Identifying eolian dust in the geological record

N Meijer, G Dupont-Nivet, A Licht… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recognition of terrestrial dust in geological records is essential for reconstructing
paleoenvironments and quantifying dust fluxes in the past. However, in contrast to eolian …

A constant Chinese Loess Plateau dust source since the late Miocene

A Bird, I Millar, T Rodenburg, T Stevens… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary marks a major change in global climate and
East Asian monsoon dynamic. However, the role of the global atmospheric dust-cycle over …

[HTML][HTML] Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland–A widespread parent material for soils

J Waroszewski, A Pietranik, T Sprafke, C Kabała… - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Thin loess deposits are widespread soil parent materials and important archives for
paleoenvironmental reconstruction. The origin of loess in SW Poland is attributed to the …

Provenance of eolian sands in the Ulan Buh Desert, northwestern China, revealed by heavy mineral assemblages

C Zhang, Z Li, Q Chen, S Dong, X Yu, Q Yu - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate identification of the provenance of eolian sand in deserts is essential to study
sedimentation processes in the earth system. Exposed bedrock surrounding the desert has …

Geochemistry and mineralogy of the Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequence in Złota (near Sandomierz, Poland): Implications for weathering, sedimentary …

J Skurzyński, Z Jary, P Kenis, R Kubik, P Moska… - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to determine the provenance of material, the Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol
sequence in Złota (Poland) was analysed geochemically (ICP-MS, ICP-ES) and …

[HTML][HTML] The provenance of late Cenozoic East Asian Red Clay: Tectonic-metamorphic history of potential source regions and a novel combined zircon-rutile approach

K Bohm, T Stevens, A Kaakinen, Y Lahaye… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Constraining the provenance of aeolian mineral dust is critical in understanding past climate
changes, atmospheric dust activity, circulation, and sediment generation. On the Chinese …

Heavy mineral assemblages and sedimentation rates of eastern Central Asian loess: Paleoenvironmental implications

L Cheng, Y Song, H Chang, Y Li, R Orozbaev… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Central Asian loess deposits record the evolution of aridification across the Asian interior.
However, paleoclimatic proxies are strongly influenced by the variation of the dust source …

呼伦贝尔沙地重矿物, Sr-Nd 同位素组成及其对亚洲风尘系统的指示

孙磊, 谢远云, 康春国, 迟云平, 杜慧荣, 王嘉新 - 中国地质, 2021 - geochina.cgs.gov.cn
呼伦贝尔沙地作为中国北方沙漠的重要组成部分, 对其物质组成的深入探讨对于亚洲风尘系统的
研究具有重要意义. 重矿物特征和Sr-Nd 同位素组成是解开沉积物演化过程和物源示踪的重要 …

Fluvial entrenchment and integration of the Sanmen Gorge, the Lower Yellow River

ZB Hu, MH Li, ZJ Dong, LY Guo, D Bridgland… - Global and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Strategic studies of gravel deposits, in particular using heavy-mineral analyses, have thrown
light on the important unresolved question as to the timing of the initiation of the Yellow River …

Clay mineralogy of the upper Miocene-Pliocene red clay from the central Chinese Loess Plateau and its paleoclimate implications

Q Wang, Y Song, Y Li - Quaternary International, 2020 - Elsevier
Study of clay mineral is one of effective methods for reconstruction of the paleoclimate and
paleoenvironment. Here we represent clay mineral records from an upper Miocene …