Chinese stalagmite paleoclimate researches: A review and perspective

H Cheng, H Zhang, J Zhao, H Li, Y Ning… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
Stalagmite is one kind of secondary carbonates formed in limestone caves (speleothem).
After cave water droplets containing Ca 2+ and HCO _3^-HCO 3− drip onto floor, carbonate …

[PDF][PDF] 中国石笋古气候研究的回顾与展望

程海, 张海伟, 赵景耀, 李瀚瑛, 宁有丰… - 中国科学: 地球 …, 2019 - academia.edu
摘要石笋是洞穴次生碳酸盐的一种, 是由含Ca 2+ 和HCO3 的洞穴滴水滴到洞穴地面后,
水中碳酸钙在一定条件下过饱和析出, 经年复一年沉积形成. 石笋是古气候研究的重要地质材料 …

Modelling karst vadose zone hydrology and its relevance for paleoclimate reconstruction

A Hartmann, A Baker - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding past climatic changes allows us to better understand how our planet will
evolve in the future. One important source of information on paleoclimate is the analysis of …

Pliocene reversal of late Neogene aridification

JMK Sniderman, JD Woodhead… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The Pliocene epoch (5.3–2.6 Ma) represents the most recent geological interval in which
global temperatures were several degrees warmer than today and is therefore considered …

An image mapping approach to U‐Pb LA‐ICP‐MS carbonate dating and applications to direct dating of carbonate sedimentation

K Drost, D Chew, JA Petrus, F Scholze… - Geochemistry …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new approach to laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
(LA‐ICP‐MS) U‐Pb dating of carbonates based on selection and pooling of pixels from 2‐D …

Contemporary flowstone development links early hominin bearing cave deposits in South Africa

R Pickering, JD Kramers, PJ Hancox… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cradle of Humankind cave sites in South Africa preserve fossil evidence of four
early hominin taxa: Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus sediba, Paranthropus …

Developing a radiometrically-dated chronologic sequence for Neogene biotic change in Australia, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area of Queensland

J Woodhead, SJ Hand, M Archer, I Graham… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
Radiometric U–Pb ages are presented for the Riversleigh World Heritage fossil mammal site
in northwestern Queensland, Australia. The ages are determined on speleothems which are …

A new phylogenetic hypothesis of Tanystropheidae (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) and other “protorosaurs”, and its implications for the early evolution of stem …

SNF Spiekman, NC Fraser, TM Scheyer - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
The historical clade “Protorosauria” represents an important group of archosauromorph
reptiles that had a wide geographic distribution between the Late Permian and Late …

Permian tetrapod biochronology, correlation and evolutionary events

SG Lucas - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2018 - lyellcollection.org
The most extensive Permian tetrapod (amphibian and reptile) fossil records from the western
USA (New Mexico to Texas) and South Africa have been used to define 11 land vertebrate …

Chronology for the Cueva Victoria fossil site (SE Spain): evidence for early Pleistocene Afro-Iberian dispersals

L Gibert, GR Scott, D Scholz, A Budsky… - Journal of human …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cueva Victoria has provided remains of more than 90 species of fossil vertebrates, including
a hominin phalanx, and the only specimens of the African cercopithecid Theropithecus …