Abstract Chinese loess-paleosol sequences have long been regarded as the continental counterpart of deep-sea sediments in terms their record Quaternary glacial–interglacial cycles. However, absolute chronologies for older than ca. 130 ka on Loess Plateau are scarce. We conducted first high-resolution luminescence dating, extending back to 350 ka, classical Luochuan loess section central Plateau...

Lanzhou New District is the first and largest national-level new district in the Loess Plateau region of China. Large-scale land creation and rapid utilization of the land surface for construction has induced various magnitudes of land subsidence in the region, which is posing an increasing threat to the built environment and quality of life. In this study, the spatial and temporal evolution of...

This study presents an overview of Middle Pleistocene loess–palaeosol sequences (LPS) in northern France and discusses the palaeoclimatic significance pedosedimentary record context western European LPS global climatic cycles for last 750 ka. In this area, oldest loess deposits (early Pleistocene) are preserved sedimentary traps (leeward scarps fluvial terraces dissolution sinkholes). They resu...