This study describes the clay mineralogy of the Lower Cretaceous(Barremian)rocks of the Wessex Basin for paleoenvironmental interpretations.Seventy-four samples were subjected to optical microscopy,scanning electron m...
supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)Program(Grant Nos.2019QZKK0704&2019QZKK0101);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42272221&41772167);the State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology(Grant No.SKLLQG1905);the Central University Research Foundation,Chang’an University(Grant Nos.300102272901)。
Reflectance spectroscopy is rapid,inexpensive,and non-destructive and can provide important information about the mineralogy of rocks and sediments.We measured the reflectance spectroscopy of Miocene red clay deposits...
supported by the the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(Grant No.2019QZKK0706);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.91855205,42261144668,42293280);the Strategic Priority Research Program(B)of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB26000000)。
The Permian Period was a critical time interval during which various blocks of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau have experienced profound and complex paleogeographical changes.The supercontinent Pangea was formed to its ma...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41806074);the Marine Geological Survey Program of China Geological Survey(Nos.DD20221708,DD20230067);the Deep-Time Digital Earth(DDE)Big Science Program。
Understanding the spatial and temporal distribution of different paleontological communities in the southern South China Sea(SCS)is fundamental to explore its paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental changes.In this study...
The National Key Research and Development Program of China,No.2019YFC0507401;National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42077415,No.41822708;The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP),No.2019QZKK0202;The Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences,No.XDA20100102。
Global closed basins,occupying almost one fifth of the world's land area,spatially coincide with arid and semiarid areas.Paleoclimatic proxies can indicate basin-wide environmental change and human activity.However,pr...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41602185 and 41772180);the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP 679);the Innovation Research Team Fund of Fujian Normal University (Grant No. IRTL1705)。
Determining the location of the Cretaceous-Paleogene(K-Pg) boundary in terrestrial strata is highly significant for studying the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems at the end of the Cretaceous(especially the extincti...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA20070101);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41690113&41888101);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0600501)。
The X-ray fluorescence(XRF)core-scanned Rb/Sr ratios of lake sediments have been widely used as a proxy for chemical weathering intensity and past climate change.However,some factors could affect Rb/Sr ratios,causing ...
The steep North to South (N-S) gradient and complex topography markssignificant variations in the spatial and temporal patterns of climatic variationsurrounding within a few distances in the Nepal Himalayas. Hence,to ...
the National Nature Science Foundation of China(grants 41888101);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA20070202).
Thick sediments from foreland basins usually provide valuable information for understanding the relationships between mountain building,rock denudation,and sediment deposition.In this paper,we report environmental mag...
National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41430532,No.41672182
Knowledge of moisture sources is of great significance for understanding climatic change and landscape evolution in desert environments.In this paper,we aim to clarify moisture origins for the Alashan(Alxa)Sand Seas(A...