Stepwise increased spatial provenance contrast on the Chinese Loess Plateau over late Miocene-Pleistocene

Wenbin Peng; Haobo Zhang; Alex Pullen; Maotong Li; Baotian Pan; Wenjiao Xiao; Junsheng Nie

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00721-9

Communications Earth & Environment (Mar 2023)

Stepwise increased spatial provenance contrast on the Chinese Loess Plateau over late Miocene-Pleistocene

Wenbin Peng,
Haobo Zhang,
Alex Pullen,
Maotong Li,
Baotian Pan,
Wenjiao Xiao,
Junsheng Nie

Affiliations

Wenbin Peng: School of Tourism and Resource Environment, Zaozhuang University
Haobo Zhang: Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
Alex Pullen: Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University
Maotong Li: Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
Baotian Pan: Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
Wenjiao Xiao: National Key Laboratory of Arid Area Ecological Security and Sustainable Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Junsheng Nie: Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00721-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The formation of the Chinese Loess Plateau resulted from a combination of surface processes rather than from aridification of the Asian interior alone, according to zircon U-Pb geochronological analysis

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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