Supported by the State Program of the Geological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences(No.0135-2019-0044);RFBR Project(No.18-04-00322)。
Isotopic data obtained from the dinosaur eggshells and pedogenic nodules(pedonodules)are interpreted in terms of palaeoclimatology.The material studied originated from the Bayn Dzak locality,Southern Gobi Aimak,Mongol...
We dedicate this paper to the memory of Prof.ZiChu Xie,who passed away in early 2020.Prof.ZiChu Xie was an inspirational mentor and friend.This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China(41772373,41372181);the Hunan Provincial Natural Science foundation of China(2018JJ1017);the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0606404);and the Construction Program for First-Class Disciplines(Geography)of Hunan Province,China(5010002).We thank Dr.Jan Bloemendal for improving the English language.
Holoceneδ^18O records from various archives(ice cores,cave stalagmites,and peat sediments)from the Xinjiang region of northwestern China,in arid central Asia(ACA),are all derived ultimately from local precipitationδ...