Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-221)
Diatoms are one of the predominant contributors to global carbon fixation by accounting for over 40% of total oceanic primary production and dominate export production. They play a significant role in marine biogeoche...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40571016)
The Changbai Mountains (2749 m a.s.l.) in northeastern China are one of the typical mountain regions with glaciation since late Pleistocene as evidenced by well-preserved erosive and accumulative landforms at elevatio...
partly supported by the National Key Basic Research Project(Grant No.G2000048701);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.G40071031).