Considered esoteric only a few years ago, research into the stable isotope geochemistry of
transition metals is moving into the geoscience mainstream. Although initial attention …

Abstract The North China and the neighbouring Mongolia in Asian Interior is characterized
by extremely dry climate, resulted in one of the world's major dust emission centres …

Silicate Nd–Sr isotopes of the fine-grained fractions of the 10 major deserts and sandy lands
in North China and the loess in Chinese Loess Plateau were systematically investigated …

Earth's mightiest ocean current, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), regulates the
exchange of heat and carbon between the ocean and the atmosphere, and influences …

Banded iron formations (BIFs) record a time of extensive Fe deposition in the Precambrian
oceans, but the sources and pathways for metals in BIFs remain controversial. Here, we …

The mid-Pleistocene transition (MPT) marked a fundamental change in glacial-interglacial
periodicity, when it increased from~ 41-thousand-year to 100-thousand-year cycles and …

The term “condensation” has been used in sedimentological research for 180 years and
ever since the last 80 years, its interpretation has become increasingly diverse and, to a …

Ferromanganese crusts provide records of long term change in ocean circulation and
continental weathering. However, calibrating their age prior to 10 Ma has been entirely …

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is an ideal place for monitoring the atmospheric environment of
low to mid latitudes. In total 54 soil samples from the western TP were analyzed for major …

Deep sea minerals in polymetallic nodules, crusts and hydrothermal vents are not only
formed by mineralization but also by biologically driven processes involving microorganisms …