A seven-million-year hornblende mineral record from the central Chinese Loess Plateau

Abstract Previous studies of the late Cenozoic erosion rate have yielded different views—long-term stable rates or a significant increase at climate transitions—leading to uncertainty concerning the hypothesized global erosion rate controlled by either tectonic uplift or climatic changes. Here, we p...

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Main Authors: Tong He, Lianwen Liu, Yang Chen, Xuefen Sheng, Junfeng Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02400-0