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 the Knowledge Innovating Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-12);the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB403106);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40940018)
This research quantifies lake level variations in the Siling Co, Co'e and Bangor Co salt lakes in Central Tibet from 1976 to 2010, and most notably for the 2000-2010 periods. In particular, the effects of different wa...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB951003);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-EW-311);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (1141001040, 91025012 and 41171057)
The eastern Xinjiang Basin is desperately short of water. Most rivers in the basin originate in the high eastern Tianshan, which has abundant precipitation and numerous alpine glaciers. Fieldwork conducted on three re...
Most of the glacial mass on the Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding regions is in the mid-and low-latitudes.According to China's latest glacier inventory,there are about 36793 existing glaciers with a total area of
supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China(2005CB422004);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40810019001);BRAHMATWINN (FP6-036952);the Program of Tibet Science and Technology Agency
Glaciers in the Yarlung Zangbo River witness severe glacial retreat nowadays,which gives important influence on lake processes in the region.We have studied glacial distribution,glacial mass balance and found large de...
jointly supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China for fundamental work(Grant No.2001DEA20020-1);the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40272015);China Commission on Stratigraphy(research on the stage establishment for China’s main chronostratigraphy).
In the newly revised Regional Chronostrati-graphic (Geochronologic) Scale of China, the original bipar-tite division of the Neoproterozoic is changed to tripartite division. The three 搒ystem?rank chronostratigraphic ...
We have collected a suite of Paleoloxodon naumanni-Coelodonta antiquitatis fossils from a river terrace profile between Xi’an and Xianyang cities in Guanzhong Area, Shaanxi Province. A detailed examination of the fos...
There are glacial remains of three different periods on the main peak of Snow Mountain in Taiwan province, including cirque lake, crosswall, polished surface, striation, moraine ete. These three different periods were...
THE consequence of "nuclear winter" induced by nuclear war and climatic catastrophe induced by extraterrestrial impact were widely studied for fear of the potential danger of the basic nuclear war (the totalexplosive ...
The loess-paleosol sequence in China records abundant and valuable information on the global and regional climate changes. Biological record from the loess sequence is the most direct evidence on variation in pattern ...