Loess deposits are recorders of aeolian activity during past glaciations. Since the size
distribution of loess deposits depends on distance to the dust source, and environmental …

Arid and semi arid northern China holds some of the world's most significant sand sea and
loess deposits. In particular, arguably the most important late Cenozoic wind-blown dust …

The formation and evolution of the landscape of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) is
debated because of uncertainties regarding dust provenance. We present a quantitative …

Sedimentary provenance studies, which aim to identify the original source of sedimentary
material, can offer valuable insights into transportation processes that occur within a given …

The practice of using the youngest detrital grains from a sedimentary deposit to constrain its
depositional age has grown rapidly over the past two decades. Researchers that use the …

Abstract The Chinese Loess Plateau of central Asia is composed of interbedded loess and
paleosol layers, deposited during glacial and interglacial cycles, respectively, during the …

This paper reviews our current understanding of Quaternary climate and landscape changes
in the desert areas of northern China, a key portion of the middle-latitude drylands on Earth …

The Asian interior contains the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB, the longest accretionary
orogen on Earth), the largest mid-latitude desert, and the most widespread late Cenozoic …

The loess and paleosol sequences of the Chinese Loess Plateau are composed of
Quaternary dust, the origin of which has been the subject of considerable debate. Some …

The source-to-sink fluctuations of Asian aeolian deposits have been investigated over the
past two decades using multiple mineralogical and geochemical tracers. These source …