An optimized scheme of lettered marine isotope substages for the last 1.0 million years, and the climatostratigraphic nature of isotope stages and substages

LB Railsback, PL Gibbard, MJ Head… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
A complete and optimized scheme of lettered marine isotope substages spanning the last
1.0 million years is proposed. Lettered substages for Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 were …

Formation and evolution of Gobi Desert in central and eastern Asia

H Lu, X Wang, X Wang, X Chang, H Zhang, Z Xu… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although the development of Gobi Desert in central and eastern Asia has greatly affected
the regional and even the global climate, its precise origin and evolution have yet to be …

[PDF][PDF] 中新世以来我国季风-干旱环境演化与青藏高原的生长

安芷生, 张培震, 王二七, 王苏民, 强小科, 李力… - 第四纪研究, 2006 - dsjyj.com.cn
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Poleward and weakened westerlies during Pliocene warmth

JT Abell, G Winckler, RF Anderson, TD Herbert - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The prevailing mid-latitude westerly winds, known as the westerlies, are a fundamental
component of the climate system because they have a crucial role in driving surface ocean …

Liriodendron genome sheds light on angiosperm phylogeny and species–pair differentiation

J Chen, Z Hao, X Guang, C Zhao, P Wang, L Xue… - Nature plants, 2019 - nature.com
The genus Liriodendron belongs to the family Magnoliaceae, which resides within the
magnoliids, an early diverging lineage of the Mesangiospermae. However, the phylogenetic …

Whole-genome sequencing of giant pandas provides insights into demographic history and local adaptation

S Zhao, P Zheng, S Dong, X Zhan, QI Wu, X Guo… - Nature Genetics, 2013 - nature.com
The panda lineage dates back to the late Miocene and ultimately leads to only one extant
species, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Although global climate change and …

New eolian red clay sequence on the western Chinese Loess Plateau linked to onset of Asian desertification about 25 Ma ago

X Qiang, Z An, Y Song, H Chang, Y Sun, W Liu… - Science China Earth …, 2011 - Springer
The expansion of inland Asia deserts has considerably influenced the environmental, social
and economic activities in Asia. Aridification of inland Asia, especially timing of the initiation …

Seven million years of wind and precipitation variability on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Y Sun, Z An, SC Clemens, J Bloemendal… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent studies of the eolian deposits in northern China have extended the East Asian
monsoon history back to the early Miocene. However, the relative intensities of monsoonal …

[HTML][HTML] 光释光年代学对腾格里沙漠化机制及风沙物源的指示

范育新, 张青松, 蔡青松, 高敏敏, 颜雪域, 杨光亮 - 第四纪研究, 2022 - dsjyj.com.cn
范育新, 张青松, 蔡青松, 高敏敏, 颜雪域, 杨光亮. 光释光年代学对腾格里沙漠化机制及风沙物源
的指示[J]. 第四纪研究, 2022, 42 (2): 350-367. doi: 10.11928/j. issn. 1001-7410.2022 …

Desert ecosystems in China: Past, present, and future

X Wang, X Geng, B Liu, D Cai, D Li, F Xiao, B Zhu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the largest ecosystem of China, the desert ecosystem and the desertification-prone
region (DPR) occupies 44% of China's land area. The past, present, and the future of …