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A method for predicting the subgrade uplift intensity along a high-speed railway track in red-bed areas in China
The operational safety of high-speed railways (HSRs) mainly relies on the flatness of their track surfaces. In recent years, continuous and stable subgrade uplift deformations in red-bed mudstone strata have o...
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Flow behavior of phyllite bimrocks having the orientation of blocks
In strong tectonic areas such as the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, phyllite is prone to fragment during the uplifting of the earth crust and resulting in widely distributed bimrocks. Bimrocks are inho...
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Open AccessAsynchronous responses of aquatic ecosystems to hydroclimatic forcing on the Tibetan Plateau
High-altitude ecosystems react sensitively to hydroclimatic triggers. Here we evaluated the ecological and hydrological changes in a glacier-influenced lake (Hala Hu, China) since the last glacial. Rapid fluct...
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Open AccessA persistent northern boundary of Indian Summer Monsoon precipitation over Central Asia during the Holocene
Extra-tropical circulation systems impede poleward moisture advection by the Indian Summer Monsoon. In this context, the Himalayan range is believed to insulate the south Asian circulation from extra-tropical ...
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Implications of diverse sedimentation patterns in Hala Lake, Qinghai Province, China for reconstructing Late Quaternary climate
Hala Lake is located in the Qilian Mountains, Qinghai Province, China, at 4,078 m a.s.l. Its sediments contain an archive of climate and hydrologic changes during the Late Quaternary, as it is located close to...
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Quantitative relationship between water-depth and sub-fossil ostracod assemblages in Lake Donggi Cona, Qinghai Province, China
A calibration data set of 51 surface sediment samples from Lake Donggi Cona on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau was investigated to study the relationship between sub-fossil ostracod assemblages and water dept...
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Floodplain sediments on the divide between Huang He and Chang Jiang, Gansu Province, NW China
At Lingfeng, (34°17'N, 104°08'E) on the northern slopes of the Qinling Mountains, a stratigraphic survey was made of a 21-m-profile of floodplain sediments on the watershed between the Chang Jiang (Yangtze Riv...
