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01 Dec 2020
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Scientific drilling workshop on the Weihe Basin Drilling Project (WBDP): Cenozoic tectonic–monsoon interactions
Zhisheng An
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change,
Xi'an 710061, China
Peizhen Zhang
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University,
Guangzhou 510275, China
Hendrik Vogel
Institute of Geological Sciences & Oeschger Centre for
Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Yougui Song
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change,
Xi'an 710061, China
John Dodson
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University
of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Thomas Wiersberg
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Xijie Feng
Earthquake Administration of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an 710068, China
Huayu Lu
School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing
210023, China
Li Ai
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Youbin Sun
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change,
Xi'an 710061, China
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Short summary
Earth has experienced remarkable climate–environmental changes in the last 65 million years. The Weihe Basin with its 6000–8000 m infill of a continuous sedimentary sequence gives a unique continental archive for the study of the Cenozoic environment and exploration of deep biospheres. This workshop report concludes key objectives of the two-phase Weihe Basin Drilling Project and the global significance of reconstructing Cenozoic climate evolution and tectonic–monsoon interaction in East Asia.
Earth has experienced remarkable climate–environmental changes in the last 65 million years. The...
