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...
In a recent INQUA project the extent of Pleistocene glaciations has been digitally mapped and the chronology of events reviewed. The onset of the present Ice Age in both hemispheres dates back to the Palaeogene. In Gr...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40475035);the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB400500)
More and more proxy records approved that the periodicity of the glacial cycles is about 40 ka before MPT (middle Pleistocene transition) as early as late Tertiary from 3.0 Ma to 0.9 Ma,whereas it changes to about 100...
Editorial Note: The first section of this article was published in June 2006 (cf. pages 91-124 in No. 2, Vol. 3), and the publishing here is its sequel, which includes 22 Figures (i.e. Figures 9-30). two photos ...
Introduction (Sir) Tannatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934) is recognised as probably Australia's greatest geologist. Born at St Fagan's, near Cardiff, Wales, he graduated from Oxford University in 1880 and s...
The reported new U-Pb age by sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP Ⅱ) on zircon was obtained from a tuff sample at the basal Doushantuo Formation in the Jiuqunao section, which situated at the western limb...